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Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:03:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> I was going through a few things here at my home in Michigan,
> and I ran across something odd that I'd forgotten about.  It
> got me thinking:  What kind of true oddities that have some
> connection to LEGO--themed items, promotional things, or other
> tie-ins that are bizarre--do people here have?  There are
> easily enough hard-core, longtime collectors from around the
> world here to have some strange items from the early days of
> LEGO as well as some of the newer promotional items.
> 
> To kick this off, I'll share my only slightly odd item: a
> lightsaber handle from the Wal-Mart 1999 (IIRC) "lightsaber
> building" competition.  It's a black plastic "handle" with
> a + shaped set of plates screwed into the top upon which to
> anchor a "blade."  Apparently these were not supposed to be
> released by the stores, being promotional items, but I
> bought a clearance bucket and one was hiding in there.
> 
> What do all of you have?  (John, your 1593 is unusual, but
> it doesn't count.  ;) )
> 
> Eagerly awaiting tales of mystery and intrigue,
> 
> LFB

Probably the strangest is the glow in the dark cross.  I have no idea of where
it came from or why.  It is around 4" by 7"
Also a Lego braclet that was sold to help Katrinia survivors.
A little model of a coke dispenser glued together and with stickers about 3
inches tall and given out at a trade show.
The White House.  The size of a desk.  It was on display in their HQ in Denmark.
In the 70's (I think) it was donated to a school in Germany.  The school sold it
in an auction to raise funds and it was bought by a GI who shipped it back to
the US and then eventually sold on ebay.  It is actually too large to put in my
house.
John P



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(...) John; The Lego Cross was produced in the early-mid 1950's and exists in 2 versions, one with a plain front and one with the word "JESUS" molded in block letters. Ole Kirk Christiansen, his family, as well as a significant portion of the (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)

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Hi, everyone. I was going through a few things here at my home in Michigan, and I ran across something odd that I'd forgotten about. It got me thinking: What kind of true oddities that have some connection to LEGO--themed items, promotional things, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general) ! 

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