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In lugnet.lego.direct, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > Would anyone from LEgo care to comment on this:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kkoleda/meetings/August2002/pic00015.jpg
> >
> > It has to be the oddest thing i've seen recently...
>
> Wow! That's kinda odd, but rather dubious looking if you ask me. • [snip]
> Could the cardboard backing be from the Yoda box (or someone's scan)
> modified slightly with the text, and stuffed into the plastic casing for
> something completely un-related? If it's a bona fide set though, very wierd!
> And a great way to get extra ball-and-socket joints!
I vote for a pretty good fake. If you look at the reflections on the plastic
surface of the blister pack and track them around, you can see one that
traverses the price tag. How do they get the price tag under the plastic?
And the blister plastic seems to over extend the cardboard at least on the left
side of the image.
But pretty cool, really.
Chris
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On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:27:13 GMT, "Christopher Weeks"
<clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > > Would anyone from LEgo care to comment on this:
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kkoleda/meetings/August2002/pic00015.jpg
>
>
> I vote for a pretty good fake. If you look at the reflections on the plastic
> surface of the blister pack and track them around, you can see one that
> traverses the price tag. How do they get the price tag under the plastic?
>
> And the blister plastic seems to over extend the cardboard at least on the left
> side of the image.
>
> But pretty cool, really.
>
> Chris
Well, if it is a fake, it appears that someone went to the trouble to
actually make one, as it shows up on the table in these other shots in
the same gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=222086
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=222087
C
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Conrad Frank writes:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:27:13 GMT, "Christopher Weeks"
> <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, David Eaton writes:
> > > In lugnet.lego.direct, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > > > Would anyone from LEgo care to comment on this:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kkoleda/meetings/August2002/pic00015.jpg
> >
> >
> > I vote for a pretty good fake. If you look at the reflections on the • plastic
> > surface of the blister pack and track them around, you can see one that
> > traverses the price tag. How do they get the price tag under the plastic?
> >
> > And the blister plastic seems to over extend the cardboard at least on the • left
> > side of the image.
> >
> > But pretty cool, really.
> >
> > Chris
>
> Well, if it is a fake, it appears that someone went to the trouble to
> actually make one, as it shows up on the table in these other shots in
> the same gallery:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=222086
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=222087
That much makes sense--that someone actually DID make one in order to take the
pictures. But that does not prove or disprove that the item in question is or
is NOT a genuine Lego product.
My vote is that it is NOT a genuine Lego product. If it were, I would call it
the lamest excuse for a service pack I have ever seen.
Somebody just has too much time on their hands. I doubt that it is Troy, but
is likely someone he knows. :)
Perhaps my calendar is on the wrong month (August or April?) :~)
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XFUT: Off-topic.fun because I believe this to be a hoax.
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"Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message
news:H0ELLI.K33@lugnet.com...
> My vote is that it is NOT a genuine Lego product. If it were, I would • call it
> the lamest excuse for a service pack I have ever seen.
>
> Somebody just has too much time on their hands. I doubt that it is Troy, • but
> is likely someone he knows. :)
>
> Perhaps my calendar is on the wrong month (August or April?) :~)
It was not me. I just happened to come accross it on Brickshelf and thought
it was the oddest thing i'd seen in a while. I did not think it was a real
product, as I have never seen Lego sell anything in a blister pack like
that. And if they chose to, why on earth would they choose a "Yoda Eyes"
pack? It seems to have generated a bit of interest though. Maybe they
SHOULD make it available! ;)
Anyways, a little birdy told me it was made up by someone who was delivering
said parts to a buyer at a LUG meeting. I bet it made for an interesting
conversation piece.
Troy
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Troy Cefaratti writes:
Hey everyone. I am the culprit as Steve Bliss has mentioned.
Here are the details.
The package was from some kind of folding screwdriver. The plastic cover slips
right off easily, there was only a staple holding it in position. I kept the
package for a while intending to make a gag-gift or something, not necessarily
Lego. One idea I had a long the way was some really unwanted Lego package,
like say... one or perhaps two Timmies. Or maybe like a back of 4 2x4 red
bricks.
So, our MichLug meeting was upon me and I had very little in the way of MOCs
to show. Steve wanted these eyeballs, so I sacrificed a little sleep for a
laugh.
It wasn't too hard to do that. I spent a little time on finding a font that
looked similar to the font on the land speeder box. I wasn't too careful with
sizing or anything on the logos. I somewhat intentionally did not put on any
set number. In the photo it looks a little large due to the fact it is my 6 yr
old son who is holding it. I did not glue the page to the cardboard original
sheet, and didn't bother with glossy paper or any of that. The price stickers
are original and are on the outside I do see how one could appear to be on the
inside of the plastic.
I was pretty sure no one would run off to Meijer and spend time looking for
these. I apologize if anyone lost sleep over fearing they were not, say, Star
Wars Lego 'complete.' If I made people laugh, it was worth the effort.
Ken
> "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message
> news:H0ELLI.K33@lugnet.com...
>
> > My vote is that it is NOT a genuine Lego product. If it were, I would • call it
> > the lamest excuse for a service pack I have ever seen.
> >
> > Somebody just has too much time on their hands. I doubt that it is Troy, • but
> > is likely someone he knows. :)
> >
> > Perhaps my calendar is on the wrong month (August or April?) :~)
>
>
> It was not me. I just happened to come accross it on Brickshelf and thought
> it was the oddest thing i'd seen in a while. I did not think it was a real
> product, as I have never seen Lego sell anything in a blister pack like
> that. And if they chose to, why on earth would they choose a "Yoda Eyes"
> pack? It seems to have generated a bit of interest though. Maybe they
> SHOULD make it available! ;)
>
> Anyways, a little birdy told me it was made up by someone who was delivering
> said parts to a buyer at a LUG meeting. I bet it made for an interesting
> conversation piece.
>
> Troy
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > > Would anyone from LEgo care to comment on this:
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kkoleda/meetings/August2002/pic00015.jpg
> > >
> > > It has to be the oddest thing i've seen recently...
> I vote for a pretty good fake. If you look at the reflections on the plastic
> surface of the blister pack and track them around, you can see one that
> traverses the price tag. How do they get the price tag under the plastic?
I'm not seeing it. Maybe it's a defect of the price tag that happens to
correspond to the reflection?
> And the blister plastic seems to over extend the cardboard at least on the
> left side of the image.
That's because it's not a plastic-glued-to-cardboard blister pack. The
plastic is formed so that the cardboard back can slide in and out, making
the package recloseable. Very useful when you only need one Yoda eye.
> But pretty cool, really.
Didn't Ken do a good job on this? :)
The thing started with the MichLUG crew going on a bit of a feeding frenzy
with the Yoda Sculptures being clearanced at Target. A good number of these
sets were bought as 'earth tone bulk brick packs'. I suddenly had a need
for white/gray bionicle ball joints, so I asked if anyone had any spare
"Yoda eyes" that I could buy or trade at our meeting. So Ken showed up at
the meeting with his custom-made "Yoda Yoke/Socket and Eyeball Set". :) It
definitely got a big laugh from everyone. :) :)
Steve
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