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  Re: And the July Surprise is...
 
(...) Great idea -- why not leverage the production costs for the wall pieces by producing a US$5 "Inn Expansion Set": 2 tudor straight walls, 2 Tudor corner walls, and some black slopes and bricks? --DaveL (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: And the July Surprise is...
 
Nah, that doesn't make sense. What WOULD make sense is ONE corner wall and 2-4 straight walls. Otherwise, you'd only be building skinny towers over time, to use up all the excess corners. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: And the July Surprise is...
 
(...) My bad. Just walls, or bricks too? Maybe something like <set:3732> in red and black? Or a whole new set, a medieval townhouse maybe... --DaveL (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: And the July Surprise is...
 
(...) IMHO.. Any time you put more than one kind of part into a pack, you run into the problem of how many of each to put in. This is true EVEN when the parts are "paired" like hinge tops and bottoms. So this is a real challenge. No possible (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: And the July Surprise is...
 
(...) I suspect that the number of builders who would have serious problems would be relatively small. One way you can get a higher ratio of corners would be to buy more Guarded Inn sets (may not be terribly practical depending on your ability to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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