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Re: Cool Score -- "Vintage" LEGO!
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:09:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Chris Phillips writes:
> This is probably ho-hum to those of you who never experienced a Dark Age,
Never! FOTW/Ms are definitely something that's fun to share, it's always fun
to read about them and hope that I'll stumble upon one myself soon...
> but
> I received a really exciting gift this past weekend -- the remnants of a "too
> cool for LEGO" young adult's LEGO collection. I just came out of my Dark Age
> about a year ago, so I own very few pieces that were made before the mid-90s.
I've never *really* had a Dark Ages in the usual sense; I did take a break
from lego for a year, but never gave it away... and as a matter of fact, I
don't have too much stuff that was made before the mid-90s.
(Then again, I was only 10 in the mid-90s :-)
> So when my sister-in-law offered me the remnants of her eldest son's
> collection, how could I resist? (Yes, I felt a twinge of guilt about it at
> first, but that passed as soon as she told me that she's had to ~GASP~ throw
> away a lot of it because she couldn't store it all!)
Oh well... when he turns into an AFOL, he'll beg for them back ;-)
> So I've had a huge amount of fun digging through this treasure trove of well-
> worn pieces:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=393
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> Right on top was the hull from a Pirate ship. (Happily, the masts were in
> there also!)
So *that's* what they look like from the top... cool!
> Probably the most exciting score was a handful of
> "old" (by my standards) castle figs, including a smiley Robin Hood and what I
> believe is a "Forest Wench".
Oooh, lucky! I just got my own wench a few weeks ago, I love her torso!
> The best, though, was when I showed it to my NLS who reacted "my brother and
> I
> have a lot more LEGO than _that_ at my parent's house." I'm still hoping to
> convince her to dig that up someday...
Good luck!
> Unfortunately, the previous owner of this collection apparently ran out of
> black bricks one day, because a good number of bricks have been colored in
> with a magic marker. I am having limited results cleaning this off with
> rubbing alcohol and an old toothbrush, but I would appreciate any cleaning
> tips/suggestions that anyone might have...?
Try Brasso. Search for it on the lugnet main page and you'll come up with
numerous tips about how to use it.
> The previous owner also had no qualms about removing hands/arms/legs/heads
> from minifigs, so most of the small pieces are missing from the 'figs. I
> have
> several headless, armless torsos from the Space, Pirate, and Town themes, so
> now I've gotta hurry up and build a hospital (or maybe just a cemetary) in
> WhistleStop.
LOL! Sadly, I never had qualms 'bout that either... I found myself regretting
that 5 years later...
> But
> it's amazing how with a little bit of training, you can learn to spot a
> single
> MegaBlok in a whole bin of LEGO.
Yeah, a noticed that while poing through my baby-sittees collection... a ton
of cool stuff, but a handful of off-brands are very noticable.
> I also anticipate asking a lot of "what set did this piece come from"
> questions on LUGNET over the next few weeks as I dig through the bin, so I
> hope you'll all bear with me...
Sure! Congrats on your find, and good luck in the future! (I'm offering that
to myself too... :o)
-Shiri
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