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Subject: 
Re: LEGO Bloopers and Practical Jokes
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:29:44 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Christopher Masi writes:
> 
> 
> 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

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 that it is not a color match mistake.

Jeff



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  Re: LEGO Bloopers and Practical Jokes
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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