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Re: The junk-box (was: What I'm agonna do)
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lugnet.market.jambalaya
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:06:04 GMT
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Mookie@{nospam}innocent.com
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Still looks to me like there's some good stuff in there.. I'd still take
dibs on this box!!!
they may not be perfect, though you can still build something with the
stuff :)
Tamy
Todd Lehman wrote:
>
> In lugnet.market.jambalaya, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes:
> > There is also about *2* boxes worth of stuff that I would characterize
> > as "junk". There is good stuff in there but it may be yellowed, very
> > dirty, chewed on, or broken. There ARE parts I think people would covet
> > in there though. I do NOT want to mix it in with the rest.
>
> Here's a photo of the bag I assembled which I think we would all agree is
> "junk":
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> http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/jambalaya/misc/3794C1E2.jpg
>
> More details:
> - Severe yellowing in some cases (white, gray, and blue especially).
> - Sand or dirt or gum pushed up into the tubes in some cases.
> - Chewed or chipped or bent or totally broken (like snapped in half) in
> some cases.
> - Scribbled on randomly with pens in some cases.
> - Severely scratched in some cases (as if someone had taken sandpaper to
> the element).
>
> So basically, it's the kind of stuff that you'd *cringe* at if you bought an
> old collection sight-unseen.
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>
> > Todd asked me not to and said if I didn't want to send it out, just
> > throw it away.
>
> Yeah, some of the stuff in this bag is in such bad condition, it would not
> only bum people out if it were a surprise, but it might even make them
> angry. So I wanted to make sure that it would never be a surprise, and
> hence the "junk box" label.
>
> > I think he was kidding.
>
> Partially, but not entirely. This was stuff that I would never ever sell,
> and certainly would never ever build with, and would even feel uncomfortable
> donating to a school or something like that, even to Goodwill.
>
> I think the only good use for it is sending it out to true die-hard LEGO
> fanatics who'd rather have -some- broken up old copy of a piece instead of
> nothing (like, say, if they were missing it from an old set).
>
> --Todd
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