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Re: Dinosaurs - kind of a let down
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 16 May 2001 23:02:23 GMT
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Mike Walsh wrote:
> I received four of the new 7000 Young Ankylosaurus today along with some
> other stuff. Unfortunately the actual dinosaur is not the same as the ones
> we saw in the preview pictures from the Toy Fair. My desire for these sets
> was driven by the green corner slopes visible in this picture:
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> http://www.brickset.com/view.asp?Set=7000-1
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> It turns out that the delivered dinosaur is not the same green, it is sand
> green (which I like) and it doesn't have the corner slopes at all. It put
> it together, here it is:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=45121
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> It is not a bad set, my initial disappointment about the corner slopes in
> green is my only complaint. My four year old daughter likes it a lot, she
> is carrying it around now.
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> Mike
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> --
> Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
> http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
> http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
I'll bet that the corner slopes were nixed by that fellow in Billund that
controls the colors that Lego parts can be produced in (the Lego Color
Master). I don't know his title or name, but the Lego folks are not at liberty
to talk about him.
Gary Istok
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