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Giving away Lego...
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:52:25 GMT
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My husband and I were entertaining some friends at our house the other day.
One of the couples had a young girl, maybe 6 or 7, who was getting increasingly
bored as the night went on. Being a good hostess, I invited the poor child up
into our "fun room" to play with my Legos. To my immense shock, she said she
had never played with them before.
Well! This was a situation I had to remedy! We poured out my collection,
plugged in my train, and to the amusement of our other guests (who could hear
the racket quite clearly, I was told later), we played with Lego. She was
particularly pleased with my firing cannons, and sent a "cannonball" clear
across the room (about 15 feet). While sending my train around the track, she
discovered the little bicyclist that I use to represent myself. She admired
the fact that I had a Lego minifig of myself, and mentioned that she rode
horses...
I have a lot of horses. I was into Castle for a time, and never gave away or
sold the horses. So I pulled them out and let her pick out her very own horse.
Then, in a small voice, she asked if she could pick one out for her sister,
too. Then we dredged up saddles for the two horses, then minifigs. Both the
minifigs I gave her were unique to my collection, but it was worth it when she
showed them to her parents and I explained that she'd gotten one for her sister
as well.
Giving away pieces of Lego is difficult (especially unique ones!), but I made a
kid happy. I've done this before when we had a guest, but that time the child
was MUCH younger and already familiar with Lego (and I gave him pieces I
already had a lot of). I'm a nut, but a happy nut.
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| I know what you mean about giving away LEGO, about 10 years ago I bought a THATCHER PERKINS locomotive model kit in Germany (about $25). The store had 2 of them, and I purchased only one. When I got home I built it, and my 10 year old nephew said (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Giving away Lego...
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| Since, everyone is "sharing"... My nephew was born with several heart defects, and unfortunately he did not make it. During one visit to his grave I gave him my favorite knight. My brother cleans the knight off and stands him up when he goes to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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