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Re: Minifig heads
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lugnet.lego
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Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:55:36 GMT
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HwICGG.1o4F@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego, Jason Hull wrote:
> > any chance they print the heads while they're attached to the torsos?
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> It's highly doubtful. Not only are they not all lined up perfectly when you
> pull them from the box (which should be the case if they're all oriented the
> same way in a custom-fit puck as they go through the paint line), but I've even
> got at least one 2-sided minifig head (the "gent" from the Werewolf Ambush set)
> where the two faces are not directly opposite each other, and two other copies
> where they are. Besides, since they still paint the blotch on the front of the
> neck post, they have to wait for the paint to dry before they can put the head
> on, and they'd then have to wait for even more paint to dry before they could
> pack the final product. If they paint them seperately, they can be drying at
> the same time.
Are you sure? When I was at the Lego Land in CA, they had a walkthrough of a factory-like setting where the LEgo logos were printed
on 2x4 bricks. The collers were practically slapped on one after the other. Still, the heads are probbly attached seperately. (what
is the paint-strip of the torso neck for, anyway? Is it anyway related to head alignment or something?)
--
Markham Carroll
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| (...) There are some seriously quick-drying paints out there (road crews have to use paint that dries fast enough that the next car behind the paint crew won't completely screw it up when driving over it). The speed at which your paint dries will be (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| "Markham Carroll" <mc_booga@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:HwLH0r.22Br@lugnet.com... (...) of a factory-like setting where the LEgo logos were printed (...) other. Still, the heads are probbly attached seperately. (what (...) head alignment (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) It's highly doubtful. Not only are they not all lined up perfectly when you pull them from the box (which should be the case if they're all oriented the same way in a custom-fit puck as they go through the paint line), but I've even got at (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego)
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