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Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
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Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:05:06 GMT
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Mookie@innocent.com!ihatespam!
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I'd have to say count me in! I've got a bunch of stuff here I'll
probably never use that I could toss in for a few pieces...
Since someone's got First dibs, can I have 2nd :) I haven't heard anyone
ask yet!!
I understand what you mean though Todd.. I could probably throw a couple
hundred pieces into the pile easily, just to get them out of my hair.
How many boxes you think we'll get floating around to start? just the
one or would you be trying to split it up a little more? Will there be a
way to know which box we'd be getting.. or a way of signing up for the
extra boxes?
Sounds like a great idea!!!!
Tamy
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.
>
> 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. :)
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> 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. :-)
>
> 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.
>
> Does this sound like a fun idea?
>
> --Todd
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