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I can put up financing for a significant part of this if something comes of it. Keep me in the loop. All I ask in return is a small profit, and the blue windows... :-) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd want some rough idea of what was there and some sort of rough idea of the per piece cost. I don't want 5000 dollars worth of belville suitcases and starfish at a dollar a piece! But I just freed up a chunk of capital so... (...) Yes, let's (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Just spoken to the spm. His gut feeling is somewhere in the region of US$4000 to $5000 BUT he reckons the managers' (who although consider the whole lot to be a plastic junk) would value the spare parts much, much higher. How much higher I don't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'll endeavour to get a breakdown of the parts available but I'm not making any promises that I'll be able to get a good enough deal on the whole lot should it contain a large number of valuable parts. I haven't been able to establish if the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow. That's much lower than we were expecting... Marcia and I could probably swing several hundred dollars for it. (Rent - what rent?) (...) If there aren't enough people in New Zealand to split it up by weight, it should all be shipped en (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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What, every single one of my blue windows wasn't enough?!? ;-) Oh, I've managed to gather a few more 1x4x3 and 2x2 windows, but I think I'll just throw them in my next auction. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) could (...) I think there is a bigger concentration in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. There are over a dozen regular/semi-regular posters and at least another 6 to 12 folks that lurk. Hmmm, I bet Todd could break that down. Paul (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) for (...) Yeah, I actually thought that Minneapolis had more. I just wanted to give it a shot. ;-) Naji (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's likely the parts are already (mostly) sorted, with each part having its own bin. Or case, depending on the quantity. Now, sorting out for shipping to different buyers would still be required. And would be a big pain, if people were (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I agree with Paul. Send them to me....er..us;-) ;John (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37bc0c40.150569...net.com... (...) realistic - (...) This is how much of it is sorted although in much smaller quantities than many people imagine. Remember LEGO NZ is a much, much (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) there in all likelyhood could be some lego gold,though... -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I could easily free up about $500 or so, and i'd like to participate. I have space it could be stored/sorted in too.... Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, right. LEGO which go to MSP never come out again. We've heard the stories. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've received a number of offline notes about this, expressing various opinions and pledging various amounts. So depending on the dollar amount, it's doable, and at 5K I'd be in for less than half of the total (but not much less, so far). More (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Like light in a black hole;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or anything else? :) Follow-Ups to lugnet.lego.physics Ciao! (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Yeah, and we have TONS of BayLUG people that could sort ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Put me down for $500 too. I don't have space to sort it all, but I could sort a couple of large freestyle bucket loads. Adam Howard Paul Sinasohn <bearitone@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:FGqLE5.1q6@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:... (...) They came at a very high price, IMO. So you *did* send them? (...) Do not divulge the secrets your eyes have beheld, lest you incur a "disaster beyond imagination" (like a chandelier falling on your head-- thank you, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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[This followup was posted to lugnet.general and a copy was sent to the cited author.] On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:58:00 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Of course, air mail, sea mail, etc. would be prohibitively expensive (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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