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Subject: 
A nice summer surprise
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:21:10 GMT
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This may be CDS (Compartment Dork Syndrome) but here goes...

My family has just returned from up north and they brought back...a huge tub
of LEGO®!!! Actually they had gotten it from an aunt who had stored them for
7-8 years. Upon going through the collection of pieces, I found quite a few
that were yellowed and beaten up pretty bad. However, after close
examination it was revealed that all the crappy bricks were...gasp...Tyco
blocks! I was relieved, because it was the LEGO® that had stood the test of
time (mint condition). I had always wanted to watch clone bricks melt and
burn, but didn't want to spend my precious money on these pieces of crap.
Thanks to my aunt, I'm 4000-5000 pieces richer AND I get to torch the
competition!

Does anyone have similar experiences to share with the LUGNET community? -Harvey



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  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
(...) I can cite the pristine TYCO Superblocks in my collection dating from at least the time of your bricks, while formerly white LEGO bricks from the same period are a gentle shade of urine. I think it's the luck of the draw insofar as your (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
Its a fact that whenever you buy a box of LEGO from a car boot sale (here in cardiff at least) It'll have a good few Tyco And MegaBlox in it. I do enjoy binning them James "Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
(...) -Harvey My collection has a (very) few megabloks :-( They're still white and I know why. *WARNING: ANTI-CLONE STATEMENT* Even the dirt and dust won't touch it :) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
(...) [snip] Hi, I asked my nephew (Rim, 18) about 2 months ago if I could get "my" old Lego back, you know, for my 3 year old son (he he). Yesterday was the big day. My old "bucket" (40cm diameter and 60 cm high) was still there, not as full as I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)

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