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Re: Giving away Lego...
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Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:35:27 GMT
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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 that he would like one. I told him that when I went back to Germany
the following year, I would get him the other one, if they still had it. Well,
guess what, they did. By this time I knew it was going to be valuable one day, but
I gave it to him anyway (for Christmas at age 12). But I warned him that if he
ever damaged it or the box or the brochure or the stickers, I wasn't going to give
him anything of value any more. Well, now he's 20, and he still has it sitting on
a shelf in his bedroom, with everything still intact (including the box &
instructions). I still feel good that I gave him something that appreciates in
value, and is something that he still enjoys to look at.
Gary Istok
Laura Gjovaag wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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| 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 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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