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Re: Question to Collectors
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 06:04:49 GMT
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What it is is ANNOYING.  I'm going to have to build one complete set, then
tear all the subsets down, make an inventory, then open the other 9+ to
sort them into the subsets.  NO WAY am I building 10 of everything.


Steve Bliss wrote:

And the allocation of parts-into-baggies is just fascinating on this
set.

Steve

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:29:58 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss)
wrote:

Will the value of my new set, #9365 DACTA Community Vehicles (II or so),
be diminished if I remove the stupid 5.25"x1.875" (13.3cm x 4.76cm)
warning label ('choking hazard. small parts. not for children under 3
years' - well, duh) which Enfield, in their wisdom, applied to the
center of the decorative box-lid?!?

Grr.

Steve

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  Re: Question to Collectors
 
(...) You'd rather they juniorized it with a set bag with picture per set??? Bendyarm did an inventory... let me root and get back to you, after I check with him to see if he's OK with sharing it. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Question to Collectors
 
Don't get me wrong -- I'm glad they didn't do a Town, Jr. sort on it (which would have helped you out). But usually the parts are sorted into baggies a bit more logically, by size. I can imagine these things required an inefficient setup in the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Question to Collectors
 
Thinking about your dilemma, you could[1] grab all ten copies of a single bag, and sort out the pieces from that bag. Repeat for all bags. Then build one model to discover the required pieces, and collect 10x from each pile. BTW, I may be having an (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Question to Collectors
 
And the allocation of parts-into-baggies is just fascinating on this set. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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