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Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:06:35 GMT
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Anders Johansson wrote:
> 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
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> 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...
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
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| (...) when (...) That was my assumptionm, but: Anders Johansson wrote: (...) I hadn't thought about that but that could be a possibility. Frank (26 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| (...) IMO the main reason is as a reference point for building, with a fringe benefit that it makes the overall package (polypaks) more colorful. When you've got a bunch of black plates interlocking all over the core of a 5571, a hidden blue brick (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| (...) 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 (26 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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