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Subject:	Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego
Date:	Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:51:25 GMT
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"Jonathan Mizner" <mizners@aol.com> wrote in message news:G78Eyo.Cou@lugnet.com... > In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: > > They do not resell them, instead LEGO buys them back and puts them into large > > boxes called K8's. They use these boxes for play area LEGO at events around • the > > country. That's what I understand happens to the returned LEGO. At • Brickfest, > > LEGO Direct sent a few K8 bins out for us to play with, what a treat! :) > > > > -Tim > > Interesting. I would like to purchase a few "K8's". Maybe we can get > Lego to bulk sell K8's to the Lugnet community? It would be nice to buy > bulk amounts of relatively current sets at extremelly discounted prices. Do > you know if Lego Direct would even respond to the request? They probably wouldn't sell these -- they use them for events only, as far as I understand. A K8 would have a few hundred dollar value with all the pieces in one - they're huge (anyone know the dimensions?), so it wouldn't be worth their time to market them. -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne

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		Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
I don't know the exact dimisions of the K8 boxes, from what I understand they are packed by wieght, 42lbs to be exact. jt (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

		Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G7BAFC.568@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) as I (...) pieces in (...) their (...) They wouldn't need to market them at all. Just let us AFOLs know that they are available for purchase and I'm sure (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

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		Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
(...) Interesting. I would like to purchase a few "K8's". Maybe we can get Lego to bulk sell K8's to the Lugnet community? It would be nice to buy bulk amounts of relatively current sets at extremelly discounted prices. Do you know if Lego Direct (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

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