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Re: Biggest private collection of LEGO in Britain
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:12:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, William Toenjes wrote:
> Hey Brickish folks,
>
> Saw a story 1:42PM BST 23 Sep 2008
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3066876/Biggest-private-collection-of-two-million-bricks-of-Lego.html
> "Biggest private collection of two million bricks of Lego"
> A toy-mad collector and Star Wars fan has amassed Britain's biggest private
> collection of Lego - containing over two million bricks.
> "Darren Smith, 32, started collecting the colourful building blocks aged five
> when he was given a set by his parents as a Christmas present."
> "He has more than 2,000,000 bricks in his incredible collection - eclipsing the
> previous British record of 500,000."
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> According to http://www.brickish.org/news.aspx
> Brickish member Phil Traviss on ITV Tyne Tees, 29 Jan 2008
> See Phil's collection, the largest in the country! Scroll to 23 minutes in for
> the start of the LEGO news story.
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> OK, who has bragging rights?
> --
> Bill
> (TooMuchDew)
> G.M.L.T.C.
Hi Bill,
Yes, Darren went a bit mad at the 'tent sale' and overtook me.
(But my collection's better quality than his anyway ;-)).
Phil in Yorkshire.
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