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Re: LEGO Bloopers and Practical Jokes
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Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:37:08 GMT
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Jeff Stembel wrote:

In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.general, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
I was thinking more along the lines of image bloopers rather than text
bloopers.

Well, there have been some this past year, too.  Note the catalogues with the
first glance at the Snowspeeder set, where the side assemblies (the wing bits)
weren't ratcheted down on the hinges, so they stuck straight out, looking
nothing like the actual Snowspeeder (well, ok, looking a lot like the actual
snowspeeder, just with flat sides instead of sloped ones).

eric

Not only that, but that is not the production-run model.  Note there is red in
it, not orange.

I was wondering if this was a color match blooper or a brick selection blooper.
The most common one I have seen is when they reverse the pictures becuase they
want the set pointing a different way and the stickers are backwards.

Chris


Jeff

P.S.  This is only in the mini catalog, and not the full catalog that comes
with large sets.



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(...) Some of the pieces are red in the image, when they are another color (besides orange) in the final model. The bottom plate, for example, and there is a red plate in the harpoon turret. Since there is no orange in these places, It is obvious (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Not only that, but that is not the production-run model. Note there is red in it, not orange. Jeff P.S. This is only in the mini catalog, and not the full catalog that comes with large sets. (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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