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(...) Add my name to the list. I'll call them in the morning and plead insanity as well. Even more red tubs... yahhhhh ! Ray (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Kmart currently has Lego at buy 1, 50% off the second item. Tub #4107x2 2,000 pieces for $30.00. Not as good as the #4400 was but still only .015 per item. The contents of 2-#4107 tubs are equal to a little more than 5 very full Pick-a-Brick cups at (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts - may have to hit 1 again) Baby/Duplo/Primo/Explore 3279 Busy Bob $ 4.99 $ 2.50 4341 Storybuilder Farmyard Fun $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 4797 Ogel Mutant Killer Whale $29.99 $15.00 6772 Alpha Team Cruiser $ 6.99 $ (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I had read the stuff on packing 2x4 bricks. I was interested in what the best total volume of mixed bricks was. I don't build exclusively with any particular brick size, so I don't mind mixing types within a cup. The LEGO Imagination Center in (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A couple of hours to do both configurations and count them up. Brian H. Nielsen (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A typo in the above: The base of the trapazoid is 6 studs, not 8. Sorry. Brian H. Nielsen (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.general, Doug Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) And I think we all know how painful that can be. :O I'm sorry. -Evil Wayne (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Here is my method of stacking 143 2x4 bricks, 2 2x2 and 21 1x2 in a Pick-A-Brick cup and still having the lid snap tight. I watched Chris Phillips pack one cup then took the idea home and used some trial and error to improve my piece counts. I just (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The worst part about this hobby IMHO, everytime I visit a store that sell LEGO there is a crowd of kids getting in the way. .) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I posted late last week with my method of packing 137 2x4s with breathing room for lots of small parts.<< Chris I saw that but like I said my comprehension with photos is somewhat limited. :) (...) That's what my pattern does. By eliminating (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've been shipped the same order twice. That was cool, until I realized S@H charged me twice! I think I ended up losing money after the exchange rate conversion... -Bryan (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yeah...I heard something about that as well. Lucky folks those folks are indeed ;) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I posted late last week with my method of packing 137 2x4s with breathing room for lots of small parts. Based on reading the packing methods of others, I think you can actually fit 4 2x4s into the raised stud on the lid instead of the three (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:Ho7sK2.Jyo@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) return (...) S@H (...) that, (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Actually, I think what she said was "no one ever offers to pay for our (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Walsh wrote: ... (...) ... I also got double the fun. Mike, Joe Meno and I had just had lunch, where I went on and on about how great the 4400 part selection was (we had each been lucky enough to get our orders) and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Our biggest concern was to see how many 2x4 blocks we could easily get in each cup. So far the easiest way I have found is as below......... (URL) This results in 136-2x4, 1-2x2, 21-1x4, 18-1x2 plus room for a few other little items like tiles. This (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The 4400 saga continues ... And as it continues, it is also likely to upset a few people. I suspect I was one of the first to order the 4400 tubs, Tom Stangl had mentioned it on a private e-mail list. I called S@H early on 10/30 and ordered 10 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Brian H. Nielsen" <70401.2635@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:Ho7I4n.197H@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ...] (...) down by (...) If you (...) So the real question is - how long did this take you? Mike (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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I recently made a trip to the pick-a-brick at the Orlando LEGO Imagination Center and spent time stacking bricks to fit inside the large cup. After I returned home and counted my booty (1071.67 cubic bricks) I decided to investigate what the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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FWIW Kmart (US) is doing BOGO 50% off this week. When they did this a month or so ago my nearest Kmart didn't have squat, but YMMV (better I hope!). Maggie C. (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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