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Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 07:01:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.general, Dave Johann writes:
> > From my knowledge, it's a recent occurance. I can't think of any sets that • came
> > out more than 2 years ago that have this problem. Many of my sets from more • than
> > 2 years ago seem to be exempt. UFO and Exploriens come to mind as 'safe' sets • to
> > work with. Fright Knights, Wild West, and certain older town sets ring a bell • as
> > well. Even Rock Raiders seem to be exempt (of the sets I own). Some recent • sets
> > seem to have the occasional hidden piece, but not to the degree we are seeing
> > now. Some themes that seem to be suffering from this 'problem':
> > Ninja, Insectoids, Star Wars (the most visible one)
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> I'm not sure it's a recent thing, actually. Model team sets have had bricks
> buried in the middle of models that were not the expected color... both 5561
> and 5571 have blue bricks buried in them IIRC.
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> We may not like it but I imagine from the TLC perspective there is a very good
> reason for it. I would speculate it has something to do with evening out the
> quantity of resin (of various colors) consumed from year to year so that there
> aren't big spikes in storage and spikes in price to TLC for the raw materials.
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> ++Lar
I have a guess: Lego think its easier to follow the building instructions if
they put a brick in another color as a sort of reference point...
-Anders
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| (...) Or maybe they want the kids to have different colored bricks for them to use when they take apart the set (of course I already have enough red >:o). -- Andrew, Agent 0007 (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) came (...) than (...) to (...) as (...) sets (...) I'm not sure it's a recent thing, actually. Model team sets have had bricks buried in the middle of models that were not the expected color... both 5561 and 5571 have blue bricks buried in (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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