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(...) and then, at (URL) Brad Justus wrote this about the new "classic" set line: (...) Ah, so all we really have to consider is what Castle sets (or elements) meet this criteria -- the one about the molds being available. I am going to take another (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Huh? I haven't seen new sets with 80s style castle walls (straight or corner) since Fright Knights (1997), and I thought the grille helmet and one-clip saddle were discontinued a long time ago. They could *update* the Guarded Inn, but I don't (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But Brad stated in the above message that this was NOT the "July Suprise." I'm leaning towards some sort of bulk part offering, be it castle walls or something else. It could even be some sort of "Sculpture" line offering, perhaps a medival (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) fyi - Enchanted Island (to be reissued) has two castle corner pieces, and King Leo's Castle has a couple straight walls. And Fright Knights had the grill helmet in black. Kevin (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Maybe. There is more than one way to interpret the following quote from Brad's post: "By the way, these classic items are *not* the "July Surprise" What if you place emphasis on the word "these", or in other words -- that the sets listed were (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) So... what castle pieces HAVE been discontinued? And what sets would that exclude? The single-clip saddle certainly excludes a lot of classic sets... but what else is no longer around? - Single clip saddle - Euro armor - Plastic cape - 3x5? (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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How about the Wolfpack/Peasant hood? Have they been in any recent sets? -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> <snip> (...) that (...) sets... but (...) Anyone? (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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grille helmets ghosts I guess the next question is do people feel strongly enough about the exactness of the sets. would a remade Guarded Inn be acceptable with a twin clip saddle. OK bad example I know - of course it would but you get my point. Its (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If by "Old style axe" you mean what Partsref calls "Castle Pike", King Leo's Castle has three (in cool colors, no less). The hand ax I haven't seen since Wild West. . . I think baseplate are like cloth or Technic flex tubes---cut to spec. (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Extinct and out of production are two different things. When the whole LEGO direct discussion started (about a year ago?) a Lego representive said something about reusing old molds and that they don't get rid of the old molds. but some really (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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On Fri, 25 May 2001 16:07:05 GMT, "John Carroll" <johnc@digitalacropolis.com> wrote: <various bits snipped> (...) From what I remember on the discussion of the molds is this, LEGO wasn't going to remake certain old molds just for bulk ordering or (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Huh... I guess I was never told that this was "top secret" information or anything, and I'm not even sure it's true, but what I had heard was that the molds are destroyed if they're not going to be used-- And from what it sounded like the (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think they only destroy molds which are no longer useable. Remember, we just had a re-introduction of a part not seen in ages, the Yellow Castle bib style armor (in the Women's Soccer Team). (...) The plastic cape was recently used in the (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A lot of discussion here seems to be centered around if Lego still has molds for certain parts. Even if they do not have all of the molds they need, creating more is just one of the costs of producing Lego elements. TLC seems to bear the cost (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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