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Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
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Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:55:56 GMT
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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 some various cardboard store
display pieces..

Scott Lyttle



In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 
>   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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  What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
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, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general) ! 

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