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Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:50:53 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:

In lugnet.trains.org, Christopher Masi writes:
Frank Filz wrote:

Steve Bliss wrote:
So, has anyone asked LEGO Direct to sponsor a Kids Railroad Area by
supplying the LEGO parts?  Seems like it could be a win for both TLC and
the LTC.

A loan of a K-8 would be a great way to stock a KRR. All you'd have to
add then would be track, a few train motors, some train wheels and some
couplers, and possibly some large plates.

I would assume one would pre-stock the KRR with some pre-built car and
engine chassis, and possibly even build up an engine and a car or two to
give the kids something to start with.

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Besides being a box size that LEGO uses to store bricks (as I remember it, not
that many bricks styles were actually stored in the K-8 size boxes, but that • was
10 years ago) what is a K-8?

These days, the playtables are usually stocked with K-8s that have been filled
with parts from semi-recent sets. They don't seem to be complete sets, so I
don't know if they are damaged sets, end of run leftovers, or what.

Frank

So when you say K-8 you mean a K-8 sized box filled with random bricks.

I should clarify what I said. I was a factory slob (material handler), so when I
mean stored I mean that the bricks get molded placed in a box, and then the box
is emptied (or was emptied) by me into some big hopper. While I was there we
filled what we referred to as "Hospital Boxes". These were huge boxes that the
raw abs came in. We would fill with over runs or broken bags.

Thanks for the info
Chris
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  Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
 
(...) I'm still not sure - Could you please clarify what " K-8 " is/means? I seems from what I'm reading that it is not the name of a set or style or "line" of LEGO, but rather a nickname for a container that holds excess LEGO that can't be put in (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)

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  Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
 
(...) was (...) These days, the playtables are usually stocked with K-8s that have been filled with parts from semi-recent sets. They don't seem to be complete sets, so I don't know if they are damaged sets, end of run leftovers, or what. Frank (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)

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