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Re: A closer look at defective spiral stairs
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lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:36:01 GMT
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In lugnet.harrypotter, David Eaton writes:
A couple days ago, Doyle Nelson alerted us all to re-examine our HP stairs:
http://news.lugnet.com/harrypotter/?n=955

I actually didn't remember a problem building either set, though upon closer
inspection, I actually DID recieve "defective" stairs. It's not overly
problematical or noticeable, given the flexibility in a set of spiral stairs
anyway, but it's certainly there.

Anyway, I took a little time and did some examination on my two sets of HP
spiral staircases, showing the resultant gaps, pictures of the differences
in defective and normal pieces, and also some stats on which sets contained
what, in what quantity, with what part id's:

http://www.suave.net/~dave/staircompare.html

Anyway, since TLC actually requested that Doyle RETURN his defective stairs
(I've never heard them ask THAT before) so that they could examine them,
here's hoping that this will provide some detail...

DaveE

Looks like someone assembled the molds wrong IMO. That could explain why
there is a 180 degree difference in the notches in the underside of the
stair pieces. Simple enough of a mistake to overlook, but large enough to
cause significant problems with a major production run.

-Duane



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  Re: A closer look at defective spiral stairs
 
(...) That was my thought-- and even more of an easy-to-overlook mistake because the stairs slide so easily. As I said, I was completely unaware that there was a problem until I actually went and checked a 2nd time. I don't expect that this will be (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)

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  A closer look at defective spiral stairs
 
A couple days ago, Doyle Nelson alerted us all to re-examine our HP stairs: (URL) actually didn't remember a problem building either set, though upon closer inspection, I actually DID recieve "defective" stairs. It's not overly problematical or (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego) ! 

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