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Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:58:12 GMT
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Karim wrote:
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> Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:32:37 GMT, Joshua Delahunty
> > <dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote:
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> > > Are we sure that folks aren't confusing this very old item with the
> > > fairly-brand-new towball-connected-to-a-Mini-Figure-Grip element?
> > > That latter mostly comes in Dk-Grey and has ALWAYS had a hole through
> > > it. It's not the same thing, however; this latter element doesn't
> > > have a stud involved at all.
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> > I'm not confusing them. But I can't speak for other people. Once we've
> > got part-files created, we'll have firmer ground to talk from.
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> No. I am very distinctly talking about the older item. I'm not sure what the
> new item you are talking about, but both of the elements that I described were
> in my collection years before Dk Grey became available, and both have a ball and
> a stud with a hole through it.
Again, confusion (<g>): The question on the table is whether the BALL
has a hole in it, NOT the stud... (All of mine have always had a hole
through the stud).
Of course, you did write "hole in the tow ball" earlier, so I'm
presuming that this was just a slip on this reply.
The instructions for the grey versions don't show a hole in the ball,
but again that doesn't mean they don't actually have one. From when I
built my Launch Command sets, I recall no hole, but the sets are not
currently accessible to me to check on them.
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BTW, the grey versions came out in 1980 (1 set) and 1995 (2 sets). The
newer element (see http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6490 --
it's the hook on the string connected to the bridge) came out in 1997:
Ball Joint/Hitch (Male), Mini-Figure Grasp/Hook
Qty Color Set U.S. Set Name Year Theme
--- ------- ---- -------------------------- ---- -------
4 Dk-Grey 1782 Discovery Station 1997 Divers
2 Dk-Grey 6441 Deep Sea Refuge 1997 Divers
2 Dk-Grey 6442 Sting Ray Explorer 1997 Divers
1 Dk-Grey 6490 Amazon Crossing 1997 Outback
1 Dk-Grey 6559 Deep Sea Bounty (European) 1997 Divers
3 Dk-Grey 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer 1997 Divers
So the grey figure hand and the new tow-ball-hook in dark grey aren't
THAT far apart.
Steve: the ball-hook element is used in Divers submarines as the grasps
on the arms; help?
-- joshua
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| (...) [Interesting. That's the North American / US S@H name on an item tagged as European.] (...) You are correct, sir. The only caveats on that are the smallest subs don't have arms, so no grasps. These subs appear in Divers sets 6557 Treasure (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) No. I am very distinctly talking about the older item. I'm not sure what the new item you are talking about, but both of the elements that I described were in my collection years before Dk Grey became available, and both have a ball and a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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