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Re: ISCC (mini-)entry: pirates
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Date: 
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:58:14 GMT
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Hello Reinhard,

On 11-Dec-01 (Tuesday) you wrote:

> I really do not understand all this complaining against the paper
> roof. What is so bad about it?!
> If the set had regular sloped pieces instead, I bet the price would
> have been twice at high (that would have been a bad set then). If
> the set had new monofunctional roof pieces (new moulds = expensive
> parts), these would have been expensive and quite useless too.

I think that in case of HP sets we're paying mostly for Hardy
Porter logo, characters, etc. (vide Star Wars). With regular bricks
or without it the set must be expensive...

> You may believe or not, but I do love this paper roof: it gives the
> set a fantastic shape, you can easiely get into the hut (great
> playability for kids) and it even looks georgeous in MOCs like this
> one: http://www.1000steine.de/gallery2/g127/05.jpg

I don't want to argue as I've never seen this roof by my own eyes,
but I just don't like the idea.

> But again: Hagrids Hut is the superior set: only
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4707 comes with the nice grill in
> the door's window. 4706 come with nothing but a not existing part...
> (plus piece count: 4706 = 238 p. against 4707 = 299 p. Is Fluffy
> worth as much as 60 nice elements? Definitely not.)

Fluffy is a nightmare and I absolutely agree with you that Hagrid's Hut
is the best HP set; I've even already ordered it. I'm just anxious about
that paper-cuts... is it the future of Lego models?


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(...) I really do not understand all this complaining against the paper roof. What is so bad about it?! If the set had regular sloped pieces instead, I bet the price would have been twice at high (that would have been a bad set then). If the set had (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter)

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