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Re: -?New Body Armor?-
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:14:30 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.
I'm not getting my hopes up, particularly. Just pointing out that when 1
piece that's been out of production for 15 years shows up again, it allows
for the possibility of more, because obviously either the mold was still
around & usable, or LEGO still has the necessary information to make new
molds off of the old design.
And also, LEGO Direct is only one branch of a very large company - I have no
doubt that there are many people who decide yea or nay on the parts going
into production. Given that LD is a relatively new (and to some extent,
experimental) business for LEGO, I imagine they are under more scrutiny than
other branches of the company, and would have to jump through a lot more
hoops to justify the cost of unretiring a design.
James
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| (...) Ya, I really doubt they had the mold for these sitting around for all these years, just to add 3 of the parts per set - I am sure the keep the specs for all their parts and molds - it would cost to much in time and money to re-design a mold (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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