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Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
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Date: 
Thu, 17 May 2001 05:25:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Rose Regner writes:
> 
> "Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
> news:3B032378.F2CADC0@umich.edu...
> but let me put it this way..... if
> > it were up to Lego Direct, they would sell us any part in any color, more
> > than likely.  But yes, there is someone in Billund that controls the
> > colors/parts for all sets.
> 
> 
> I guess the word CONTROL should capitalized. I can't imagine any other
> reason this person would have for limiting colors of parts. Hey, maybe they
> will retire soon and get a more liberal replacement.

I can't imagine reasons for limiting use once a part has been issued, it
baffles me too, but I CAN imagine reasons for not using parts in a
particular care that haven't ever been used in that particular color before.

Are the red curved railings a new color/part combo? (this is a Joshua
Delahunty question if I ever saw one, of course)

++Lar



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  Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
 
(...) Element 30056, New in 1996 (a Pirate set and a Paradisa set). Quite rare, so far only seen in red in this very set. (Peeron mentions a Freestyle set I didn't have a reference for). -- joshua -- joshua (25 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
 
"Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:3B032378.F2CADC...ich.edu... but let me put it this way..... if (...) I guess the word CONTROL should capitalized. I can't imagine any other reason this person would have for limiting colors of (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.general)

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