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Re: Shifty set
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Date: 
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:26:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Sonnich Jensen wrote:

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http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=942131

There is only one pink brick in the set, while the other "pink" bricks are red.
And looking at the plastic, it seems like a lousy quality. I haven't opened the
plastics bag yet, nor intend too. I have seen what I wanted to see.

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Just wondering should I build the copy? Or just throw it away?

You could achieve all 3 things:-
1. Leave the bag sealed.
2. Build the set in the bag.
3. Throw the built set in sealed bag away.   (:^)

I'll probably keep it, for use in exhibitions.

Have a Technic bulldozer running over the set in an AFOL display.
(Hmmm...sounds like a good idea for an official set and puts all the shredded
clone elements to a non-landfill use.)

pete.w (wondering why they bothered with the single pink element)



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  Shifty set
 
Hi! In a local shop I noticed a Shifty set, a copy of Lego 1761: (URL) bought it, just to see what it was, and found: The box is a copy, with the right colours, and the error on the box - there are by some reason two models of this one. The (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)

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