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> In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
Okay, I've now received the new Shop@Home catalogue, and it allays some of my
concerns, though it's still not quite cheesey peas all round.
The picture in the catalogue (and this is the one Huw scanned originally), does
appear to show the new set, and it DOESN'T HAVE CLICK HINGES! Hurrah!
The catalogue has a low corner view and a higher view, both of which show all
the roadplates and vehicles.
Both of these views show the printed runway plates with new-style 6-wide verges.
Presumably these are Jack-Stone roadplate mouldings with a slightly reworked
version of the original runway print on them. The 1-stud misalignment between
the turning circle and the rear garages is visible on both views. As is a plain
red (not red/white printed stripes) windsock, although it is in two different
places on the two images. This suggests to me that both images show the new
Legend set, not the original.
The canopy hinge of the small helicopter, and the canopy hinge and the inside of
the sidewall hinges of the cargo helicopter are all visible in the main image,
and are all the original finger-hinges.
Apart from that windsock, the printing and minifigs all seem the same. There
even appear to be two freckled smiley faces (the fork-lift and luggage-train
drivers). I can't say absolutely that all the faces are spot-on, as I only have
the Lugnet image of the original to go on and that's not clear to that level of
detail.
Actually, someone's gone to a fair bit of trouble to position everything as it
was on the original box-shot for 6597. It makes for an interesting
spot-the-difference!
So, that just leaves the Shop@Home website, which may still be showing one
picture of the original set.
Jason Railton
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| (...) Correction - that's 5 studs on the original, with the light on the fourth stud. In the new one it's a gap of 4 studs, with the light on the third stud. The one with the aircraft visible has 7-stud verges either side of the runway; the new one (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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