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Re: -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:51:21 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Mr. PANTS writes:
> > - The old molds still exist and are usable. And LEGO is willing
> > to have Customer Service replace all of our broken helmets,
> > of which there will be a lot. This isn't likely, as the old
> > helmet was not very durable.
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> Small point of contention here (and I am reminded of the recent assertion
> that the new cypress trees were somehow defective or made of cheaper plastic
> -- which likewise proved false), but the old style "classic" helmet was of
> two distinct designs; one of which may have been weaker in the chinstrap and
> subject to breakage, whereas the other one was not. Fair is fair, let's be
> sure of what we are talking about. I have never had helmets of either type
> simply blow apart at the chinstrap -- so unless one steps on the helmet or
> otherwise helps it to destruction, I remain skeptical that the helmet was of
> a flawed design and somehow "more" subject to breakage than the average element.
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> Anyway, if they used the sturdier chinstrap helmet, there is no reason to
> not make the yellow castle exactly as it was designed before -- if they
> could get new molds of the helmet and visor, that is...
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> Since pictures are worth thousands of words, please see:
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> http://members.aol.com/blueofnoon3/lego/ClassicHelmets.html
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> -- Hop-Frog
I hope you are right because I love the old visors and they cost an arm and
a leg and you mostly have to get them from Germany right now. I highly
doubt, however, that the phrase 'looking like modern day helmets' in the 375
rerelease description means using the old helmets with the reinforced
chinstraps, since that particular part has also been unavailable for years
and years. I find in equally unlikely that a grill and feathers visor in
the classic style the fits the new motorcycle shaped helmets is going to be
forthcoming. That said, whatever shortcomings a 375 rerelease may have, I
am still getting one if I can.
Aaron D.
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| (...) O, I totally agree. My only purpose in the previous post was to defend the design of the classic helmet -- I do not believe that it is unusually susceptible to damage, I have many classic space sets and some castle figures with both types of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Small point of contention here (and I am reminded of the recent assertion that the new cypress trees were somehow defective or made of cheaper plastic -- which likewise proved false), but the old style "classic" helmet was of two distinct (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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