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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)

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