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Re: Large (!) Lego collection available in SE Mass
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date: 
Tue, 22 May 2001 12:36:50 GMT
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I'd also be interested in this .... I'm not sure I can make it there in person to
view the contents, but I could satisfy my curiosity if someone would take a bunch
of digital camera photos of the collection, and with the excel sheet.

Do we have any idea about the price range he's expecting?

Keep me posted - I also have to con- er, negotiate my wife out of an enforced LEGO
spending moratorium, but I am eternally optimistic.

-s




Eric Kingsley wrote:

> Is there anyone in NELUG that would be interested in going in as a group and
> checking this out.  Then if we decided to purchase it as a group it could be
> fun to divy it out amongst the participants or even putting the sets back
> together and putting some of it on Ebay to make our money back.  (depending on
> how much Paul wants for the lot of course).
> 
> Anyway I can't do it on my own but if we have a group that is interested post
> here and we can talk to Paul and set something up.
> 
> Eric Kingsley
> 
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Paul Burden writes:
> > Hello - I just joined this group for the sole reason of finding a home (via
> > sale) of the very large collection of Legos which my 2 sons accumulated
> > during the years (approx) 1978-1985.
> > ...I live in SE Mass, and I need someone to visit, because the parts are all
> > sorted by piece-type but not by set! (sorry).  I also have many, many boxes,
> > directions, etc.
> > ...There are vast amounts of track, switches, etc. for the 4.5 trains (we
> > had about 7-8 sets), and also lots of space, Expert Builder, boats, yellow
> > castle, town stuff.
> > ...I have a list of all the boxes & instructions in Excel, and that gives a
> > pretty good idea of what's involved.  Of course, there are more parts than
> > just those sets require, because some boxes were inevitably destroyed,
> > tossed out, etc.  Also, I'm sure some parts were lost ... but you'd never
> > know it from the huge pile I'm looking at!
> > ...Please contact me if you are within driving distance of Foxboro Stadium,
> > where the New England Patriots play - I'm about 15 minutes from there.  I
> > can email you the Excel list, and you can decide if it's worth your while to
> > see what I've got first-hand. Thank you!!!!!
> > ...PaulB



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I would definitly be interested too. I also live right next door to Foxboro. So I could go over with my digital if he doesn't mind. Where is this spreadsheet? Does anyone have a copy yet? Evil Wayne (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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Is there anyone in NELUG that would be interested in going in as a group and checking this out. Then if we decided to purchase it as a group it could be fun to divy it out amongst the participants or even putting the sets back together and putting (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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