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Re: Is S@H the best place to get an infusion of Gray Bricks?
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Date: 
Sat, 5 Feb 2000 03:31:38 GMT
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I don't know if this is still valid, but you might try asking S@H for #5145,
if they are still selling it.  Contains 1 2x10, 1 2x8, 14 2x4, 8 2x3, 12
2x2, 2 1x8, 4 1x6, 4 1x4, 4 1x3, 8 1x2, and 4 1x1 bricks.


"Peter Callaway" <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message
news:FJzD53.DCo@lugnet.com...
> > There appear to be two Shop at Home services. One for the US and one for
> > Canada. They do not do international shipping, however a number of
> > people are willing to place orders for people not in those countries, in
> > exchange for willingness to pick up things not available in the US, or
> > just general friendliness.
> 
> The general friendliness thing is fantastic, and I may take advantage of • it. I
> could only offer the cash renumeration as I doubt there is anything in
> Australia that you couldn't get in the US or Europe, and alot sooner too.
> 
> > Another option for increasing brick counts of specific colors are
> > auctions. I have bought green and grey brick lots from eBay for less
> > than USD 0.10 per brick.
> 
> Most of the auctions are in the US, so payment and shipping would be using • the
> "general friendliness" credit card again. ;-)
> 
> > If you don't care about color, bet way to get lots of bricks is the
> > brick only tubs, buckets, and boxes (I'm not sure if the boxes are
> > non-US only - I saw them in the Swedish catalog). Next best after that
> > is Freestyle and the new Classic sets.
> 
> We don't have many of the large tubs here (why not is one of lifes great
> mysteries) so I'll have to rely on kits, ot getting stuff in the US. Since
> Lego NZ have sent their stuff over to Australia there might be some
> interesting pieces there. I think I might pay them a visit.
> 
> Peter Callaway



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  Re: Is S@H the best place to get an infusion of Gray Bricks?
 
Strange - S@H isn't available in the UK, and I thought I'd never find some grey bricks. Then, two days ago I was on a sailing trip and we stopped at Lymington, just south of the New Forest. In a toyshop there I found an old box of Lego with set (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.service)

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  Re: Is S@H the best place to get an infusion of Gray Bricks?
 
(...) The general friendliness thing is fantastic, and I may take advantage of it. I could only offer the cash renumeration as I doubt there is anything in Australia that you couldn't get in the US or Europe, and alot sooner too. (...) Most of the (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.service, lugnet.market.auction)

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