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Re: -?New Body Armor?-
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:49:50 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
> In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
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> > People have speculated that we will never see out-of-production elements
> > again because the molds are gone, or whatever. I'm taking this
> > re-appearance of the old armor as indication that LEGO can put old elements
> > back into circulation, if they have a need to. Offers a glimmer of hope
> > that we may see pitchforks and plastic capes and other "long gone" parts
> > again someday.
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> Don't get your hopes up. I've talked to the person at Lego Direct in charge
> of deciding what goes into sets. They generally will not introduce a piece
> where the molds no longer exist. She was quite clear on that point. Now
> that doesn't mean that the molds for pitchforks and capes no longer exist
> though. But if they are gone, don't hold your breath.
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> Jimmy
They could always make new molds. It's more a matter of the will, not the
way. As we all know, they make new molds all the time!
Kevin
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| (...) Yes they could always make new molds. But my point was, if the molds do not exist, it makes the possibility of that piece coming back just that much more unlikely. BTW, they will *not ever* reproduce certain pieces they consider to be inferior (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Don't get your hopes up. I've talked to the person at Lego Direct in charge of deciding what goes into sets. They generally will not introduce a piece where the molds no longer exist. She was quite clear on that point. Now that doesn't mean (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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