Old bricks are basically the slush pile- the collection of manuscripts or queries that arrive without being beckoned on the desks of agents and editors. Occasionally, you hear about great works being rescued from the slush pile- the kind of story that makes for a great movie in and of itself. But the majority of pieces in that slush pile will remain there to gather dust in a jumble of words.
Today, I'm digging through the slush pile of LEGO. It's tedious and I'm not that excited by most of the bricks I see- they came into my house as extras in a set or part of somebody else's collection. But all it takes is one gem to make it worthwhile like the sweet light blue LEGO lightsaber I just found.
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