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  TLC showing off defective product?
 
I was at lego.com today, in their press area, to look at the picture archive. Is it me, or is that a defective fig on their assembly line? note - it's a big file, 329 KB (URL) anyone else notice this? -Suz (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
Sure looks defective to me... sure would suck to get a new set with one-handed mini-figs :) Ken (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
Wow, good eye. I had to look at the picture a couple of times to find the defective one. Hopefully he'd be rejected before he went out. jt (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
(...) That'd be enough to wipe the smile of any fig's face! I notice he's looking accusingly at the machine, too, rather than straight ahead... ROSCO (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
Well, maybe he will get lucky and be granted a surplus hook-hand from the Pirate sets... <grin> -H. (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
(...) LOL maybe it's someones idea of a joke? The turned head is kinda suspicious... (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
(...) This actually happened to me - the robot minifig in 6982 only had one hand. It's the one and only time I have bought a set with a missing part. Jeff J (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: TLC showing off defective product?
 
(...) Nice eye, Suz! Having watched this machine in action, I can safely say that minifig would be rejected at the end of the line, before getting put into the box of 'good' figures. When I was going through the factory (one of the *big* perks I (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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