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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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