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Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:42:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, BrikTrak.com wrote:
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> > > > red-orange parts (used in Legoland California Golden Gate Bridge), etc.
> > I thought the Golden Gate Bridge at LLCA was regular red? Maybe it has faded
> > somewhat in the sun, but as far as I remember it is red. Memory may be
> > failing me now though, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
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> From page 110 of _The Ultimate LEGO(r) Book_:
> "Building the Golden Gate: A special dark orange shade of brick was used
> to match the color of the real bridge."
Sorry to burst the bubble, but there was never a special red-orange color used
(or exists) for the Golden Gate Bridge. It is in fact regular red. The Legoland
modelshops do have lots of rare bricks that have never been available to the
public, but they are ALL bricks that have been in sets, and they are ALL regular
Lego colors. The only difference being (albeit a big one) is they will have
bricks produced in true Lego colors that they have not ever been made in those
colors before. That, and they can make LOTS of them!
I know the folks in Denmark have produced all the available lego elements in red
for a master sheet, if you will, of the parts available for production. This is
where the red ghost shroud probably came from. I have seen these bricks myself,
and know they include red wagon wheels, jail doors, among others.
The misconception of the special red-orange color is one of MANY factual errors
in the DK Ultimate Lego Book. It was pretty funny really. All of us in the
modelshop own the book (and a few of my friends are in it). But we would go
through it and find all sorts of mistakes. Great book, but the editor must of
been asleep at his desk. Maybe there wasn't the great need for acuacy since most
"regular" people wouldn't know the difference one way or the other!
Hope this helps!
Bill Vollbrecht
Official persona non gratia of Legoland California!
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) So I just want to clarify: 1) The PARTS in LEGOLAND Model shops have all appeared in sets before (so they don't have any 1x5 plates) 2) Some of these parts may be in colours that have NOT appeared in sets before. Correct? (...) So what other (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) Hi Bill, here is annother theory for the red ghost and it sounds logical for me. First the facts: All 6 red ghosts were bought here in Berlin/Germany on a fleemarket in autumn 2000. They were from the same dealer, who has a lot of bags with (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) Bill- One error we can attest to in the Ultimate LEGO Book is the picture of our son Thomas's 1992 LEGO World Cup model, which is presented reversed left-to-right. We figured it was for the convenience of the page layout. Funny, though, since (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) From page 110 of _The Ultimate LEGO(r) Book_: "Building the Golden Gate: A special dark orange shade of brick was used to match the color of the real bridge." (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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