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Re: train windows
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:11:26 GMT
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Brian Lanning wrote:
> > They know exactly what a train window is. I bet there is a
> > very good reason(s) why they offered transparent thin walls instead.
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> I think it's much less sinister than that. I think they *didn't* approach it
> like this:
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> Well, they've asked for train windows. And we can't provide them because
> (insert reason here). But we have to appease them and give them a train
> window. Hey, this piece was a window in a train! Give them that! That way,
> we can say we gave them a train window.
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> I think it was more like this:
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> What pieces are the moulds already tooled for? Do we have any pieces that we
> had to over produce that can be used here? What pieces can we provide so
> that, if this thing is a flop, we can redirect the pieces into sets and
> minimize losses? Ok, compare that against what they've asked for, how can we
> meet their needs without causing us any problems? Alright, we'll go with that
> list for now. Ok, now what do we call these things?
Except for one problem - has there EVER been a set with plain clear 1x4x3
thinwalls? No printing at all?
What about a set with red-framed, GREEN-paned doors? I don't know of one. Quite a
goofup if the accidently cast red frames instead of black, or green panes instead
of trans-blue, and GLUED THEM TOGETHER anyways.
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| (...) They could have short-circuited the production process to skip the painting of the thin-walls. (...) Quite a (...) instead (...) I'm not sure what happened there. Maybe they goofed before this and bulk ordering was a way to unload the doors. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Not all of them. I know, at 8, I would have noticed as you probably would have also. And my six year old daughter would probably notice also. But my eight year old daughter would probably be oblivious. (...) I think it's much less sinister (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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