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Hey, just thought you guys would like to see the new sets. (Probably old news by now). Promo starts October 28 I think... See happytoy.com for pics of all the sets (Under What's Next) and Lego has a subpage (URL) Weston (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But we've been beguiled by purple-for-blue miscolorings before... Steve "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Definitely looks like it might be. Plus Purple would go with Grimace. (...) This is true but this is an official LEGO picture so I would guess that the color rendering is better then any of the second hand scans we usually get. Eric Remove (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It could certainly be the new blue-purple color -- the one that shows up in the new DUPLO Dinosaurs sets. It's not purple, and it's not blue, but it's in-between. It's a *gorgeous* color and it does look great with yellow or orange. What's got (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) I wish! I asked about this and it was either $1.69 or $1.79 before sales tax, they weren't sure which yet. I'm hoping they erred on the high side... /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) I'm currently leaning towards that, too, but I'm not counting out regular blue yet. However, I do think the green is regular green. I think the lighting is just brightening everything up, 'cause the yellow looks brighter, too. Jeff "I've had (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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I'm guessing that some of the apparent new colours are due to a change in the plastic used by TLG. If you take a close look some of the new bricks in the Star Wars sets, and compare to a standard brick in the same colour, you can sometimes tell that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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Looking at the display this morning that had actual models, yes and no. They are not the purple you'd expect, nor are they the normal blue, they are a darker purplish blue. I'll have to wait and see if the ones I buy are actually that color. I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They are "medium" pink - not the light, not the really dark, but a "true" pink. At least on the one on display I saw this morning. (...) I bought 1 while buying 2 HMs, and the HMs were $1.99, the set was $1.83 - so at this point, I'll buy the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Is that a new kind of pink then? There've been two kinds of light pinks -- but in 1994/1995, TLG phased out the original on that appeared in Paradisa. Is the McD's pink different from the Belville pink/mauve? --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <381b5541.149674864@...et.com>... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Can't speak for Bellvile but the pink is definitely different than the Paradisa pink. The McD's right near my house (the same one where the manager told me (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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you supposedly have to be 12 or under to win - my wife informed me, sadly.... :( Gene W (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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I just picked up the first four sets. I had to go to about 8 McD's though. Most had just 1 and 2. The pink in #3 is the same 'darker' pink as in the Belville sets. There are 3 2x8s, 1 4x4, and the 2x3 printed slope in the pink color. Joe (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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Okay, so now that I have 2 pink "Birdie" plans, how do I remove the "Birdie" off the pink slope? I'm usually against altering legos (It disturbs me in ways I cannot discribe), these repulse me. I'm rather anti-McDonalds. Going to be a hard month for (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) christian ~ hi. the pink birdie planes are my favorites of the wretched mc-d sets. i guess being indescribly disturbed is not as bad as being repulsed, so.... brasso metal polish works like majick to remove pre-printed images from lego pieces (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's interesting -- on the instruction sheet, there isn't much (if any visible difference between the blue in set #8, and the purple/blue in set #5. Looking at the 1+4+5+6+7+8 model, there is some apparent color difference between the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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[x-posted and f-upped to lugnet.promo] (...) I wouldn't describe these sets as "wretched". They are as good as any other 18-piece set LEGO has released lately. It's true they aren't very attractive for AFOL builders, but they are head-and-shoulders (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) I'd say (without having other pink pieces on hand to compare it to), that the pink in the McD's birdie-plane is definitely between the light and darker pinks of Paradisa. But I wouldn't described it as a 'true' pink -- it's too bold. Steve Set (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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okay, for the extremely ignorant... Define 'POOP' Thanks, Gene (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) 'Piece Out of Other Pieces', ie, a single part which should have been several pieces. Anything from a 5-high brick to a BURP (Big Ugly Rock Piece) to a Town Jr helicopter landing skid. A related term is SPUD-Single Purpose, Useless, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) My local WM-McDs finally got set #3 today. I bought a few. When I got home I compared a pink plate to the two (or is it three) pinks used in Belville 5870 'Pretty Playland'. This Belville set has a poor box, but all the baggies are sealed. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) OK -- got it! It's not blue, and it's not purple, and it's not even indigo -- but in fact it's violet -- the same exact hue as the new DUPLO Dinosaur. :) Waycool! Here's a webpage from April showing a comparison of LEGO "purples"... (URL) it (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, lugnet.basic)
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I just picked up a couple of #5's today, and that new color (violet) is awesome! I hope they make lots of pieces in that color. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, lugnet.basic)
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(...) There's another piece that is an interesting dark bluish purplish color. See the plate used for the vanity table top in #5805 Princess Rosaline's Room. Does that match any of the above? /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, lugnet.basic)
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Eric McCarthy wrote in message <382A29A0.277D@aol.com>... (...) Sub) (...) I don't think that's the same color as what Todd is calling Violet here. That color (just based on the catalog pictures, I don't actually have that set) looks way too bright. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, lugnet.basic)
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I mentioned this a week or two ago in a Mcdonalds thread. My local McDonalds has a display with all 8 sets. Imperial Violet is my Holy Grail of lego colors and it is finally available. (Limited though, pity.) Here is hoping for a Black, Imperial (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, lugnet.basic)
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