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Re: A curious way in which Lego designs its models
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Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:21:17 GMT
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"Paul Davidson" <tinman@direct.ca> writes:

For instance, all the1x2 bricks used were tan.  All the 1x8's were
blue.  All the 2x2's were black.  All the 1x3's were dark grey.
All the 1x3 plates were brown.  You get the idea--not one single
piece appeared in more than one colour.

This is probably done to cut production costs.  If the number of
part/colour combinations can be cut to a minimum, the number of "mold
sessions" needed for the set will be smaller.

You can see the same feature in many recent sets, eg. the AAT, MTT and
the Sith Infiltrator.

Fredrik



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I bought and was putting together the Lego Millennium Falcon the other day, and looking at the large number of pieces laid out on the floor, I noticed something. Lego tried to use as few kinds of pieces as possible, even though the set was a large (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)

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