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Re: The junk-box (was: What I'm agonna do)
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Fri, 23 Jul 1999 01:45:38 GMT
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The stuff doesn't look too bad to me at all.
Todd Lehman wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> > I think he was kidding.
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> 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.
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> 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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