 | | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?) —Tom Stangl
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| | | (...) AFAIK, they scrap those bricks. I know someone that has about 30 or so "mixed" bricks, and they look REALLY COOL (green/yellow, black/red, blue/pink). As far as we know, the only way he could have gotten them in that bulk lot is if someone AT (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?) —Doug Finney
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| | | | (...) I was wondering that, too, if they'd actually be cool for building in and of themselves but I've never actually seen any. The only "error" piece I recall having is a white 1x6 brick from the mid-70's that didn't get quite enough plastic at one (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) While it would be cool to get these, I don't foresee TLC ever intentionally making them available. Generally manufacturers like to hide this kind of problem as much as possible. What we can hope for is that some designer down the road gets a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?) —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | Frank & All, (...) I don't think this is a problem per say, I would call it more of a plastic injection molding issue. When I worked in a plastic plant, and we did color changes, we always had to empty out the hopper, blow it out for the possible (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) I agree, it's not a result of an error or malfunction, but still something that's not generally desirable to show to the public. Frank (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | Are you kidding?? The swirled parts look SO cool! People would want to buy them! Everyone that saw these parts at the NMRA show drooled over them and wanted them. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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