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Re: 2532 Passenger Jet: Your worst fears realized...
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:36:05 GMT
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 19:02:36 GMT, "Gene Rodriguez III" <gr3@superlink.net>
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> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > My question would be whether it uses thinwalls. If the plane body is
> > mostly thinwalls and soforth, it may be worth it at 19.95, but if it's
> > all solid white bricks, may not be.
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> Larry,
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> 2532 does indeed use thinwalls (as well as hinged slopes), as such it may be a
> decent source for these parts...
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> The sticker windows though! I'm *still* having a hard time getting used to the
> idea. [shiver] You can't tell from the scan, but the stickers are multi-part
> and even on the box art THEY DON'T LINE UP!
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> It may not use Jr parts, but that certainly doesn't keep it from being
> Juniorized... I'm just hoping that (as someone else speculated) these are just
> something TLG got stuck with and are trying to dump.
I'm not clear on where this set is coming from -- is it an airline-only
promotional set? If so, which airline? The box looks like NA-issue; it
has the piece count on it (and English/French/Spanish captions).
As a promo set, the airline may have wanted TLG to cheap-out. Stickers and
simple plane-walls would be cheaper than plane-window parts. Especially if
TLG had a stock of white thin-walls pieces.
Steve
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| (...) Steve, If I had to guess which airline, I'd put my money on ValueJet... [insert rimshot here] On a darker note, I think what it says is that thinwalls are still in production, while window walls are not. The difference in manufacturing costs (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: 2532 Passenger Jet: Your worst fears realized...
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| (...) The pic on Lugnet says right on it that is is Specially For Airlines. (...) Nuh-uh - remember, they mold to order, ahead of time. My guess is that some airline ordered them, folded, and TLG was stuck with them. -- | Tom Stangl, Technical (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2532 Passenger Jet: Your worst fears realized...
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| (...) Larry, 2532 does indeed use thinwalls (as well as hinged slopes), as such it may be a decent source for these parts... The sticker windows though! I'm *still* having a hard time getting used to the idea. [shiver] You can't tell from the scan, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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