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"Michael Huffman" <mhuffman@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:392592E1.D493EEC6@mindspring.com...
> Mark Koesel wrote:
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> > I never previously doubted, nor do I now doubt that you actually
> > have the instructions in your possession.
>
> Sorry. No offence/hostility intended.
No need for an apology, I too meant no offense nor hostility. I was
just making my stance clear, that's all :)
> They are printed, with the same 'feel' as the 331/332/333
> instructions. They don't feel like they were printed out on a
> color printer on glossy paper -- say at Kinko's or something --
> they're very much have an 'old' feel to them.
Which suggests that maybe they were created by someone at TLG,
perhaps. Or perhaps the person who created them simply had access
to high end printing equipment at the time. It is a curious, I
admit.
> I agree, looking at it now, there are several errors, missing
> steps & very difficult reading what parts should be used (ie.
> could it had be intended that it was a 2x2 plate instead of a
> 2x2 L plate? but because of the bad drawing, it looks to us
> like a 2x2 L plate?)
I'd say that the errors were most likely introduced because the
instructions were created by someone trying to copy the model
from the picture, and not because of mistakes made in printing
or drawing the instructions.
> Now as the to TLG prototype, is there any wat to give the Form
> number at the bottom of the last page to TLG and have them
> verify it?
Not likley, unless you knew someone who worked at TLG, and could
do the research.
> Sorry, it's probably been 4-6 months since I won the instructions,
> not to mention I don't remember who I won them from without doing
> some major searching... That and it seemed like they didn't
> collect LEGO; maybe found them at a garage sell & sold them to
> me... But I'll look.
Yes, please try and track them down. Without their cooperation, it
may be impossible to determine the source of this strange piece of
literature.
Mark K
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Mark Koesel wrote:
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> "Michael Huffman" <mhuffman@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>
> > They are printed, with the same 'feel' as the 331/332/333
> > instructions. They don't feel like they were printed out on a
> > color printer on glossy paper -- say at Kinko's or something --
> > they're very much have an 'old' feel to them.
>
> Which suggests that maybe they were created by someone at TLG,
> perhaps. Or perhaps the person who created them simply had access
> to high end printing equipment at the time. It is a curious, I
> admit.
It's impossible. If we are talking about the 60's, only possible way to
make this thing printed is huge offset printing machinery, which for
sure owned by some other company that works for TLC, not the TLC itself.
That is still true, paper media printed outside of the TLC even today.
(look at the fine print on page:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1984/c84me/c84me-32.html )
Besides, if this had been done by a freak of that time as a unique
piece, it should also be the most expensive printed material, since
offset printing needs too much pre processing (such as color separation
and die preparation) which were really expensive and hard work before
the computer age.
In brief, if it is really an old piece (I mean before the mid 80's), it
MUST BE AUTHENTIC since it's almost impossible otherwise, since printing
only a copy of something in color was plain crazy at that times..
Selçuk
Selçuk
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