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So what's the chance of one of you locals picking up some light blue bricks/plates for me if they show up one day when I'm NOT
there? I'll be there at the end of May, but only for one day, and I'd hate it if I missed them by a day.
Aaron West wrote:
> Colors and shapes available are different everytime I go (once a month) and
> the master builder shop at the center of the park seems to run on it's own
> schedual. I've seen tons of them orange and light blue available. I think
> it may hve to do with what they need/don't need for master builder projects
> at the park and the need to clear out the store house for new stuff. But I
> R guessing...
> Best,
> -Aaron-
>
> In lugnet.general, Mark Papenfuss writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
> > > I mentioned this in another post this week, but I think that I cannot go
> > > to a Legoland until TLC/LD starts selling bulk parts in off colors
> > > (light blue, etc). It has been mentioned many times that some folks
> > > have gone to a Legoland park and seen all these neat buildings made of
> > > parts that we can not obtain in colors that are very limited, as far as
> > > public availability goes.
> >
> > <snip>
> > YES!!!!!!!! I was at LL last week and I went to the model shop, I got some
> > new girl who I guess messed up and was selling colors she should not have
> > been selling - but I had no idea of this at the time, I thought they were
> > now selling these wonderful colors. Due to a total brain fart, I forgot all
> > the rare colors and only could think of pink, and with my bank account very
> > low, I was only able to get 1/4th lb of pink. I went back a few days later
> > (after payday) only to be shot down like a dog! I was *really* upset, for a
> > few reasons (see my "reversal of fourtune" thread in Legoland.ca). But
> > either somebody was there the same day as I was - or has some serious
> > hook-ups in legoland, look at this:
> > http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=sscajun41+&include=0&since=30&sort=2&rows=75
> > (make sure you get the link all the way to the s=75 at the end)
> > this guy has been selling some ***very*** rare bricks, for those of you are
> > too lazy to click that thread, let me give you the highlights:
> > 21 silver bricks
> > 31 2x4 purple bricks
> > over 50 magenta bricks (various sizes)
> > over 50 different teal parts
> > over 150 various pink parts
> > over *200* *sky blue* plates
> > over 100 orange bricks/plates
> >
> > Now this may not seem that out of place to some of you - but let me point
> > this out, lets take his orange lego lot, he has 2x10 bricks in it, so what
> > you ask? well, the 2x10 brick was never in any set! By looking at his email
> > Cangelzero@XXXX.com I see this: CA-Angel-Zero, I am assuming he lives in
> > southern Cali (the California angels play in Anhiem - not to far north of
> > LL). So either this guy got lucky like I did, or has a hook-up in legoland.
> > How else would he get all these bricks/plates in perfect condition?? Did
> > they even put magenta and sky blue parts in any sets?? Makes you think........
> >
> > > Me? I would probably be incoherent with rage, and they would have to
> > > drag me off frothing at the mouth uttering something about why TLC is
> > > torturing us in this way. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to keep
> > > looking at the Legoland pictures in the Ultimate Lego Book, and keep my
> > > bloodpressure in check.
> >
> > And what about the models they use with hundreds and hundreds of the
> > macaroni bricks? And about the clear bricks and windows, I would like to see
> > anyboy with even 1/1000th of a percentage of those parts that they use in LL!!!
> > >
> > > I wonder if many folks who HAVE visited Legoland get annoyed with this.
> >
> > lol, I was mad the day they told me I could not get any non-basic parts or
> > colors, I think the fact I had my 6-month old daughter with me was the only
> > thing that kept me from going over the edge.
> > >
> > > Knowledge can be a dangerous thing!
> > >
> > > Gary Istok
> >
> > I hope Lego gets this fact in their head!
> > Mark P.
> > mfuss903@aol.com
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