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Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
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Tue, 1 May 2007 04:51:14 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes wrote:
> In lugnet.general, John Patterson wrote:
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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 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.
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> John;
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> --Jim
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
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