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Subject: 
Re: S@H - Train accessories are disappearing!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 7 Jun 2001 19:40:39 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > 
> > > Well, yes there is.  The <set:3737> wagon base pack is a fairly recent
> > > product of the bulk bricks range, and is still available.
> > 
> > There were reports that every single one of these had a warped wagon plate.
> > I never did hear anything definitive from Lego about it though. Nor do I
> > remember what happened with the folks that returned theirs.
> > 
> > So just be aware of that, hope it helps.
> > 
> > ++Lar
> 
> Hmm.  I heard about this too, but not one of the five I've had (in two
> orders) suffered from this.  Is this a stateside problem?  Has anyone in
> Europe had this problem?  Is it to do with the manufacturing, or is it down
> to areas with a warmer climate where they spend longer sat around in the
> packaging?  Maybe those who haven't had any problems simply haven't posted.
> 
> I know it was reported that ones with a twist along the length tend to jump
> the rails.  One of mine has a very slight bow; it's just detectable if you
> look along the length, but this hasn't been a problem.  It flattens out once
> you build anything on it.
> 
> Maybe the answer is not to buy too many at a time.  Because they're bagged,
> not boxed, I can see there may be a deforming pressure if a large number
> were stuffed into a small box.
> 
> Jason J Railton
Not necessarily, I ordered three (seperate orders) and all came warped to
some degree.-Harvey



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  Re: S@H - Train accessories are disappearing!
 
(...) Hmm. I heard about this too, but not one of the five I've had (in two orders) suffered from this. Is this a stateside problem? Has anyone in Europe had this problem? Is it to do with the manufacturing, or is it down to areas with a warmer (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.dear-lego)

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