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Autoroute!=Towing, right?
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Sun, 8 Sep 2002 01:10:24 GMT
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Are the patterns on
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/973p27
and
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4209p05
the same?  They look like it, but they have dramatically different
names[1]:
Minifig Torso with Autoroute Pattern[2]
Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with tow logo pattern[3]
The first suggests that it's a picture of a highway, while the second
suggests some sort of towing operation.

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TWS Garrison
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
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[1] And numbers, but I think the effort to equate pattern numbers across
parts is much more recent than these parts.
[2] French in LDraw names?
[3] The lack of capitalization is strange, but this part is on the Tracker
and I'm sure the name will be fixed before it's certified.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
 
(...) Hi Thomas, I think the patterns are the same, but the difference may perhaps be explained by the origin of each part: The first is from an early-eighties set, with the common blue background associated to the autoroute (highway, motorway, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
  Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
 
(...) Yeah, these are the same, and they should have the same pattern-name. How about "Autoroute Tow Logo Pattern"? (...) Right. I'm not clear why 4209p05 *is* p05, but it's not a big enough deal to do a renumber on it. (...) I dunno. Chris, what (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)

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