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Very Cool, Hendo! What a great find. I haven't had any great finds lately,
so I am jealous. :)
Josh
PS. Is NLSO, "Non Lego Significant Other?"
In lugnet.general, John P. Henderson writes:
> 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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