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Re: Junk Box 1 Log
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lugnet.market.jambalaya
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Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:33:03 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
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> Ok, I've ended up sitting on this one a bit too long. I'm going to send it
> on it's way to Canada tomorrow.
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> I have taken out:
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> All the rectangular bricks and plates in common colors (1)
> 1 blue 8x8 trapezoidal plate
> 1 small pine tree
> 1 1x4x2 red double airplane window
> 1 technic figure missing arms
> 1 white 1x4x3 town window w/white inserts and shutters
> 1 ea red, white, and green town shutters (mismatched pairs)
> 1 red town window insert
> 4 white 1x4x3 town window frames
> 1 red 2x2 slope w/M-Tron logo
> 1 grey 2x2 slope w/computer patter
> 1 yellow 1x2 slope
> 1 red door for 2x4x5 door frames
> 1 yellow 2x4x2 brick w/2 rounded ends
> 1 red 2x4x2 brick w/2 rounded ends
> 1 red 2x4x2 brick w/tripple rounded top
> 1 white 1x2 brick w/grill printing
> 2 green 4x4 baseplate
> 1 white 1x4 brick w/blue triangle printing
> 1 trans red 1x1 cylinder
> 1 white 2x4 plate with wheel wells
> 1 trans green, 1 trans yellow sprue
> 4 black tapered space engines
Gaaaahhhh! Those parts were in the JUNK box? MAN, they sure weren't there
when *I* got it, or you wouldn't have gotten most of them! ;-)
(especially since I am missing ONE 1x4x2 red double airplane window from an
airplane).
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> What I put in
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> 3 somewhat abused but still useable grey road plates (2)
> 4 dk grey insectoid legs
> 1 abused green 10x20 basebrick/plate (the middle style w/tubes only around
> the edge)
> 2 new trans lt-blue 4x4 1/2 spherical domes from divers sets
> 1 red abused rowboat
> 1 abused surfboard sail (3)
> 1 technic figure w/o arms
> 1 bellville figure missing a foot
> 1 palm tree base which doesn't hold tight anymore
> 1 broken Fabuland chair
> 1 pirate defaced with red paint, no hands
> 1 headless very faded red cross torso
> 1 white abused surfboard
> 2 grey abused plates
> 1 white smooshed control stick base
> 1 blue 1x2 plate w/2 side handles - one broken
> 1 blue 2x2/2x2 90 degree angle, broken in two
> 2 black abused 1x2 plate w/verticle rod up
> 1 aquashark headless/handless torso
> 2 broken palm leaves
> 1 dk grey round shield w/handle broken off
> 1 grey 2x2 tile painted black
> 1 broken 2x2x2 space landing leg
> 1 red abused 2x4 slope
> 1 abused tire
> 1 red abused 1x2x2 classic window
> 1 red 1x1x2 shutter/door hanger brick, tabs broken
> 1 red 1x4 plate w/broken ball socket
> 1 black 2x4 brick w/old style axle holes, w/axle stuck in it
> 1 white small paddle w/broken handle
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> Ok, so some of it is pretty junky, but I suspect someone(s) will enjoy those
> road plates.
>
> One thing I was thinking about proposing on the junk boxes is that every 5th
> person or so, there be a cleansing. Each box would have two bags, one that
> new stuff is put into, one that is take out only. When the next cleanser
> gets the bags, he may at his discretion dispose of anything in the
> take-out-only bag, and put anything to be kept in the other bag, the now
> empty bag becomes the put-in-take-out bag, and the other bag with all the
> stuff in it becomes the take-out-only bag. Thus, anything which doesn't get
> picked out after several visits, which a person willing to throw out LEGO
> sees as not valuable, gets pitched.
>
> An additional refinement, all basic bricks and plates get put into a third
> bag. Every time a cleanser gets the box, all the useable (but discolored,
> painted, or mildly abused) basic bricks and plates are removed, and if
> someone has expressed an interest in abused bricks and plates, they get them
> mailed to them (at their expense?).
>
> Frank
>
> (1) If anyone wants these, let me know, I'll be happy to mail them to you
> (in the US). If someone is upset that I have taken all of these out, I'll
> pop them back into Junk Box #2 when it gets here, or I'll mail them to you,
> and you can re-insert them into the box.
>
> (2) Paint, glue, and one with broken corner
>
> (3) read about how this became abused in my post in lugnet.general on
> washing warning!
--
Tom Stangl
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