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Subject:	Re: Spare Lego for us (Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works))
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 1999 03:37:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Sanjay D'Souza writes: > 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 know. Wow. That's much lower than we were expecting... Marcia and I could probably swing several hundred dollars for it. (Rent - what rent?) > If (and that's a very big if) I were able to swing a good deal and have the > financial backing of the Bank of Pieniazek and others (1) where in the world > would I put the stuff? If there aren't enough people in New Zealand to split it up by weight, it should all be shipped en masse to a more Lego-fan-populated area. There are several US cities with multiple AFOLs that could do the work. (Knoxville, for instance, with three regular Lugnet posters and several lurkers. ;-)) We could probably divide it up in our living room. > > I'm happy to do the dealing (the free lunch I'm offering the spm and his > wife this weekend should be a good bargining tool (2) ) but I'm not prepared > to store the stuff once it's paid for and being sorted. Any ideas? As far as sorting goes, I'm not sure if sorting by parts would be realistic - unless Larry decides to just buy it all for himself, and sell off what he doesn't want. Otherwise it should just be split up randomly by weight, and then the individuals who bought a chunk of it could start swapping pieces as desired. (This just sounds like tons of fun!) > > Sanjay Naji

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		Re: Spare Lego for us (Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works))
(...) 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)

		Re: Spare Lego for us (Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works))
(...) 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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		Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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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