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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)

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