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Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego
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Fri, 4 Jan 2008 06:36:29 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
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You raise an interesting point about the box art on the Bikini Bottom
Express: at what point can it be considered false advertising, since the
included model so obviously deviates from that pictured? On boxes of cereal,
for example, manufacturers always put a disclaimer to the effect of “Product
enlarged to show texture”; has LEGO reached the point of needing to include a
disclaimer stating, “Product rendered with CGI to cover flaws of actual
model” ? Of course, most of us would simply prefer that the model match the
box art as closely as possible. But at a minimum, perhaps LEGO needs to state
that the box art is an artistic representation of the actual product.
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Indeed, they do! I raised this issue in a previous post when commenting on this
set which I’d purchased:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/4939-1?showpic=6782
In the picture, the front wheels are shown turned to the left, which is
physically impossible as they are fixed on the model. I really hope that these
kind of “exaggerations” are simple errors and not overt attempts to misrepresent
the product.
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Incidentally, I used those same windows on a caboose of mine:
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Your design does help them to blend in better. However, we really should not
have to worry about compensating for this kind of thing!
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The orange panel windows it uses are from an earlier Sponge Bob set, and the
color discrepancy was still an issue then, although this latest set really
highlights it.
-Jordan Schwarz
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Here’s hoping this problem is fixed in the future!
Dave S.
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