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Nice find Hendo...brings out the treasure hunter in all of us.
JFK..one of the best places I've found have been toystores that do Lego
displays. So long as they are not glued of course, if you find one put in
an offer on it while it's still up along with all your contact info. I've
done that before and have even got entire displays for free..one included a
complete Black Seas Baracuda, firestation, and about 15 town sets.
They can't send them back so they may as well make a buck!
Cheers,
-G
In lugnet.general, John Henry Kruer writes:
> Ar, you have good luck. :)
>
> I seem to be the only person in Jacksonville who knows what Lego is- the
> closest I've ever found is about 3 random collections of Megablok and Tyco.
>
> Thank goodness for Bricklink and Ebay...
>
> (still hopefull)
> -JHK
> In lugnet.general, John P. Henderson writes:
> > I dunno where to post this, but I just had to share my excitement. I had my
> > first Find Of The Week in some time last week. Of course, that makes me
> > wonder whether I should call it the Find Of The Week, Month, Or Whatever.
> > Well, this is what happened:
> >
> > I got an email from a friend who is Lego-sympathetic but not really an AFOL
> > and he gave me the info from an ad in the newspaper. It said, 'thousands of
> > Lego for $25', with a phone number for a place a few towns over. I said to
> > myself, "John," (That's what I call myself, even though I prefer the
> > nickname, weird I know....so I said,) "John, it can't be thousands of Lego
> > for $25. It must be an exaggeration, or maybe half of it is clone brand stuff."
> >
> > So I call the number, talk to a woman, get an address, and arrange to meet
> > the next day. I go there after a short beautiful drive in warm sunny
> > weather (haven't had a lot of that lately around here). The woman welcomes
> > me in, introduces her teenage son, who promptly provides me with a 1 foot X
> > 2 foot X 1 foot (approx) cardboard box. Inside, it is packed tightly with
> > ABS sorted into zip-locked bags roughly by type or related usage. I
> > actually said aloud, "You only want $25?" (I'm no good at haggling I
> > guess.) He said yes. I didn't argue, pulled out my $25, and happily
> > returned to my NLSO's house (closest place I could stop to open the box).
> >
> > I have not opened every bag, nor started the process of really sorting what
> > I picked up. I did notice one non-Lego horse. But everything else looks
> > official. From the parts selection I would guess this person had a number
> > of UFO sets and Dragon Master or Fright Knight sets. But mixed in, I also
> > noticed a few ancient windows, doors, and wheel hubs (the pre-minifigure
> > ones). Just a rough estimate based on the size of the box, I would say for
> > me to get that same number of elements by shopping today might cost around $300.
> >
> > It has been a while since I made a great find. Previously, I had picked up
> > a Model Team car for a few dollars and a 4.5v Train (7720) for $3 (when new
> > ones cost $60), both at thrift stores, but also both were years ago. This
> > recent find was quite an exciting moment. ...Oh, and I got to see my honey
> > at the end of the adventure too... What a great day! :-D
> >
> > Had to share,
> > -Hendo
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