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Re: bulks and trees and some new stuff on its way
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sun, 23 Dec 2001 18:28:04 GMT
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"Jeff Stembel" <jeff.stembel@noaa.gov> wrote in message
news:Got4sG.42w@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Brad Justus writes:
[ ... snipped ... ]
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> > Next issue: cypress trees. The trees are made of precisely the same material
> > that we have used in the past; and yes, it is indeed a softer and more
> > pliable material than found in the basic brick.
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> And I, for one, applaud that move, and I was extremely dissappointed to see
> that the round trees were NOT made of the same plastic.
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> > It is our supposition that as the material is indeed softer, and the trees are
> > packed in bags (not boxes) the likelihood of "squeezing" the elements during
> > transport (either to our fulfillment facilities or to you) is increased --
> > thus causing the bending that some of you have experienced. It appears that
> > the instances of such bending have been very few; and I am told that the
> > trees should bend back with a little effort. We apologize for this problem
> > -- but you should understand that it is by packaging the trees in this
> > manner that we have been able to deliver them at what we felt was a very
> > attractive cost; to add cardboard packaging would likely have forced us to
> > incur additional costs in packing and package design. So it was a
> > compromise, but one we felt was appropriate.
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> Bah, anyone who complains is too lazy to bend them back and can't see how the
> soft plastic is great for "poseability" of the trees; afterall, not all trees
> are straight. :)
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> Jeff
I received my Cypress Trees on Friday (two packages) and all of my trees are
straight. I also agree that the trees are identical (look and feel) to the
originals, or at least, the only two originals that I have which came from
two sealed copies of 7835 (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7835).
Mike
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