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Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
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Sat, 5 Jan 2002 07:26:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Joshua Delahunty writes:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > 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)
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> 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).
I like this part, but not as much as the straight rail. In $20 red bucket
4128 it became common in white in 1997. This was the bucket Mike Stanley
tried to purchase in bulk at Legoland, but Fred Meyer stores got them instead:
http://news.lugnet.com/market/shopping/?n=5308
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 | | Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
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| (...) That's the set that peeron mentioned. But I don't think one set makes it a common element. Still, that's two sets that have featured it in white (2 each), while there was one set with 2 in green, while 3451 had the whopping (heh) 4 in red. The (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
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| (...) 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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