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Subject:	A nice summer surprise
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:21:10 GMT
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This may be CDS (Compartment Dork Syndrome) but here goes... My family has just returned from up north and they brought back...a huge tub of LEGO®!!! Actually they had gotten it from an aunt who had stored them for 7-8 years. Upon going through the collection of pieces, I found quite a few that were yellowed and beaten up pretty bad. However, after close examination it was revealed that all the crappy bricks were...gasp...Tyco blocks! I was relieved, because it was the LEGO® that had stood the test of time (mint condition). I had always wanted to watch clone bricks melt and burn, but didn't want to spend my precious money on these pieces of crap. Thanks to my aunt, I'm 4000-5000 pieces richer AND I get to torch the competition! Does anyone have similar experiences to share with the LUGNET community? -Harvey

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		Re: A nice summer surprise
(...) I can cite the pristine TYCO Superblocks in my collection dating from at least the time of your bricks, while formerly white LEGO bricks from the same period are a gentle shade of urine. I think it's the luck of the draw insofar as your (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

		Re: A nice summer surprise
Its a fact that whenever you buy a box of LEGO from a car boot sale (here in cardiff at least) It'll have a good few Tyco And MegaBlox in it. I do enjoy binning them James "Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

		Re: A nice summer surprise
(...) -Harvey My collection has a (very) few megabloks :-( They're still white and I know why. WARNING: ANTI-CLONE STATEMENT Even the dirt and dust won't touch it :) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

		Re: A nice summer surprise
(...) [snip] Hi, I asked my nephew (Rim, 18) about 2 months ago if I could get "my" old Lego back, you know, for my 3 year old son (he he). Yesterday was the big day. My old "bucket" (40cm diameter and 60 cm high) was still there, not as full as I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)

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