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Re: General Box #5
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lugnet.market.jambalaya
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 23:10:08 GMT
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Gee Frank, you should have let me know about the miscolored bucket before you
mailed me GB#3... I'm a fool for a deal, and I'm looking for some canidates to
play LEGO meets a Dremel... (I am anticipating some homebrew pneumatic parts
that are going to need LEGO clothing...)
Dave
In lugnet.market.jambalaya, Frank Filz writes:
> Christopher Weeks wrote:
> > I added the bundle of catalogs and manuals from the Weeks J, an old
> > motorcycle w/ a cracked fork, a bellville silver bucket with handle, a
> > baggy of bricks with eyes printed on them, a large baggy of slopes. I
> > think it's leaving me with a little more value, a lot more choices, and
> > some paper.
>
> Perhaps it's out of place to comment on contributions to the Jambalaya
> boxes, but I will anywise...
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> I would really rather not see recent catalogs (GB#3 had 3 recent North
> American catalogs, I pulled them out) or instructions in general. These
> add a lot of weight and not much value (I just recently tossed a grocery
> bag full of catalogs in the recycling bin, after keeping several of each
> catalog for possible future trades). Broken or poor condition parts
> should be saved for one of the junk boxes. I'd also rather not see
> bricks with eyes and mouths. (How many people don't have a bazzilion
> more of these than they need?)
>
> Of course I'm never sure if what I'm putting in is reasonable, so
> perhaps I should just go back to my corner.
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> Box weight needs to be kept to the point that the parts you take out are
> worth the shipping. If shipping goes much above $5, it's going to be
> hard to take out usefull stuff, and put in stuff which keeps the variety
> in the box decent (I'm not sure we should be concerned with increasing
> the value of the box, so much as keeping it interesting).
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> GB#3 is very marginal right now. I pulled a lot of wheels out (some for
> Larry, some for Tom, and some with discolored or abused hubs to be saved
> for JB#2). I put a variety of stuff in, and would have looked for more
> stuff, but I've already had the box a bit too long (I need to start a
> box of potential Jambalaya contributions).
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> If JB#2 doesn't make it to me soon, I'm going to start a new Junk Box as
> a replacement. I've probably got plenty to make a decent box.
>
> Also a reminder: I have a couple quarts of abused and discolored basic
> bricks and plates from JB#1. If anyone wants those, I can ship them to
> you (and you can put an extra contribution in the next Jambalaya box you
> get).
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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