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Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
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Tue, 1 May 2007 01:16:49 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Patterson wrote:
> 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;
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
Billund workforce were rather devout followers of Indre Mission, an evangelical
offshoot of the Danish Lutheran Church. The crosses were not toys but were given
out to employees as gifts around Christian holidays, such as Christmas and
Easter. Lego also sold or donated the crosses to Christian groups for use as a
fundraiser. I have images of a Cross in it's original box promoting a new
YMCA/YWCA in Denmark.
The crosses were apparently produced in decent numbers, but few still exist.
I have only seen a handful ever for sale (ebay.de) One in a box is probably
worth about 200 USD.
--Jim
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| (...) Thanks, that is good to know. A mystery solved. I kind of wondered about their family history a little. While I am not a conspiracy theorist, it seems like the number 13 pops up a lot in their inventories. Just an observation. John P (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.general)
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