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Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???)
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Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:47:34 GMT
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Wow, that's amazing. did this happen a long time ago (the Florida trip) or was
it recent?
In lugnet.people, Brian Lanning writes:
> ok, I have to confess my two greatest finds. It was when we were first
> starting collecting lego sets. The first find was *three* unitron monorails
> for $100 each at a TRU in kentucky. I thought we would never eclipse that
> one, but we did. On a driving trip to florida, we went through a small town
> in the south with a k-mart. It was 30 minutes before closing. The kids were
> asleep so I went in alone with lynn and the kids in the car. I was in there
> for quite a while. They locked the doors. Lights were turning off. Lynn was
> seconds from waking up the kids and going in after me. Then I emerged with
> the find. The toy department was the worst I had ever seen. Lego sets were
> scattered across four of the six isles. Nothing was organized. Things were
> on the floor, sideways, and hanging off the shelf. There were open coke cans,
> half consumed and sticky, mixed in with the toys. It took quite a lot of
> digging. I don't remember the exact quantities, but here's a brief list of
> what I got:
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> nine renegade runners
> five or so cabin cruisers
> half a dozen shuttle transcon 2s and numerous smaller launch command sets
> pizza to gos
> hook n ladders
> countless paradisa sets including a couple poolside paradises
> dragon masters sets
> a sea serpent
> dozens of other sets that had been discontinued for a few years. Some I had
> never seen before.
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> I filled two shopping carts full. Less than half of the items scanned. The
> cashier was guessing at prices, holding up two sets similar in piece count and
> assuming that they were the same price. Nearly all of it was on clearance.
> It was about $1000 and the register receipt was two feet long. I put
> everything in the trunk and continued on to florida. I told lynn about
> everything I had left behind and she yelled at me for not buying it. So on
> the way back, we drove back to the k-mart and finished it off. Two more
> shopping carts full. This time, it was in the middle of the day and they were
> busy. So I approached a manager type person and explained the situation. I
> said that I had two carts full of items that won't scan and if I get into line
> with it, there will be a lot of people mad at me. So she opened a register
> just for me (in the sporting goods department) and we went through the carts.
>
> All in all, we spent about $2500. In order to fit it all in the trunk, I had
> to carfully position boxes to maximize trunk space while not crushing boxes
> and avoiding the hinges on the trunk lid. I'd filled shopping carts before,
> but this was our best/worst yet. We kept some, sold some. Out set auction
> helped to offset a lot of the cost. I doubt we'll ever spend that much at
> once again. Most of the really good old sets have been bought or dumped by
> now.
>
> You're not really on a lego buying binge until the credit card company calls
> and asks if everything's ok. :-D
>
> brian
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> In lugnet.people, Paul Sinasohn writes:
> > "I went to Orlando for a conference and spent $750 at the Lego Imagination
> > Center, then went to Fresno to help Mike Poindexter build train tables and
> > bought $462 worth of Lego from him, and $200 from a Shell Station, then I • came
> > home and spent $560 on eBay on Technic lots from Britain and $250 on the Lego
> > paddlewheeler, and then placed a $100 order from the eToys half-off sale
> > and a $200 order from the Legoland tent sale.
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