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Re: Official LEGO storage boxes? For more than a hundred bucks each?!
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Date: 
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:10:30 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Scott Lyttle wrote:
Since this product is made from pine, I'd dare say there is no particle board
present.  (Most of those bookshelves from Wal-Mart are made of particle
board...Particle board is an awful material to build with--even MDF would be
preferred over particle board.. and MDF is basically sawdust and glue!)

So, you're probably getting a pretty decent quality product with those
containers.  I, for one, will not be buying them, simply because I've got a
really nice table saw in my garage to use for another of my hobbies.  I'm
currently in the process of using my saw to make storage shelves in my own LEGO
room, and it's building my skillset on the saw at the same time.

Yes, some will probably be sold by those who "must have it at any price", but if
the quality of that furniture will be anything like the 3-sided play table, it
should hold up very well.  For some reason, I think the furniture is not shipped
assembled, so assembly is required.

Yeah, the website says that the LEGO furniture is made from pine and MDF.  Also
says that the item will come mostly unassembled - much easier to ship that way I
guess.  Besides, being a construction toy company, I'd expect most LEGO products
to require assembly!

-Bryan



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  Re: Official LEGO storage boxes? For more than a hundred bucks each?!
 
(...) **snickers** Bryan, you beat me to the funniest part of this whole thread. "Some assembly required...!" Yeah, right. Still wouldn't buy it at those prices for kids. I'd get it for myself, and have fun with it...if I had the bucks. But between (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.storage, FTX)

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  Re: Official LEGO storage boxes? For more than a hundred bucks each?!
 
(...) Well, from what I understand, the materials are made of pine (softwood...As an amateur woodworker, I like hardwoods much better), and I agree, the prices are a bit high, but there's still probably a bit of cost there. Wood is not cheap, even (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.storage)

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