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Re: The Knight Bus has arrived... but it's not all good news
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:01:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
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> "Dave Lovelace" <dave@umop.com> wrote in message
> news:HtttII.C6p@lugnet.com...
> > Are you sure that the (average) color of these parts isn't Violet? Hard to
> > tell, even from the relatively good scan...
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> > --D
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> It's a new, or otherwise previously rare purple. See this comparison
> picture:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/HarryPotterBus/p1010934.jpg
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> Here's the new dog:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/HarryPotterBus/p1010936.jpg
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> The multi-coloured bus:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/HarryPotterBus/p1010935.jpg
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> The picture makes is look slightly worse than in reality, possibly because
> my camera is more sensitive to the red in the off-colour bricks. I have also
> angled the bus against the light to show off the defect best.
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> The whole set:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/HarryPotterBus/p1010938.jpg
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> Worrying isn't it... I think I'll contact customer services and see what
> they say abut it...
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> Huw
OK, what does the picture on the box look like ? If the picture on the box shows
a smooth single-color bus and the bricks inside vary that much, this almost
sounds like grounds for a recall. At the very least it would tread dangerously
close to truth-in-advertising stuff. Box artwork has been off in the past, but
if the picture on the box was retouched to lessen the differences, I think they
(TLC) are in a heap of trouble here. If not legal trouble, then there will be a
rather nasty consumer backlash when parents buy the set and see the poor
quality. If this was done intentionally, then the box artwork should show it
also, otherwise someone is pulling a fast one.
one mans opinion, speaking as a consumer
Ray
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