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Re: Pick A Brick now in Canada
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:41:50 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, John Guerquin wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Allan Bedford wrote:
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> > Initially I figured I'd fill the larger bags, thinking that would be the best
> > deal. But when I got there, it appeared (at least to my eyes) that the large
> > bags aren't really that much larger than the small ones. I would guess no more
> > than 25% larger. (Maybe someone else has a better take on how much bigger they
> > really are.) But where the small bags cost $5.99 each (before tax) the large are
> > $9.99. So I ended up filling two small bags.
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> I picked up a small and a large bag of PAB last week.
> I performed a simple test today:
> - small bag fits about 28 2x4 bricks (tightly packed, but not stacked) for $6
> - large bag fits about 26 2x4 bricks for $10
> (I did not test the "stacking not allowed" rule either)
Since no one was paying any attention I did stack a few plates, though I didn't
have time to stack as many as I would have liked. To be honest, I didn't really
realize the rule was there... guess I don't read very well. ;)
> So either way it works out to about 21 cents per 2x4 brick, in other words, it
> seems that the "value" of the baggies is pretty close. I'm sure it would be a
> little different with 1x4 or 2x2 bricks, but not by a significant amount.
> Looks like LEGO and/or Bricks and Blocks did their homework :)
Mine eyes deceived me. :)
As noted, it was a very quick visual comparison that I did, as the store was
closing fairly soon and I wanted to get some pieces before they tossed me out.
Perhaps the additional volume also comes from the fact that the larger bag would
tend to get wider as you packed it and therefore the difference isn't just is
height and width.
But thanks for doing this test John. Next time I'll give a go at a large one.
> Now I'm waiting for technic pieces to start appearing, along with more smaller
> pieces that can be used as "filler".... there's only so many 1x2 jumper plates
> that one needs :)
I agree. I was glad I only grabbed two of the 1x6 black Technic bricks that
were there. Since when I got home I realized those are the Technic brick of
which I already have the most anyway.
The black jumper plates were great (for me at least) since in that part, in that
color, I was still in need of more.
Thanks again for the info John!
Best regards,
Allan B.
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| In lugnet.market.shopping, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) I picked up a small and a large bag of PAB last week. I performed a simple test today: - small bag fits about 28 2x4 bricks (tightly packed, but not stacked) for $6 - large bag fits about (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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