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Classic-Castle in Lego Friday
25Jul
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Friday, July 25, 2008 at 14:50 From the forum:
A Lego Jambalaya is a box full of parts that gets sent around to various people. Each person takes out stuff they want and puts in things they don't need.
I'd heard of such practices before, and it had long been something i'd been interested in participating in, so earlier this year I signed up for the current Classic-Castle one, with the good news that I was near the top of the list. With the box having toured Canada from May onwards,it was sent to me my boat (read: a carrier pigeon would've been quicker!), and the box arrived today; a treasure chest full of Lego goodies.
Arches, bricks, wheels, minifigs (and assorted weaponry!) slopes- pieces ideal for Castle MOCs and all things that could've been bought specifically of course. I took out quite a bit, none of which I ultimately needed, but all the same, pieces and elements that I think will be useful in the future. I probably put more back into the box than I took out, because having the box is a good way of getting rid of some pieces you don't need. I'm still sorting out my collection- a task for all eternity- but I was more than happy to donate panels and columns, pieces I prefer not to use. Additionally there was multiples of minifig heads and torsos, as well as duplicate animal pieces that I either have too many of or don't use. I also included two copies of 5614, currently unavailable in the US, I'm generous like that.
Reader Comments (3)
Nice! Those wizards will go quick. ;-)
I've been wanting to participate in a Jambalaya for ages, but the ones I've been interested in have been U.S. only. I even tried to start one once, but that fell out into the sand. Oh well.
(Side note: I wondered what happened to you when I discovered the old Commentary was down. It was just a recent post TBB that pointed me here. Sneaky, but congrats on the "new" site anyway! :-)
Josh- thanks again for putting it all into motion!
Linus- out of everyone else i'm the only European, so it's still very much US/Canada-only! Hopefully next time one gets started more European CC-ers will sign up, but all the same, it's a lot of fun regardless.
I've been back and fore on your own new site recently too, I do like the new direction a lot, and it's great that's it all one big mash-up. I'm tempted to do the samething here, but for now i've gotten a seperate Tumblr page. Thanks again!