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I dunno where to post this, but I just had to share my excitement. I had my
first Find Of The Week in some time last week. Of course, that makes me
wonder whether I should call it the Find Of The Week, Month, Or Whatever.
Well, this is what happened:
I got an email from a friend who is Lego-sympathetic but not really an AFOL
and he gave me the info from an ad in the newspaper. It said, 'thousands of
Lego for $25', with a phone number for a place a few towns over. I said to
myself, "John," (That's what I call myself, even though I prefer the
nickname, weird I know....so I said,) "John, it can't be thousands of Lego
for $25. It must be an exaggeration, or maybe half of it is clone brand stuff."
So I call the number, talk to a woman, get an address, and arrange to meet
the next day. I go there after a short beautiful drive in warm sunny
weather (haven't had a lot of that lately around here). The woman welcomes
me in, introduces her teenage son, who promptly provides me with a 1 foot X
2 foot X 1 foot (approx) cardboard box. Inside, it is packed tightly with
ABS sorted into zip-locked bags roughly by type or related usage. I
actually said aloud, "You only want $25?" (I'm no good at haggling I
guess.) He said yes. I didn't argue, pulled out my $25, and happily
returned to my NLSO's house (closest place I could stop to open the box).
I have not opened every bag, nor started the process of really sorting what
I picked up. I did notice one non-Lego horse. But everything else looks
official. From the parts selection I would guess this person had a number
of UFO sets and Dragon Master or Fright Knight sets. But mixed in, I also
noticed a few ancient windows, doors, and wheel hubs (the pre-minifigure
ones). Just a rough estimate based on the size of the box, I would say for
me to get that same number of elements by shopping today might cost around $300.
It has been a while since I made a great find. Previously, I had picked up
a Model Team car for a few dollars and a 4.5v Train (7720) for $3 (when new
ones cost $60), both at thrift stores, but also both were years ago. This
recent find was quite an exciting moment. ...Oh, and I got to see my honey
at the end of the adventure too... What a great day! :-D
Had to share,
-Hendo
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| Ar, you have good luck. :) I seem to be the only person in Jacksonville who knows what Lego is- the closest I've ever found is about 3 random collections of Megablok and Tyco. Thank goodness for Bricklink and Ebay... (still hopefull) (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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