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Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
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Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:01:06 GMT
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eric@ericharshbarger!ihatespam!.org
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> Here's an idea I've been itching to try out for about 4 years... I've got a
> box of several hundred (or maybe 1000 or more, I haven't counted) LEGO
> elements that I know I'll never use. These come from buying up large
> collections at garage sales or on the net, in order to get a few sets I
> wanted for my Space collection, but there was always stuff left over.
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> I always kind of figured I'd find the time someday to sell or trade them,
> but because this particular bunch of stuff is such a mish-mash of various
> elements, I don't think it's really worth all the hassle.
>
> So what if I sent this box of LEGO on a long, long, worldwide journey?
> (I don't ever care if it comes back to me, I just want it to find a better
> home.)
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> Let's say I mail it to someone a couple states away, and they pick out some
> pieces they like, and replace them with some pieces they don't need. Then
> they, in turn, send the box on to a new person. The process could repeat
> itself over and over, and, eventually, the box could probably tour the
> entire world. :)
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> I'm thinkin' a couple restrictions might be wise:
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> 1. You'd have to pitch in at least as many pieces as you took out, and
> you'd have to put in pieces that were in at least as good quality as
> those you took out. (In other words, this helps prevent the quality of
> the pieces in the box from slowly going downhill overall.)
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> 2. You'd have to work quickly -- grabbing out what you wanted and repacking
> the box and sending it on to the next person within a couple or three
> days, so that the overall person-to-person turnaround cycle would
> average approximately one week (even less would be better).
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> 3. Putting in a little more than you took out would be encouraged --
> because this way, after the box reaches a certain size, it won't fit
> in a reasonable size anymore -- and that's good -- because it could then
> fork into two boxes, each of which goes happily on its way independently
> of the other. Over time, the forks might even fork, and there might
> then be three or four boxes merrily going around.
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> Obviously there's a bit of a gamble in that when a box arrives to you, there
> may not be anything you like, but the more boxes that get going around, the
> more chances that you might have to get something interesting. I guess in
> the best of all possible worlds, it could be like Christmas several times a
> year for those participating. :-)
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> If everyone sent the pieces on to the next person via USPS Priority mail,
> sealed in a 2-gallon ZipLoc bag, it ought to be fairly inexpensive (about $5
> per person), at least within the U.S., which would be a good place to give
> it a try.
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> Does this sound like a fun idea?
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> --Todd
This sounds like an excellent idea. A couple more suggestions:
1) You might want to limit the number of pieces that could be exchanged
per person (say 10-20 at most, I don't know)... and encourage people to
input a variety of pieces rather than a handful of 1x2's or something.
This could help keep the piece variety interesting.
2) A website could be made to 'track' the box(es) and have people sign
up to be 'in the queue' for the postal mailing list.
3) Also, type out a clear, concise page (webpage that could be printed
out) that explains all the 'rules' and send it along with the pieces.
4) Finally, if the lot finally does become just a bunch of 1x1's... send
'em to me... I'll use 'em all [grin]
eric
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| (...) How about in order to keep the box from going to blue 1x1's, people have to put in what they take out, like if they take out a purple 1x19 plate, they have to put in another type of plate, and if they take a Timmy, they have to put in another (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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