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Hi, everyone.
I was going through a few things here at my home in Michigan,
and I ran across something odd that I'd forgotten about. It
got me thinking: What kind of true oddities that have some
connection to LEGO--themed items, promotional things, or other
tie-ins that are bizarre--do people here have? There are
easily enough hard-core, longtime collectors from around the
world here to have some strange items from the early days of
LEGO as well as some of the newer promotional items.
To kick this off, I'll share my only slightly odd item: a
lightsaber handle from the Wal-Mart 1999 (IIRC) "lightsaber
building" competition. It's a black plastic "handle" with
a + shaped set of plates screwed into the top upon which to
anchor a "blade." Apparently these were not supposed to be
released by the stores, being promotional items, but I
bought a clearance bucket and one was hiding in there.
What do all of you have? (John, your 1593 is unusual, but
it doesn't count. ;) )
Eagerly awaiting tales of mystery and intrigue,
LFB
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| (...) Good topic! Well I don't know what all I have, exactly, but here are a few oddities I can remember off the top of my head. None are QUITE as odd as yours though. From Germany: 3 copies of a fairly ordinary set (4221 basic bricks) which have a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The LEGO items that surprised me the most were not promotional but were the HO scale cars the first time I saw them (the NLS, who is into VW's, found some in a pile of toy cars at a yard sale-- I would have completely missed them). My current (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Hey LFB, it's funny, I bet some people may or might have happened to come accros fell off a truck items that we may never know about or stuff people may not not want to come forward with, Soooo indeed it is a mystery and a cause for ponder. Hrrr (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| <<snip>> My wierdest item is rather lame: It's a #10 white Technic cross axle from a snap set (not the old milky white Technic axle) that's "distorted" out of the box. It has probably been subjected to heat and/or preassure. I'll take a pic (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| This is weird but not even Lego: an orange IPSO candy dispenser. A 2x6x5 brick with a flip-up candy dispenser door in one corner. It has stickers on the square faces, studs on top and back, tubes on the other two sides (from memory.) These were (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I guess my strangest LEGO item is a round wall thermometer, with the LEGO logo on it. Apparently it was sent to my employer as part of a promotion pack for the "LEGO Island" computer software. Being friends with the proper people in the proper (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Not exactly weird, but intriguing, I have three 2x4 bricks (white, yellow, red, with slots), which was sent to me as 'payment' for BlockCAD. According to the sender (A Danish gentleman), they are part of a lot bought directly from the Lego factory (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Hmm... This may not be weird or bizzare, but neat and very rare... allow me to explain. Just as I joined the Lego club, there was an advertisement for the Space building contest. I entered but never got a notice of winning the big prize. Two years (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, not *that* wierd I guess but I have one of those connectors from late 60s early 70s thats trans milky colour, like 2 2x2 plates connected by short bendable plastic section. I think they were used to connect little vehicles together in (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| I'll add another entry to this fun thread - though far less serious as my last one. (and about as off topic as you can get) I have a few favorite stores at some local malls which feed the Lego need. I am frequently found spending lots of money for (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Nothing truly special as a Lego contest entry here... I've got a funky boomerang shaped cake slicer from Lego...but then again, it's a fairly common item--for Lego employees... Got a Tahu Standup from Brickfest, A Happy Halloween Duplo brick, and (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Probably the weirdest and most rare LEGO item I own is the 2x2 inverse slope in CLEAR that I got from the Model Shop tour at LEGOLAND California with PNLTC in August 2001. The model builder told us the pieces were ordered my mistake and would (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Its probably be like the others in that its not exactly too wierd...its probably just out of the ordinary. I have a (baby blue) Lego Printed blanket and sheet set (w/matching pillow casses, and curtains). I don't have the curtains up, but I do sleep (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) What kind of true oddities that have some (...) I have the DUPLO bunny as well, or rather, an bunny from an error-production, where the ears were put on backwards. But my most weird LEGO item must be an original test-builder evaluation sheet (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Aside from an a box of as-yet unidentified elements from pre-1980 that were found at yard sales, I have the following anecdote to share. I think I might have written this story a while back (like so long ago it was probably on rtl before there (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| It's again nothing weird, but slightly rare. Back in 1982 there was a nationwide building contest to celebrate 25 years of Lego in the Netherlands. I won first prize in the local first round, getting me into the second round (where I totally s***** (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hi, The oddest Lego items I have would be 2 different types of Lego Crosses from the early 50's. They are about 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. The crosses also glow in the dark and one says Jesus on it. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Cufflinks. Well, they're not actually cufflinks made by LEGO, but I made them with real LEGO (2x2 plates, in blue and red). They seldom fail to get commented upon when I wear them. My wife has a pair of LEGO earings, too. She's a school (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| hi! Wierd or strange is always a question of the point of view, so after reading this thread I guess I can ad something to the "rare" section and maybe ad the new aspect of wierd feelings. The object I have that I Have wondered most about is a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| My weirdeist part is coming from LLW following a visit with RLD in August. I found what I thought to be a broken part. I was wrong, it's a badly moulded one instead. I consider it as a "treasure". I don't have any bi-color (mixed in the building (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) My weird piece story is not so exciting. My father is a member of one the local Rotary clubs, back before 1996 he was in the one for the town he lives in, Gilleleje in Denmark. One day, and I cannot say when I simply can't remember he came (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| <snipity-snip> (...) This is fun. You've got me thinking of all the weird toys or promo items that I saved just because of that four letter word on them. On to my oddities: I have saved two completely useless pieces to show to those who stumble into (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) These are my special LEGO© related items: A Roll of Lego adhesive tape (the one with which the transport boxes are sealed in the factory). I got it at the factory sale in Billund last year. Here is a picture: (URL) have some of the test bricks (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Probably the strangest is the glow in the dark cross. I have no idea of where it came from or why. It is around 4" by 7" Also a Lego braclet that was sold to help Katrinia survivors. A little model of a coke dispenser glued together and with (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hmmm...LEGO oddities. Is there such a thing, really? I don't have much odd stuff, but one thing did come to mind: A space minifig from the Maine Space Grant Consortium. It's not an odd figure per se...but I have not heard of this group. I (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Not really weird, but as a big fan of soft boiled eggs, I got a couple of minifig head egg cups at the employee store in Billund along with a salt and pepper shaker for them. Then found the egg timer at Scott Lyttle's store in Atlanta. So have (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) While it's become a lot more common since I got mine, I have a Tahu standee that was sent directly from the Enfield headquarters, a yellow prototype Hau that was sent from the Billund headquarters via LEGO Direct in NYC, the What Will You (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) My sister in law worked at a marketing/advertising company and she came across a marketing publication of some sort that nobody wanted anymore. Of course, she rescued it for me. The cover looks like (URL) this> and (URL) a random page inside>. (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| My weirdest LEGO thing is probably close to one of a kind. While I worked for LEGOLAND California, the maintenance team took the crane beam off of the Kid Power Tower. I believe it was a safety issue with the wind. The beam and hook were fiberglass (...) (18 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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