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Re: Extinct Castle pieces (Re: July surprise for castle fans!)
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 25 May 2001 16:59:44 GMT
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On Fri, 25 May 2001 16:07:05 GMT, "John Carroll"
<johnc@digitalacropolis.com> wrote:
<various bits snipped>
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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 old ones become useless. (someone correct me if I'm
> remembering this inncorectly)
>
> I take this to mean that sitting in a big LEGO warehouse are molds that
> aren't current. (they can't produce all current parts at all time so they
> must store the molds that aren't producing pieces right this instant
> somewhere too). So I'd guess that they still have molds for many of the
> older but currently unavaliable pieces. some may have been retooled,
> example: the alien shoulder armor, old style helmet and the saddle, and may
> have replaced the original mold. but again they may still have the
> original. Assuming that this is the case I think many of the early 80's
> castle set could become avaliable.
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
limited production(the limited production was inferred by me).
It is the mold condition that is important, not the age of the mold.
Although the age of the mold may also be a factor if it was made to
fit on a different model of production machinery (physical
compatibility)
So there are most likely multiple molds for the 2x4 brick but it seems
unlikely that there were or are multiple molds for the pitchfork or
euro armor (or that they would remake these molds).
> > - Single clip saddle
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> doubtful that this would hold up the reissue of a set. they would just use
> a 2 clip saddle in it's place. I don't think that the saddle is that
> important and they would just replace it.
This would not a major issue, I recall a discussion about a set where
the instructions were done with a single clip saddle but the
sets that shipped had the double clipped variety. Don't remember the
set number though.
> > - Euro armor
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> It will be interesting to see if they make subitutions or hold exactly to
> the original design. I'm still hoping for reissue of the crusader and black
> falcon lines.
>
> John
Mike
--
All other themes are just spare parts for Castle! :^)
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