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Re: train windows
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:11:39 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Brian Lanning wrote:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom Stangl writes:
> > Except for one problem - has there EVER been a set with plain clear 1x4x3
> > thinwalls? No printing at all?
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> They could have short-circuited the production process to skip the painting of
> the thin-walls.
I'd guess molding and printing are two, very separate, parts of the
production process. They (probably) don't run a single line to mold and
print, all in one shot. Instead, they do all the molding in a run,
warehouse the pieces for a bit, and do the printing in another run, pulling
the pieces out of the warehouse when they need them.
It's not too hard to imagine they could have over-produced the thinwalls on
the molding run, and caught the error before the printing run. Voila, TLC
ends up with a few 100K of extra clear thinwalls.
I imagine part of the justification for LD/bulk-sales is that it provides
TLC with a channel to clear out quickly clear out overruns.
> > 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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> I'm not sure what happened there. Maybe they goofed before this and bulk
> ordering was a way to unload the doors. Clearly something went wrong though
> since the web site didn't match the part.
The 'goof' explanation was pretty much the first idea that ran through my
head. Maybe TLC ended up with excess red frames (not surprising, most of
the doors they make are red) and trans-green 'glass' (hmm. from City
Centre, maybe?) LD figured hey, let's run these through the welding
process and sell them direct.
Steve
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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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