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Posting in Marketplace 'cause it really is selling bricks, but this is a
complete 'not for profit' by me--I'm just trying to help someone.
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I was recently put in contact with a Diane who lives in the Greater Toronto
Area. Her husband passed away and left her with a somewhat large collection of
bricks.
I visited her on Sunday and took pictures--
http://sandysparky.net/gallery/diane_bricks
My very brief estimate is that there are well over 80 thousand bricks. They are
using the same storage system that I use--the plastic drawer system from
Canadian Tire. The basic bricks are sorted into 85 drawers--both the shallow and
the deep drawers. There is also a small organizer for the unique pieces.
Unfortunately, as you will notice from the pics, much of the basic brick is
MegaBloks. There is a lot of LEGO there, but my best guestimate is that the
collection is 60-70 percent MegaBlok. The unique pieces are mostly LEGO--looks
as if he bought many creator sets over the last few years--click hinges and
such.
The husband was a fantastic builder who loved making big and architecturally
complex buildings. Diane showed me many pictures of very creative and impressive
MOCs.
They didn't have any kids and there are no other family members that are
interested in the collection.
As well, the husband didn't want his collection to go to someone that wouldn't
appreciate it. He also didn't want the collection to be donated to a school.
If you know of anyone who is a fan of the brick--not just LEGO--that might want
to purchase the entire collection, please let me know. I tried to take as many
pictures as I could.
If you want to arrange a viewing, give me a shout. I don't want to overwhelm
Diane in this time after losing her husband, but she is interested in getting
this collection out of her condo. Since the entire collection is stored in the
plastic drawers, a roll of shrink wrap and a few hours of moving it out wouldn't
be that big an issue. Shipping all of it somewhere would be way too much on the
pocketbook, but I think I can fit all the drawers in the pickup for
transportation (using lots of rope and tie-downs) and am willing to drive mostly
anywhere in the SW Ontario area.
Please, if anyone has any ideas or leads, let me know. She wants this collection
to go to someone who will appreciate it in her husbands memory.
Take care,
Dave K
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