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In lugnet.lego.announce, Brad Justus writes:
> LEGO Direct is pleased to announce the arrival of a new product series: LEGO
> Legends. LEGO Legends are reissues of landmark LEGO sets -- perhaps the
> first set in a particular playtheme, or a set widely acknowledged as a
> superlative building experience, or perhaps simply a much beloved set.
<jaw drops> <eyes pop>
Wa-HOOOOOOO! :):):):):)
> And the first LEGO Legend is (the envelope please)...
>
> The Guarded Inn (set #6067).
Awesome choice for the first Legend! The price point means any LEGO-buyer
can afford it. :)
> The set is complete, with all parts exactly as included in the original
> release in 1986.
That must have been quite a trick. Will the minifig heads have solid studs?
Will the minifig torsos have X-tabs on the inside, or the older-style
teeth-tabs?
> Packaging will different (more like the LEGO Sculpture
> packaging); the set will be issued as set #10000.
That should alleviate some of the downside for real collectors -- this set
won't be able to masquerade as the original item. Auctions for sets w/o
boxes will no longer do very well...
Steve
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> > Packaging will different (more like the LEGO Sculpture
> > packaging); the set will be issued as set #10000.
>
>
> That should alleviate some of the downside for real collectors -- this set
> won't be able to masquerade as the original item. Auctions for sets w/o
> boxes will no longer do very well...
yes, some of us will have to have both :)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> writes:
> That must have been quite a trick. Will the minifig heads have solid studs?
> Will the minifig torsos have X-tabs on the inside, or the older-style
> teeth-tabs?
Actually, I believe the style from that vintage would have been torsos
with no tabs at all...
--Bill.
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In lugnet.lego.direct, William R Ward wrote:
> "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> writes:
> > That must have been quite a trick. Will the minifig heads have solid studs?
> > Will the minifig torsos have X-tabs on the inside, or the older-style
> > teeth-tabs?
>
> Actually, I believe the style from that vintage would have been torsos
> with no tabs at all...
My bad. I'm just a LEGO young'un, I am...
Steve
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In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> writes:
> > That must have been quite a trick. Will the minifig heads have solid studs?
> > Will the minifig torsos have X-tabs on the inside, or the older-style
> > teeth-tabs?
>
> Actually, I believe the style from that vintage would have been torsos
> with no tabs at all...
In 1986? No way. The tabs were around before 1983 (or started that year), as
I had never seen the tabless torsos until I picked up a used copy of 6390 Main
Street.
Now that I think about it, I have some older sets I never noticed "missing"
tabs on... I'll have to double check that tonight, I think.
Jeff
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The tabs were definately there as far back as 84, all the lion and black
falcon torsos had tabs
"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message
news:m266e67clj.fsf@komodo.bayview.com...
> "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> writes:
> > That must have been quite a trick. Will the minifig heads have solid • studs?
> > Will the minifig torsos have X-tabs on the inside, or the older-style
> > teeth-tabs?
>
> Actually, I believe the style from that vintage would have been torsos
> with no tabs at all...
>
> --Bill.
>
> --
> William R Ward bill@wards.net • http://www.wards.net/~bill/
> (formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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"James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> writes:
> The tabs were definately there as far back as 84, all the lion and black
> falcon torsos had tabs
Hmm. I recall that the old Classic Space minifigs didn't have the
tabs, and I believe they were still around in '84. Perhaps that theme
got the newer minifigs later for some reason? In those days I scoffed
at any Lego sets that weren't Space...
OTOH, my first Dark Age started around then (I was in Jr High School,
and getting more heavily into computers than Lego), so maybe I just
didn't notice their arrival on the scene.
--Bill.
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In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> "James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> writes:
> > The tabs were definately there as far back as 84, all the lion and black
> > falcon torsos had tabs
>
> Hmm. I recall that the old Classic Space minifigs didn't have the
> tabs, and I believe they were still around in '84. Perhaps that theme
> got the newer minifigs later for some reason? In those days I scoffed
> at any Lego sets that weren't Space...
Uh, what the heck are these "tabs" you guys are talking about??
Thanx,
KDJ
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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.ca> writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> > "James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> writes:
> > > The tabs were definately there as far back as 84, all the lion and black
> > > falcon torsos had tabs
> >
> > Hmm. I recall that the old Classic Space minifigs didn't have the
> > tabs, and I believe they were still around in '84. Perhaps that theme
> > got the newer minifigs later for some reason? In those days I scoffed
> > at any Lego sets that weren't Space...
>
> Uh, what the heck are these "tabs" you guys are talking about??
Separate the torso from the legs of a minfig, and look into the
underside of the torso piece. The tabs are bits of plastic that stick
out from the sides and match up with the studs on the legs.
Originally, minifigs had no tabs, then smaller ones were added
sometime in the '80's, and more recently larger "X" type tabs that you
see today were added.
--Bill.
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(formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> "Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.ca> writes:
> > Uh, what the heck are these "tabs" you guys are talking about??
>
> Separate the torso from the legs of a minfig, and look into the
> underside of the torso piece. The tabs are bits of plastic that stick
> out from the sides and match up with the studs on the legs.
> Originally, minifigs had no tabs, then smaller ones were added
> sometime in the '80's, and more recently larger "X" type tabs that you
> see today were added.
Ahh, now I see. I still really don't understand why they're so
significant. Ditto for the stud on the minifig head...
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.ca> writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> > "Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.ca> writes:
> > > Uh, what the heck are these "tabs" you guys are talking about??
> >
> > Separate the torso from the legs of a minfig, and look into the
> > underside of the torso piece. The tabs are bits of plastic that stick
> > out from the sides and match up with the studs on the legs.
> > Originally, minifigs had no tabs, then smaller ones were added
> > sometime in the '80's, and more recently larger "X" type tabs that you
> > see today were added.
>
> Ahh, now I see. I still really don't understand why they're so
> significant. Ditto for the stud on the minifig head...
They're not, really. Some people, especially collectors (as opposed
to builders), care about such things, however. It is a way of
determining the age of a piece, which affects its value to collectors.
--Bill.
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