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Re: Pick-A-Brick
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 21:33:32 GMT
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"Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, John Gerlach writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Huw Millington writes:
> > > I have just come back from Billund (with about 4Kg of bulk :-) )
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> > <snip>
> > Only 4Kg? You have MUCH more self-control than most of us would have!
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> > I'd be coming home with two suitcases full of bricks, and all my clothes • in a
> > carry-on... :-)
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> Forget that! I would throw my clothes in a trash dumpster so the carry-on
> would be full of Lego! I would also buy shipping boxes and send a few • hundred
> pounds home via surface post. The cost and the time waiting for the • parcels
> would near kill me, but I would be happy--and in serious debt.
I had to show restraint -- my wife was a the park with me and made enough
fuss as it was when I kept returning to the hotel room with carrier bags
full of the stuff.
Also US$60 is rather expensive. In the UK LEGO shops it works out at nearer
$40-45/Kg, so I'm hanging on for the Windsor shop to be fully loaded before
really splashing out.
The clothes did have to go in the 'carry on', however...
The sale of bulk by volume vs by weight raises some interesting questions
about which parts can be obtained cheapest by which method. I haven't done
any tests, but I suspect smaller parts are cheaper by volume whereas 2x10
bricks, for example, would be cheaper by weight due to a lower density.
OTOH, flower stalks and other items made of the same, lighter, plastic are
probably cheaper by weight.
A problem of buying by volume is that it takes skill and time to fill the
tubs so that every nook and cranny has been filled to maximise piece count,
a problem not present when filling bags.
Huw
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| (...) I've heard that a "typical" smattering of parts is about 1000/kg, or about 450/lb. According to (URL) (and that it's about $42.50 USD per kg) that would translate to 1 kg = 326 1x8 bricks (~13 cents apiece) 345 1x8 technic beams (~12 cents (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Forget that! I would throw my clothes in a trash dumpster so the carry-on would be full of Lego! I would also buy shipping boxes and send a few hundred pounds home via surface post. The cost and the time waiting for the parcels would near kill (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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