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(...) While primarily correct, there have been several examples of TLC farming out some items to China (PRC). The ones I have noticed are: Galidor action figures, The recent McD's promos and (IIRC) the Bionicles from the previous cycle with McD's. I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They do have official names (many of them horribly confusing), but they're probably regulated by the number codes. It's certainly easier to look up a color by number than by name, which is why paint chips use both (customers like to know that (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Poor sales of certain themes also contributed. I'm not sure where the loss in 1998 came from, but Galidor, the first wave of NHL sets (we'll have to see how the new minifig-scale sets do), and the NBA theme all pretty much tanked in their (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My source on sets being packaged in the Czech Republic was the 2002 LEGO Brand Guide, which was part of a 4-book set given out at NY Toy Fair. It states that "LEGO elements are molded and decorated in Denmark and Switzerland, while they are (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Are you really sure you want to get into the wacky naming system used by The LEGO Company? What we commonly know as "smoke" or "trans-black" is officially known as "trans-brown". "Red" is "bright red", "blue" is "bright blue", but "green" is (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, those are all brilliant! Thanks! I was originally thinking of using these simply as big "demo" pieces for the students' digital models.. I have them do a brick in AutoCAD solids the first day, and my mock-up needed to be big so I could (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Update: I did find your old notes to help me identify CA vs ABS: (URL) recent updates to this? Thanks, Eric (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: <snip> (...) <snip2> Gary, it is SO good to have you back!! You are truly an expert in Lego windows through the ages. :-) JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Niels, I agree that the last time Lego made a 1x3x2 window in white (in a set) was in 1970. However, I have 2 examples of this window in white that have no window "sills". This means that they were produced after 1972. I just found the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Any way to tell which bricks are Cellulose Acetate and which are ABS (other than visual inspection)? From some preliminary checking it doesn't appear that there is a link between the logo font and the material. I did notice that some of my (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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