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Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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lugnet.general, lugnet.castle
Date: 
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:36:13 GMT
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Mark Koesel wrote in message ...
> "John DiRienzo" <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote in message
> news:Fo8M8y.95u@lugnet.com...
> >    This question about cylinders got started over in .castle.  All of my
> > Yellow Castles come with the type 2 cylinder (in yellow) whereas my • 677/6077
> > Knight's Processions come with type 3 cylinders (in grey).  Does anybody
> > have a 677/6077 to compare to?
> 
> My 6077 has Type 3 cylinders (one in grey, one in yellow).
> 
> > Is it possible it came with both types of cylinder (in grey)?
> 
> Yes.  This would be the same case as with the 6075 (375) Castle.  My copy
> has Type 3 cylinders, yours (and others) have Type 2.
> 
> > Moreover, can anyone confirm this?  The box shows the
> > type 2 in grey, but none of the 677 sets I have came with the type 2
> > cylinder.
> 
> It is possible that there were very few sold with the type 2 cylinders.
> This set was available from 1979 to 1983, so it's likely that most of
> the sets (perhaps all, I suppose) came with the Type 3 cylinders.

   Elsewhere on Lugnet recently, there was some talk about Lego copyrighting
their models (and stickers, see the new Arctic stickers copyright date) a
couple years in advance of releasing them.  It is possible, I guess, if
things are the same now as they were twenty years ago, that they made the
box art, instructions and catalog pictures well in advance, while the type 2
cylinders were common, but did not actually release the sets with the type 2
cylinders.  I guess we can't be positive, but I have never had a 677/6077
with type 2 cylinders (and I have had a lot of this set, at least ten
copies, probably not all from USA or Canada).  Seeing that this set was
released much earlier in Europe, I would guess (again) if any of the
677/6077s included the type 2 cylinders, they would be European sets

--
   Have fun!
   John
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"John DiRienzo" <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote in message news:Fo8M8y.95u@lugnet.com... (...) 677/6077 (...) My 6077 has Type 3 cylinders (one in grey, one in yellow). (...) Yes. This would be the same case as with the 6075 (375) Castle. My copy has (...) (27 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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