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Kevin Loch wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jake McKee writes:
> >
> > Actually, the point is that there are no parts made specifically for models
> > built in LEGOLAND (any location). All parts have been avaliable to the
> > consumer at one point in time. There aren't any color/part combos that were
> > never sold, and no custom parts were molded in order to make a specific
> > model. Sure some of the parts used are no longer avaliable on the shelves,
> > but nobody ever said that LEGOLAND models were built only using parts from
> > the 2001 product line.
>
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> Parts maybe but colors is not true. Model builders can order parts from
> Billund in any of 84 (currently, 141 ever) "colors". Note some "colors"
> contain sparkles or other textures. Many of these have never been sold
> to the public. A huge number of parts used in the models were never sold
> to the public in thier specific color.
>
> P.S. the two digit _number_ on some elements is the "color" id.
So how do they handle 141 colors with 2 digits? Hex? Octal? ;-)
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| (...) Now wait a minute. Why would they *mold* the color number? Is a given mold only used for a single color? I think it makes more sense to use a mold for whatever color you need, instead of having to make a new mold for every color. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Parts maybe but colors is not true. Model builders can order parts from Billund in any of 84 (currently, 141 ever) "colors". Note some "colors" contain sparkles or other textures. Many of these have never been sold to the public. A huge number (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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