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Re: New Scala!
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lugnet.scala
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Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:17:19 GMT
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In lugnet.scala, Frank Filz writes:
> I just received the first of the new Scala sets today. I received 3159 (Party Celebration according to the receipt).
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> There is some new stuff here:
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> There are three sheets of foam which are about the thickness of a stud (looks closer to the thickness of the narrow part of a 1x1
> round). Yellow, green, and reddish. These are used for the shrubbery, hamburger patties, cheese, lettuce, flowers, a crown, and a
> few other bits.
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> The next new piece is approximately 1x1 round by 2 plates thick. It is a connector for the foam pieces and will connect two foam
> pieces. It has a stud with hole on top, a tube on the bottom, and 4 dimples which allow it to fit in the space between 4 studs, like
> this:
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> O O
> @
> O O
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> O = stud, @ = new piece
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> These pieces come in yellow (7), orange (2, looks to be System orange as opposed to one of the Scala oranges), and bright green (1).
> It will be interesting to see how else this piece is used, I'm sure someone will figure out some uses for it.
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> The next new piece is a 2x2 round domed piece split into 4 quarter domes. It is about 2 bricks tall. This piece holds a foam piece
> vertically. The one in this set appears in bright green. The bottom of it is almost exactly the same shape as the bottom of a 2x2
> round plate, complete with Technic axle hole. The difference is that it has holes which allow the quarter dome sections to be
> hollow.
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> It looks like we may have a new purple/magenta color. It is significantly lighter than the Technic purple. Based on Suzanne's color
> chart: http://www.baseplate.com/colors/ it looks like it would be purple-0.5 (it's darker than the Paradisa flowers I have). From my
> screen though, I would have called purple+0 as an almost exact match. The part in this color is an 8x8 round table top plate/tile.
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> The set also comes with a birthday cake (looks to be the same pattern as always, certainly the same as the one in Minnie's
> Birthday), trans red wand, yellow tray, 2 trans lt blue Scala goblets, trans red 1x1 cylinder, trans red 1x1 cone, trans neon green
> 1x1 cylinder, trans neon green 1x1 cone, 3 clear 1x1 round plate (1 extra as always), 2 trans red 1x1 round plate (1 extra), 2 trans
> green 1x1 round plate (1 extra), white 2x2x3 brick, bright green 4x4 plate, 1 light yellow/cream 2x2 radar dishes (hamburger buns),
> red 2x4 brick, 2 red 1x1 tile (1 extra), 2 red base black stick control sticks (1 extra), 1 yellow 1x1x4 antenna, grey 2x2 round
> tile.
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> The stickers include labels for two bottles (made from the trans cylinders and cones), a balloon flag for the antenna, a stereo
> sticker for the 2x4 brick, and a CD sticker for the grey 2x2 round tile (as you might guess, a bunch of parts are used to make a CD
> boom box).
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> I'll probably take some pictures of the new parts.
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> The instructions have pictures of the other new sets which are large enough to make out more details:
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> 3148 (Carla's Winter Camp according to my invoice - still backordered): The white around the little pool is a foam piece, the cave
> definitely looks like a vacuum formed piece, the triangular flags are foam pieces. A decent looking tree is made from stacked foam
> pieces.
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> 3149 {house}: foam pieces are stacked to make a nice looking tree (looks a little better than the one in 3148 - too bad these trees
> aren't in a small set, they would work nice for system trees I think, and I think they may be of adjustable height), foam pieces
> look like they make a garden.
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> 3150 {pet set}: mostly foam pieces
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> 3151 {sled}: the dog trailer is foam
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> 3152 {furniture}: a bunch of foam pieces, foam table cloth
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> Frank
Thanks for the descriptions! I have yet to see those foam pieces, but
personally, I'm not overly excited about them as far as I see them in the
pictures. I understand you could use them in a variety of ways, but they look
cheap to me. And I can easily picture little girls losing those tiny flimsy
pieces. I hope to see new Scala pieces more in hard plastic next year.
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