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Subject: 
sliders (was: Re: Why not a cypress tree in the Legends re-release of 6390?)
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lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:36:54 GMT
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Question: If we are changing the sliders, what of the "Legoland Hotel" sign
for the top of the building once completed? It was made of the same part.

Hmmmm...

--
Drew Croke
Proprietor, Lugged Mountain Outfitters
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?u=drewcroke
drew@drewcroke.com
"Mike Petrucelli" <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message
news:GuHn6v.A2G@lugnet.com...
> [snip]
> 
> > My guess is that the old slider method isn't as smooth as what they have
> > offered recently and want to improve on the set design.
> 
> 
> Well the real reason (pure speculation, but the only thing that makes • sense) is
> that the current road plates (grey or green) have wider roads and as a • result
> narrower stud areas.  Simply put, the original sliding "rails" are too • wide.
> Everything else in the set will fit with out problems on the current road
> plates.
> 
> -Mike Petrucelli



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  Re: Why not a cypress tree in the Legends re-release of 6390?
 
[snip] (...) Well the real reason (pure speculation, but the only thing that makes sense) is that the current road plates (grey or green) have wider roads and as a result narrower stud areas. Simply put, the original sliding "rails" are too wide. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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