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Finding Lego —Greg Majewski

I don't mean in a weird spot in your house or in your local toy store.. Have you ever found Lego lying around in other places? The other day at work I found a red 1x1 brick in a flower bed. I have also found a neon green 1x1 cone at the pool where (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Selçuk Göre

(...) I'm (were) pretty lucky for this kind of thing. Here is a list: 6x4 Clear Blue Plate 5x6x2 Gray Inverse Sloped Canopy 4x4 Gray Radar Dish 1x2 Gray Plate with Handles 2x8 - 2x4 Gray Hinge Plate 6x12 Gray Plate 2x2x2 Gray Cone Yellow Tipper (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Roy Gal

My parents know of my hobby, and on one trip home they gave me a ziploc bag full of random pieces. Apparently some kid in the apartment building across the street took to throwing Lego out of his window at passersby. My parents picked them up, and (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Mike Walsh

"Greg Majewski" <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GHF3rw.Co1@lugnet.com... (...) Have (...) My son found a trans-neon green antenna at the swimming pool earlier this summer. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —James Trobaugh

(...) My son and I were at a local park last weekend and while sitting at a picnic table I just happen to recognize an orange LEGO ring life preserver buried in the mud. Little water and it was cleaned up and as good as new. Also one day when I was (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Christopher Tracey

(...) These aren't pieces that are getting stuck on your shoe tread or your pant cuff are they? :) At least three other times: I've found LEGO in the 'trash' on the ground after a neighbor got evicted from their apartment (I didn't go through their (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Jennifer L. Boger

(...) I once found a badly run over black 2 x 4 in a parking lot 2 blocks from my house near a path we always cut through (we never park there though). I still keep it in my winter coat pocket - in hopes that one day i'll go through the parking lot (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Tim Courtney

(...) Opening day of LEGOLAND California (March 20, 1999) I found a clone brick on the ground in the park!! It was a weird light blue 1x2 but only about half the height of a brick....and it wasn't a TYCO half-plate either. Some brand I have no clue (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Tom McDonald

(...) I once was on a walk with a friend around his neighborhood, and found a damaged 2x6 white plate on the sidewalk. Another time, I was given a minifig jackhammer in good condition by a co-worker who had found it in front of his house. -Tom McD. (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Andy Lynch

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> (...) Were they ripping up the sidewalk in front of his house? Maybe the minifigs were on coffee-break. :-) -Andy Lynch (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Melody Brown

(...) Haha, yeah! probably heaps as a kid (kids do almost pick up anything afterall). Last time I found a piece of Lego was in 1998 on my way to buy some Shell Lego sets, walking up the road (quite a long road) we went to cross to the otherside and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Tanya K. Burkhart

(...) LOL! I'd rather step on a soccerball in the middle of the night than a brick! I've drawn blood doing that. I'm so glad I'm not the only mother who gave her two-year-old System bricks. People used to look at me like, "are you *trying* to give (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Melody Brown

(...) Oh yeah, but not when they act as miniture rollerskates! haha (...) Well, the thing is, I think as a good parent, you'd know if your child is ready to play with Lego or not. I mean if all your kids do is stick them in their mouths, then it (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Thomas (T. J.) Avery

I found a 2x2 yellow Duplo block in the street one day. On the other hand, I've lost many pieces. I know we've all done that, but I've had some spectacular mishaps. Example: I received set 6940 (Alien Moon Stalker) one day on a trip to town (30 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —James Simpson

(...) Ouch! I had a similiar experience once. When I was 9 years old I was getting into a car with an opened 395 Power Truck and my knee hit the underside of the box and the lid flipped open and threw dozens and dozens of pieces into a leaf- covered (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Fredrik Glöckner

I once found a very cool lot of LEGO as I walked home from a beer bash once! Basically, what I found was all the large white arches from the Red Beard Runner, as well as some plates and most minifigs, except the minifig accessories, though. Other (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Larry Pieniazek

(...) The only LEGO(r) piece I have found was a 2x8 yellow plate. I found it in a dirt parking lot but I forget where. Somewhere in Michigan or nearby though as it's still in the trunk of my car (it wouldn't clean up) as a reminder not to drop MY (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Dan Boger

Well, when I was working at Georgetown University, I walked into the big magnet lab (where they warn you not to enter if you have metal wires in your bra, etc :), and found a Duplo Outback fig holding on to the wires on the wall! I was told that (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Eric Kingsley

(...) I have found LEGO several times actually. One time, must have been 15 - 20 years ago, I was in a park of some sort and I must have found between 30 and 50 pieces all scattered about in the grass in one area. Most recently, I was cleaning up (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Bryan Kinkel

When we got our new house in 1998, my wife and I were digging up the front yard for gardens. I found a 2x6 blue brick a few inches down in the soil. -- Bryan "Greg Majewski" <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GHF3rw.Co1@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Geordan Hankinson

Just the other day, I found a 1x4 black hinge with two blue 1x1 bricks on top!? I found a 1x2 trans. green plate in a parking lot, a blue 2x2 brick in a sand pit and about 5 others from a while ago that I can't remember very well! It's funny how I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I think there is a definite tendency to "notice what we have/like"... I know with respect to automobiles, I tend to notice how many Durangos there are because we own one but hardly ever notice Explorers or Suburbans... So your pattern (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Jennifer L. Boger

(...) I've noticed this myself - cars I like, Firestone tires ;) but it also works the other way around - things I actively dislike I notice greatly as well. Faster recognition is why I sort by color... looking at a k8 full of things I can easily (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Geordan Hankinson

(...) Yes definitely, I recently drew a portrait of myself in a art class, I think it looks almost exactly like me, but my family and friends think that it looks like some pudgy faced 8 year old! (I'm 14) People definitley see different thing s in (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Matt Brooks

(...) An interesting note... Still holding over from my childhood sorting system, my lego is in vast need of a resort. (As is everyones) Constantly I spend most of my time shuffling through a bin for parts I need (having found 3 of the 4 I need) and (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Christopher Tracey

(...) I don't know Larry, after reading this at school today. I walked home and saw two Durango's and said "Hey, that's Larry's car. You've corrupted me. (...) I thought a lot about search images this summer when I was looking for plants in the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Kyle D. Jackson

(...) Following Matt's lead: You are all Pavlonian ABS sucking VAMPIRE DOGS!!!...!!! :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Matt Brooks

(...) *LOL* Did I just hear a bell ring? Why am I suddenly hungry for a dino head? *eyeballs the recently built hydra sitting on his desk* Hmmmmmm... Blue or Green? (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Jason Spears

(...) I found a little Star Wars Biker trooper in my office about a year ago. I thought it was mine at first, except that I hadn't recalled bringing to work. Went home that night and counted all my troopers, I definitly had 1 extra. I am pretty sure (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —John Cromer

Once upon a time, I was walking along the road between Waimea and Honokaa on my way to Waipio Valley on the Big Island. There in the gunk along the side of the road was a beat-up 1x3 yellow brick. I still have it. as evah, John C. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Bryan Wong

(...) A few years ago, I found a 2x2 turntable while I was in church. At that time, my collection was pathetic and this discovery doubled my supply of 2x2 turntables. I was thrilled! More recently, I was walking through a busy part of my university (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —James Simpson

(...) When I started my current job I found four red 45 2x2 double convex slopes in my desk. james (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Chris Leach

(...) After our train show this past January i dropped parts of my airport as i was taking it out of my car.I picked up what i hoped was all the parts.After the snow melted this past spring i(the lawn mover actually) found a couple of parts i (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Pedro Silva

I once found one 1 x 4 red plate in my mom's old Mazda... *inside* the handbreak cover! I dismantled the whole cover to get it... :) To this day I still don't know what it was doing in there: the car was bought new, I have no brothers, and I was (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Steve Demlow

(...) Oh yeah: - My wife spotted a very trashed minifig head (classic smiley) jammed into a drainage grate in Frankfurt's (Germany) central shopping area. I lugged it back to the USA and tossed it in with the rest of my damaged parts. - My wife (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Brian H. Nielsen

(...) In March when we went to Greece we'd only been there for a few hours and were walking to a local park. My son found 3 LEGO pieces in separate places on the way there! A grey 4x4 plate, a white tile with raised bar, and a 1x2 transparent blue (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Dave Johann

(...) Yep. seven different times throughout my life. This odd thing started when I was seven or eight and occurs every couple of years. The strangest part about it is that a) I'm not looking for Lego at the time and b) it never happens near where (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Maggie Cambron

(...) I've found odd pieces here and there (often in the gutters of high-kid-density neighborhoods when I go garage saleing), but the time I remember most distinctly was when I was walking to lunch with a friend several years ago before I came out (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Erik Olson

In Lubbock, Texas where they have dirt alleys with dumpsters behind the houses, I found a blue 2x4 lattice fence which was my favorite piece for a long time. (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —Steve Burge

There's a 1x8 red brick trapped between some paving stones outside my office... It's been there for about 3 months now, but I can't be bothered to prise it out... Steve (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

Re: Finding Lego —John Radtke

(...) I thought this must be such an odd occurrence when I first read these stories but, lo and behold, walking into work this morning was a bionicle mask on the sidewalk. Really stood out because it's a funky burnt orange color kinda like a Kaadu (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)