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Re: Liberty Green (was: Picture of the Statue of Liberty)
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000 05:49:55 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> David Schilling wrote:
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> > In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes:
> > I spent a bit of time examining the Statue of Liberty set, as well as asking
> > questions about it. First of all, the one shown wasn't necessarily
> > the 'final' set. The person I talked to said that they weren't exactly sure
> > whether it would be exactly like this, and they didn't know how many pieces
> > this set, nor the final one would actually contain. The statue is hollow,
> > like all the models at LEGOLAND, and is in response to the many people who
> > have asked how they build models like in the park. Now they can find out for
> > themselves by building one. (I wonder how long before the replace the white
> > Statue of Liberty in the New York section of Miniland with a Liberty Green
> > one?)
> >
> > The statue was 89 bricks tall, base to torch, with the top of the head around
> > 66 bricks high. In inches, it was 33" high base to torch, and 24 1/2" high at
> > the head. The base itself was 7 1/2 inches square. A VERY rough guess (based
> > on a girth of about 26 bricks near the statue's waist), gives approximately
> > 2000 pieces for the entire set.
> >
> > Most were 2xn and 1xn pieces. Though the head and torch contained plates, and
> > a lot of other interesting pieces. (Including four macaroni pieces!)
> >
> > My guess is that it will run upwards of $200. I wonder if it will be the only
> > source of the Liberty Green bricks, though? Or will they also start showing
> > up in other sets? Bulk purchases? (Please!?)
>
> Thanks for the insightful reporting David. Was Liberty's nose the only steep slope
> (2x2x3) in that set? I am happy that there are a few.
Me too! It looks great. However, it's more like a jade green (or a lava soap green)
from the looks of it!
best
LFB
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