Chapter 233 [Toy Story I]

At this time, John, who was pouting his ass and picking up the blocks, heard the young man's roar, and raised his head in surprise and ran over, because the Lego bricks are everyone's childhood friends, because the letters of Lego are too familiar.

The oldest people present are in their 40s, and the youngest is in their 20s, and the Lego bricks that everyone played with when they were children were all plastic, and who played with pure wooden Lego bricks in plastic and rubber, this time it was a little interesting, because the economy in the United States is very developed.

The market for all kinds of strange collectibles is very hot, and there is a collection of everything, and collectible toys are a big category. Don't look at this little toy, the price is not expensive when it first leaves the factory, it is just for children to play, but after 50 years, if it is preserved, the original toy produced by the factory, its price is not expensive.

Everyone gasped at the sight of the letter logo on the Lego bricks, and then, like crazy, they started pouting, collected all the bricks, and put the box down the hallway like they were holding a treasure.

Then spread two paper shells, poured out these building blocks, and sure enough, at the bottom of the box saw Lego, the cardboard box of building blocks was still intact, John carefully pulled the box out of the suitcase, lay it flat on the ground, and observed it carefully.

Because the manufacturer of Lego bricks is Denmark, even if they are exported to the United States, there are many German letters on them, but most of them are introduced in English. Unexpectedly, this show turned out to be the Empire State Building, a pure wooden building block toy produced by Lego, and it is also a commemorative version commemorating the Empire State Building, which was built 10 years ago.

What does it mean, it is a commemorative edition of the wooden bricks made by the LEGO Group before World War II, specially produced for the 10th anniversary of the construction of the Empire State Building. The production time was 1941, when Germany** swept the whole of Europe, the whole world fell into a panic, these bricks produced by Lego company, only a small part of them were shipped to the United States and sold.

Because it is a commemorative edition, the original building block toys made in honor of the Empire State Building have been sold in no more than 200 boxes throughout the United States, and each box has a clear digital logo. This is the 15th set of toys imported from Europe at that time, but in World War II, its price is not cheap, only the children of rich families can play.

And it also commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Empire State Building, with limited edition LEGO bricks, original boxes with original manuals, product introductions, and even a 15th set of digital logos. Anyone with a little common sense knows what this represents, representing this set of Lego bricks, which has an irreplaceable position in the toy world.

Although you still don't know how much this set of bricks is worth, you also know that the biggest gain today is this set of bricks, because Lego bricks can only be built to play with toys. Therefore, there are a lot of spare parts, large and small, with different shapes, and the total number is more than 1,000, which is a high-IQ toy that can only be played by children over 10 years old and under 15 years old.

There are more than 1,000 spare parts, and if you can really win the hearts of those toy collectors, you have to make sure that every spare part is complete and not damaged, let alone lost.

There must also be original boxes, original manuals, import certificates and other documents, all in this suitcase, but I don't know if the number of Le Plateau wood building blocks to build the Empire State Building is enough? There is no loss and damage.

Because the scene is too chaotic to tidy up these small things, everyone can't stop their work and help Yang Nianhua and John build this building block of the Empire State Building. Wouldn't that be considered a complete scrap today? So John certainly knew how to make the most of his workforce.

Seeing everyone's eager eyes, John laughed and straightened up to look at everyone and said. "Everyone has seen it, and they have counted it in their hearts, yes, this is a set of Empire State Building Lego bricks, and it is a limited edition, imported to the United States in 1940, sold in 41, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Empire State Building."

"This is not a set of building blocks, buying a building block represents a few hundred yuan bills, but because these blocks are too large, I don't know if they are damaged or lost. So I can't give an accurate answer to the specific value so far, so I can only let the big boss personally look at it and put this Empire State Building together to see if there is anything lost or damaged. ”

"But I can assure you that this set of blocks is our biggest takeaway of the evening, so it's worth celebrating, everyone keeps working non-stop, I'll send this set of blocks to the conference room, hand it over to our big boss, and then I'll be back."

The little boss spoke in person, of course everyone nodded and agreed with laughter, put these building blocks into the box, and let John take the box and quickly ran downstairs to find Yang Nianzhong who was making tea.

Yang Nianzhong's hands were a little trembling with excitement, his approach was similar to John's, first poured the blocks out of the box, looked at the original box of Lego bricks laid at the bottom of the box, took it out of the box, all kinds of certificates, and even the tax declaration issued by the customs.

Does this prove that this set of bricks is an imported product produced by Lego Toys, imported in 1940 and sold in 1941, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Empire State Building? At that time, the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 381 meters, making it the largest in the world at 103 floors.

At that time, Europe was a pot of porridge, but the United States itself was very quiet, because Denmark, where the Lego Group is located, has been occupied. This batch of Lego bricks also became the last batch of Lego toys imported to the United States during World War II, which was another selling point in the period after World War II.

Neither of them squeaked, just lay on their desks and began to build the Empire State Building's Lego bricks according to the instructions in the manual, building them little by little. Sometimes the two of them read the introduction manual, exchanged opinions with each other, and immediately corrected any mistakes, and built the Empire State Building bit by bit according to the number.

It took two and a half hours, and more than a thousand spare parts were all assembled, not one more, not one less, and there was no loss or damage. Coupled with these original boxes, proof documents, manuals and other important signs, this set of Empire State Building LEGO bricks is an antique toy.

And it is also very commemorative, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Empire State Building, and his price has doubled again, and a conservative estimate of $250,000 has been obtained. Although the two brothers were tired, they drank two cups of herbal tea with a sweaty mouth and a dry mouth, and then they breathed a sigh of relief. But the two brothers glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in their eyes, and it was really good luck to work in vain today.