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Re: And the July Surprise is...
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:27:58 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom Stangl writes:
> > What rare parts does Airport Shuttle have? What would be involved in putting
> > them back into production (speculation)?
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> I don't know, why don't you list them for us? ;-)
The monorail motor, the monorail motor cover, the monorail chassis pieces,
the various track pieces used... those were the biggies in my estimation,
with the monorail motor being an order of magnitude, or *more*, (1) harder
to put back in production than any of the others.
1 - Consider the implications of what is involved to manufacture a part that
has a motor and gearing within it. It's not a matter of just putting a mold
back onto a molding machine. You have to put a whole assembly line back
together, or farm the work out to a third party.
++Lar
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| (...) Nothing, really, except the printing on the doors/thin panels. Anything else is still made today, AFAIK. (...) Very little, most likely. Same for the 4547, which I'd really want to see if they released the 4558. I own 5-7 4547s, 2 still MISB, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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