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Subject:	Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2003 02:06:02 GMT
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > Can anyone name any parts that have only ever come in one set. > For example, the gear stick and shift plate from the 8880 have only > appeared in that set in any color. > The princess leia hairpiece has only appeared in the Millenium Falcon in > any color. > Are there any other examples of parts that have only appeared in one set? Many. Kaadu http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/30486c01 Aero Tube System http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x153 http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/30584b http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x155 Large Vader Helmet (and the cape, for that matter) http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/43363 Steering Thing (I think?) http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/870c01 Many of the weirder baseplates on this page: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=12949 Probably others http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/reports/mostcommon.cgi?more=1;start=31 A interesting related question: since molds cost so much to design, does the rarity of any of these parts indicate that set designers will be pressured to use them again---for example, to use Kaadu's as tauntauns, or recast the Yeti http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x255 as a different creature, or issue another set featuring Leia's hair or Dooku's lightsabre? -- TWS Garrison http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/ Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.

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Can anyone name any parts that have only ever come in one set. For example, the gear stick and shift plate from the 8880 have only appeared in that set in any color. The princess leia hairpiece has only appeared in the Millenium Falcon in any color. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)

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