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Okay guys, I hate to brag, so I did not post this back in early March when I made the once in a lifetime score of all scores, but I’m going to go ahead and have some fun. My good buddy Ed, knows I collect Lego’s, and he just happened to look in the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message news:GusxJ4.LE1@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I'll take that bait! Just about a year ago I paid $2 for a Yellow Castle. See this thread: (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I think this find deserves a new name, perhaps FOTC (C being century). Dang, that's like, well, like finding a monorail for $6... I don't think anyone can top that. That set is priceless. Green with envy, -Aaron- (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Greg, As a fellow AFOL and an EBAY seller, I will reply as a seller. I think that your approach to only buying from sellers who themselves are fans of Lego is a good place to start. I assume that when I put Lego up for auction, that my bidders will (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) In lugnet.market.shopping, Benton Jackson writes: (...) Hyperbole?! I was trying to be nice about it. When you look at the bottom of a brick and see some kind of slightly brown, mustard colored stuff packed in the tubes -- well, you draw your (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, I can't say I've *bought* anything in that condition, but in my 20 years of Lego collecting, I have *thrice* found bricks with insect-egg-sacks in them amongst my non-airtight Lego boxes. All hatched before I found them. Made me wish I (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I can't speak for Hop-Frog but I have received bulk LEGO(r) brand pieces with things such as dead insects and dried insect eggs mixed in. That was from eBay though. Never live larvae. (or at least I didn't really check all that closely) I'll (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Please tell me this was just hyperbole, and you didn't actually receive pieces with LARVAE in it! (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) GoodWill Stores here I come, and... Obviously, not everyone in the world (who gives LEGO products to GoodWill) is aware of the Internet. Todd (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) appreciated your attempt to provide a standard for everyone to use. (...) LARVAE INFESTED!?! If this ever happened to me I'd probably abandon my LEGO buying completely. Snot I can handle but creepy crawly things...YECCH! (...) As I pointed (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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