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Re: Beware: Lego's Turkey is a Turkey!!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:18:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Reed wrote:
> I'm really mad at Lego right now! I just bought 10 sets of their seasonal set
> "Turkey" #10090 and what I got isn't what they pictured on their website! I
> feel cheated!
> If you go and look at the picture of the turkey you will see that the wings of
> the bird are brown 2x2 flag pieces! I was all excited about getting these parts
> in brown (even if it's the new brown, which it's not, by the way)! I was
> looking forward to having them for my pirate ships!
> Well, guess what? I got the packages and when I was checking them out, I
> discovered that the set doesn't come with the flag parts, but 2x3 sloped plates
> (part #43723) instead. The picture with the instructions show a bird with the
> different wings than the picture posted on the Lego.com website!
> From looking at the pictures and comparing them, I believe the wings are the
> only part that is different. What's maddening is that they had to use two parts
> per wing to replace the flag parts. They had to use an added 1x1 plate with
> vertical clip to get the sloped plate to attach!
> "Darn It!" "Lego, I want my brown flag pieces!"
> I hope nobody else gets taken this way!
> Tom
> ps - It's still a nice little selection of brown slopes (including some 2x2
> corner roof slopes), etc. in the old brown! And I have to agree that the bird
> looks better with the slopes than the flag for wings, BUT that doesn't help my
> feelings ONE bit! bah!
I uploaded a picture of the finished model on brickshelf to show you the wings
as they come in the package. I noticed that the eyes look to be different than
the picture on lego.com as well. It looks like originally they planned on using
2 1x1 tiles for eyes, but in the actual model, it's a 1x1 brick with printing on
both sides.
Here's the link for seeing the finished model:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=922601
regards,
Tom
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