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(...) way. (...) If you go to a conference, and you have a question (or some information) for a speaker, do you stand up in the hall & shout the question to everyone? No, because it's not effective. You talk directly to the speaker, even if you have (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Tell ya what Richard, I'll bring both old and new trees along to our next trade, and after I'm done setting you straight about the above remarks you can take a look at them and judge for yourself! :-D Maggie (who has found a second old tree to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Can anyone else confirm that the new cypress trees are no worse than the older cypress trees? We could probably just accept Maggie's sole opinion on this, but I'd like to hear it from someone else too. [Maggie's *just* a girl, after all, so (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hate to burst your collective bubble guys, but these trees are exactly like the old ones AFAICT. I have one from my son's town alongside a package of five new ones, and there is NO difference (other than the slight dustiness and faintly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:GoALpK.47p@lugnet.com... (...) I am sorry to hear my trees were not the only bent ones... I have never seen an original cypress tree to know if the plastic formulation has changed or not, but (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GoAMrD.7FD@lugnet.com... (...) manufactured? The globe trees are fine. They are made of the same plastic as the triangle trees. Huw (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I am likewise pessimistic about a thorough response. I predict that, if I called S@H, they'd advise me to return the faulty product and await the second run--but that's not really satisfactory. I'd rather TLC had waited and produced a quality (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I ordered two sets. They were also bent. I'll be pretty surprised if any "de-bending" solutions have long-lasting effects. (I welcome the oppurtunity to be surprised.) It's ridiculous that I should be faced with such a task anyway. I am *extremely* (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think it's a combination of packaging and the softer plastic being used. The softer plastic bends quite easily; I'm fairly certain that these went into the bags straight. I'm rather disappointed that they used the softer plastic, too. It's (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Nooo...ooo! It is as I feared. I was gonna order a whole bunch of these, but now I am tempted to wait for the second batch instead. What will I do with a bunch of bent trees? At a $1 each that's a lot for bent trees. Has anyone ordered the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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