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(...) A typo in the above: The base of the trapazoid is 6 studs, not 8. Sorry. Brian H. Nielsen (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Having now visited both a Lego Imagination Centre and a Legoland, I have to say that I prefer the pay-by-weight approach used at Legoland. I want to spend my time choosing my bricks, not spend hours trying to pack them into milkshake containers :-( (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) say that I prefer the pay-by-weight approach used at Legoland. I want to spend my time choosing my bricks, not spend hours trying to pack them into milkshake containers :-(<< I kind of agree that it is a little time consuming to do but we have (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA......... = 18.95 for 138...... Thanx, Mark (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Jeff Reuland" <texmexsu1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HoJ3Fp.CIA@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) choice (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think this comes down to a money vs. time decision. Is it worth 10-15 minutes of your time to pack an (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) minutes of your time to pack an extra 30-40 bricks?<< Mike You are correct, it is exactly a money vs. time deal and here is my thinking. I am 40 minutes from the Woodfield store. I could just drop my 100 or so 2x4 bricks in each of 3 cups and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA......... = 18.95 for 138...... Thanx, Mark<< WOW! Thanks Mark. Now I know that the 10 minutes spent packing the cup is well worth while. We get 138 2x4's for 50% less than that AND there is room (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) So if my math is correct (and it frequently isn't) it is still less expensive to simply scoop 100 loose 2x4's into a cup for $12.95 than it is to pay by weight for the same 100 2x4's. And the same volume presumably only gets heavier when (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I guess in an ideal world I want to buy small parts by volume and large ones by weight,then. :-) (ideal for us I mean) But if you only get 100 2x4s for 13 USD, that's 13 cents a brick. That's way over my threshold for 2x4s, a common part, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Chris Yes it is, it works out to about $0.14 per 2x4, same as S@H. Weight does work better and better then S@H retail, the smaller the piece is. If someone can tell me how many 1x1 plates fit in the small and large cups, I would like to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not me! I'd go nutz counting that many plates(or blocks)! But as Chris suggested, the smaller the part the better deal the volume theory becomes. I have a cup full of 1x4 plates that is heavier than a cup of 2x4's. I also have cup almost full (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) When Pick-A-Brick first premiered at LEGOLAND and people were estimating price per pieces, there was a link to a list of LEGO weights that Lutz Ulhmann had put together. We're going to DL next month and I wondered whether we should try and fit (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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