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Re: Largest Bricks Ever Produced?
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Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:08:17 GMT
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Not sure if these are the ones Tom is refering to, but these are the giant
bricks outside of the LEGO Outlet in Dawsonville Georgia
http://www.ngltc.org/gallery/show.asp?Folder=66-legooutlet2002&imgNbr=72
http://www.ngltc.org/gallery/show.asp?Folder=84-legooutlet2000&imgNbr=0
jt
In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Tom Reed writes:
> In lugnet.announce, John Knight writes:
> > I just want to know if anyone has seen anything like these before?
> > I picked them up at a garage sale a few years ago. What was told that they
> > might have been from a Toys R Us promotion about a decade ago. I thought I
> > would share them with the rest of the community.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=39307
> >
> > BTW the two MOCS show here are:
> > 1) Airplane
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=366717
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> > 2) Office towers
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=366722
> >
> > :)
> >
> > -John
> >
> > Enjoy.
> Hi John,
> Similar items have been used by TRU in their displays over the years. I
> can't confirm that's where they came from but that would seem a likely
> possibility. Sometimes you see things like that on ebay! I don't think
> I've seen any lately that have been as large as the ones you have. As for
> the largest brick, I think there was one that was used as a promotion at
> some Lego store that was something like 8 feet in length and 4 feet in
> height! It was displayed in the mall outside of the store. A picture of it
> was available at one time, but I couldn't find a link to it. It was the
> largest brick I was ever aware of.
> It's great that you found the large bricks in a garage sale. I would love
> to find something like that sometime. I imagine that they would be quite
> desirable to a lot of AFOL! I think I would display them in my house as
> furniture if I owned them. haha It looks like you could use them as seats
> although they wouldn't be too comfortable!
> Thanks for sharing them with us...
> Tom
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| (...) Hi John, Similar items have been used by TRU in their displays over the years. I can't confirm that's where they came from but that would seem a likely possibility. Sometimes you see things like that on ebay! I don't think I've seen any lately (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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