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Re: Armless minifigs -- TLC Consumer Affairs policy?
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:15:12 GMT
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How about cannibalizing the new figs... then sending the newly-armless figs in?

--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com

In lugnet.build.minifigs, Paul Ferguson writes:
> What I was told today was that they don't provide
> arms and/or hands separate from figs.  Instead, if I send in my damaged
> torsos, they would replace the whole torso, but of course, ONLY if they
> still have it in stock.  Otherwise they would provide a "Closest possible"
> replacement.  Obviously, that's not what I want to do with some old
> space, pirates, etc. guys -- I just want to repair the ones I've got.
> 
> If it's the only answer, I suppose that I'll have to vandalize some
> newer, less valuable figs, to repair these old guys, but I'd like to
> know if there are other options.  Hey, I'm trying to DECREASE the number
> of maimed minifigs in the universe!



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  Re: Armless minifigs -- TLC Consumer Affairs policy?
 
Yeah, that occurred to me, but it kind of goes against my grain, although I may have to go that way. There was mention of a shipping/ handling fee, so I may just cannabilize new, less desirable figures, and then forget about them, rather than pay to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)

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  Armless minifigs -- TLC Consumer Affairs policy?
 
As a result of my own small FOTW, I've suddenly come up with the need to know about fixing armless minifigs. I got a goodly pile of 1970s-80s era figs in multiple themes from a thrift shop, but some of them are armless and/or handless. I was more (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)

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