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Re: Element Count Trivia
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 15:38:39 GMT
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 19:19:01 GMT, "Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com>
wrote:

"2,172 is the total of different moulded elements in 1999. There are
   97 LEGO PRIMO elements,
   399 LEGO DUPLO elements,
   157 LEGO SCALA elements,
---- Subtotal
653
   903 LEGO SYSTEM elements,
   357 LEGO TECHNIC elements and
   137 LEGO DACTA elements
---- Subtotal of 'real' Lego ;=)
1397

----- Grand Total
2050

This is not a good example to set for kids.

Even if the remaining 122 are "miscellaneous" (Throwbots?), it would
be good to mention them in a near-exhaustive list.

Coming right on top the "february" fiasco mention in .dear-lego..
Well, you have to wonder, don't you? Did webmaster@www.lego.com
actually complete kindergarten?

On another tangent - out of 1400 "original-stud-fitted" elements, how
many would be bulk-orderable?

Jasper



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(...) I'm sitting here laughing, had to share this. When I read Jasper's comments I went to check the official LEGO Facts & Figures book, thinking the trivia was probably pulled from there. I wanted to see if it matched in the book. Well, I don't (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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