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In the shadow of bent trees —Dave Schuler

Well, I received my modest order of 20 trees and, like Huw mentioned previously, they all show a pronounced bend along the trunk. While I agree that this can impart a nice "wind-swept" appearance, I am concerned that these are in essence NOT the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Richard Marchetti

(...) Nooo...ooo! It is as I feared. I was gonna order a whole bunch of these, but now I am tempted to wait for the second batch instead. What will I do with a bunch of bent trees? At a $1 each that's a lot for bent trees. Has anyone ordered the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Dave Schuler

(...) I am likewise pessimistic about a thorough response. I predict that, if I called S@H, they'd advise me to return the faulty product and await the second run--but that's not really satisfactory. I'd rather TLC had waited and produced a quality (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —James Brown

(...) I think it's a combination of packaging and the softer plastic being used. The softer plastic bends quite easily; I'm fairly certain that these went into the bags straight. I'm rather disappointed that they used the softer plastic, too. It's (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Huw Millington

"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GoAMrD.7FD@lugnet.com... (...) manufactured? The globe trees are fine. They are made of the same plastic as the triangle trees. Huw (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Kevin Johnston

I ordered two sets. They were also bent. I'll be pretty surprised if any "de-bending" solutions have long-lasting effects. (I welcome the oppurtunity to be surprised.) It's ridiculous that I should be faced with such a task anyway. I am *extremely* (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Huw Millington

"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:GoALpK.47p@lugnet.com... (...) I am sorry to hear my trees were not the only bent ones... I have never seen an original cypress tree to know if the plastic formulation has changed or not, but (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Maggie Cambron

(...) Hate to burst your collective bubble guys, but these trees are exactly like the old ones AFAICT. I have one from my son's town alongside a package of five new ones, and there is NO difference (other than the slight dustiness and faintly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Richard Marchetti

(...) Can anyone else confirm that the new cypress trees are no worse than the older cypress trees? We could probably just accept Maggie's sole opinion on this, but I'd like to hear it from someone else too. [Maggie's *just* a girl, after all, so (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Maggie Cambron

(...) Tell ya what Richard, I'll bring both old and new trees along to our next trade, and after I'm done setting you straight about the above remarks you can take a look at them and judge for yourself! :-D Maggie (who has found a second old tree to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Now, y'see here, this is the problem: I can only be certain that there's no difference by how they feel to *chew*. Yes, you heard me right, chew. I gnawed up my ONLY CYPRESS TREE many years ago, and it's now long-vanished, or if it's still (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Richard Marchetti

(...) Hah! I don't swing that way, Baby! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Frank Filz

(...) Ok, I just popped open a MISB 7835 to look at a pristine original Cypress tree. It does not appear to be bent, but most certainly is of a softer plastic than a handy pine tree. Frank (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Kevin Dixon

Hi, (...) Funny that... I also have a 7835 though I only got it MIB, not MISB. In any case the cypress tree that came with it is slightly bent giving it the windswept look. I don't have any new cypress trees yet to compare, but it does look like the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Richard Morton

Hi Richard, (...) Yep, I can back Maggie up on this. They are made of the same plastic as the originals and my original one is just as bent! Richard. (URL) marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GoAzFM.24v@lugnet.com... (...) like (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Kevin Johnston

(...) Fair enough-- I will gladly retract my tantrum if this the case. ;-) Kevin (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

Re: In the shadow of bent trees —Mike Timm

(...) Just received my order of these trees :^) Most of them seem bent to various degrees, but it seem like if/when 3 of the trees had the branches intlocked/intertwined the middle one and to a lesser extent the side ones were more strait. SO what I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)