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By adamg on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 8:35am
Legos spilling out of a back on Dartmouth Street

Swimman spotted two leaf bags bursting with Lego bricks on Dartmouth Street at Appleton Street in the South End this morning.

UPDATE: The bricks have been taken:

Zachboston reports:

I brought a bunch of bags down there. One woman took some for her grandchild. Another young man took some for the youth center in Melrose where he volunteers. And I took several bags for the youth at Learn2Teach Teach2Learn.

To which Swimman replies:

I'm glad people are taking them! I have no idea where the Legos came from but they all seemed in great shape. Also glad the one bag was kind of ripped so that the contents were obvious. I saw 2 kids squealing with delight and filling their backpacks with them as I left for work.

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South End
Free tagging: 
Dartmouth Street


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Comments

By theszak on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 8:46am.

7-9pm Wednesday 10 April 2019 LegoLand Discovery Center Boston Super Hero Adult Night!
https://boston.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/whats-inside/events/super-her...

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By Wiffleball on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 8:48am.

in their bare feet for the last time.

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By Fenwickian2 on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 8:59am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVCOAFKjaoY

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By Fenwickian on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 11:39am.

Omar wants some answers about legos as well

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By Bugs Bunny on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 9:11am.

Those bags are worth 100s of dollars, even the general bricks are expensive, I can't believe someone would discard them like that.

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By anon on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 9:33am.

They were probably set out for someone who was coming to pick them up.

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By Ci on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 10:45am.

It is trash pick up day in the South End. In the new SE residents can afford to purchase and discard valuable things like this.

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By Miss M on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 10:48am.

I leave things out for donation and Buy Nothing gifts all the time--you leave it on your property, in a carry-able bag with the person's name on it, not on the edge of the sidewalk in weird, unwieldy bags. Those were definitely abandoned.

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By Pref Anon on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:19pm.

Lego prices only got ridiculous fairly recently, its plausible an empty-nester wouldn't appreciate their value.

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By roadman on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 4:43pm.

in near-pristine condition with all parts and the original box, have surprisingly little value on the secondary market.

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By anon on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 9:14am.

H8 tha game

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By anon on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 10:18am.

It amazes me how bad some people are at following trash/recycling guidelines.

Old house plants: ok in yard waste
Plastic flowerpot: not so much

Tupperware: recyclable.
Large amount of spaghetti in the Tupperware: not so much

and No Plastic Bags! It's on the bin in large print, so why don't people get it? They get twisted up in the sorting machinery.

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By Karla Hailer on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:57pm.

As a teacher, I beg people not to throw out Legos, schools, afterschool/before school programs, etc. can use these. As someone who scours yard sales (because Legos are expensive), FB groups, etc. to supply my classroom - please, Please, PLEASE pass old legos onto those of us who could use them but are not given a budget for them.

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