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Re: Does LEGO sell LEGO anymore?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 8 Jul 2001 14:58:27 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.general, James Brown writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Paul Gyugyi writes:
> > > <about the Sopwith Camel>
> > > > I can't really tell from the picture, but are the machine guns
> > > > made from black lightsaber handles?
> > >
> > > Nope, they're built up, and involve a new piece, as far as I can tell.
> >
> > What new piece? :-)
> >
> > Taya tells me that the 1x1 thingie with 4 lobes just behind the cones is a
> > Scala piece. It is used to clip foamrubber tents together and things. (She
> > was helping me build my copy and remarked on it when she saw it)
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> > Trust my speculation when I claim to you that I surmise the numbers are not
> > there for this range of sets to have all new piece tooling commissioned for
> > them. Not yet, at any rate.
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> I agree with your speculation, and suspected that it wasn't a new-new piece,
> just a new-to-me piece. Given that I have to import any Scala, and use
> another country's catalog to even see it, I'm not surprised I haven't run
> across the piece before.
Yup definitely the Scala piece. I'm not surprised to see it used. When I
first saw it last year, I expected that people would find uses for it.
> My private speculation was that we would see the piece later this year in
> something. (or that it had shown up in LoM or some other theme that doesn't
> interest me. Like Scala.)
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> thanks,
>
> James
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| (...) I agree with your speculation, and suspected that it wasn't a new-new piece, just a new-to-me piece. Given that I have to import any Scala, and use another country's catalog to even see it, I'm not surprised I haven't run across the piece (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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