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Re: format of inventories
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Wed, 31 Mar 1999 04:37:19 GMT
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Hmm.... I just checked a silver brick.  Its 3001.  Fascinating...

Kim Toll

Steve Bliss wrote in message <370110cc.18469064@lugnet.com>...
> On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:05:40 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
> 
> > Interesting.  So the white and transparent parts take the 30208 number,
> > while the "metallic" versions take another number.  In other cases, don't
> > the transparent versions of a part use different numbers than the • "regular"
> > opaque versions?
> 
> My understanding is that the 'chroming' process increases the size of the
> part slightly, so chrome parts come from different molds from
> regular-opaque and transparent parts.  The chrome-part molds create
> slightly smaller pieces, to allow for the thickness of the chrome.
> 
> Hey wait!  Anyone have the part numbers for the US 25th Anniversary Limited
> Edition Silver Bricks?
> 
> Steve



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(...) My mind is now blown. Maybe the 2x4 brick is simple enough that the tolerances weren't a big deal. Or there wasn't enough time to make a new mold for the promotion. Or Enfield couldn't get the clearance to make an off-spec 2x4 brick mold. What (...) (27 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)

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(...) My understanding is that the 'chroming' process increases the size of the part slightly, so chrome parts come from different molds from regular-opaque and transparent parts. The chrome-part molds create slightly smaller pieces, to allow for (...) (27 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)

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