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Re: Not entirely clear
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Fri, 22 Nov 2002 22:02:09 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Stephen Juby writes:
> Hi, er, I'm new to this whole thing, and I need some information on Space
> Lego
> snip, snip
> Anyway, I've been buying up Blacktron I sets and there are a couple of
> pieces that either differed from the instructions and box art, or that I've
> been supplied with erroneously. I'm after people who bought these models new
> or MISB and know the parts ACTUALLY SUPPLIED (I'm a wee bit of a purist!)
> Oh, I do know about Peeron, but they're not infallible either. The
> sets/pieces in question are:
> 6894 "Invader" - came with solid yellow plastic 1x2x1 panels. The box art
> shows trans yellow ones, and I think the instructions do too (it's hard to
> make out on them)
> 6941 "Battrax" - came with trans yellow flexible hoses. The box art and
> instructions show solid yellow
> 6954 "Renegade" - as with Battrax, I was given trans yellow flexible hoses
> and it seems to suggest it should come with solid ones
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> My theory is that perhaps Lego switched the hoses at least, since both those
> models came with trans yellow ones... although the 6987 "Message Intercept
> Base" I got came with solid ones... Now, as I mentioned 6851 "Blacktron II
> Crusher" was significantly changed at some point during production, and the
> number wasn't altered or anything, so I'm wondering did this happen to the
> clear/solid parts in Blacktron I, or have I just been conned?
Hi Stephen,
I'm afraid you háve been conned...
As for the 6894 Blacktron I Invader; the 2x1x1 panels should be clear trans
yellow and not solid yellow (and they are quite hard to find in sets I believe)
The 6941 Battrax and 6954 Renegade should -like every other Blacktron I set
which include hoses- have solid yellow hoses with black tabs.
But maybe it is a bit comforting when I tell you the 4x4x2 yellow exhaust
cones at the back of the Renegade are (at this moment) very Hard To Find!
(that is ofcourse when you díd get these included with your 6954 Renegade set...
...As far as I know these yellow cones can only be found in one other set,
which is a trainset -nr. 7730- from 1980...!)
It may be obvious now that I am a LEGO® Space purist too!
Missed some sets too in my childhood and went searching for them on the
internet and in smaller LEGO® outlets.
When I thought I finally would have my Space collection complete, I kind of
'discovered' all the sets which have never been available in Holland!
Now, a year and a half later (having spent a lot'o'money...) I am very
pleased to have all these sets in my collection...
..and the 6954 Blacktron I Renegade was one of the sets that weren't for
sale in Holland. So, apart from the wrong yellow hoses you do now have a
pretty unique set in your collection!
And for collecting; every collector puts his own values and/or definitions
to his/her collection, meaning that what one person might consider a
valuable collection, can mean 'not a worthy collection' to another collector.
This can depent -amongst other criteria- on availability of original
instructions of the sets in a collection and/or original boxes etc, etc.
I think this is something of which a lot of discussion can come forward -and
probably already has come- but I go for the idea that it is a personal
matter to every collector to decide what it is that makes a collection
valuable to him/her.
So it doesn't matter that you may not have the money to buy every Space set
you wish for, as long as you appreciate the sets you own you will probably
feel like having a very nice collection! ;-)
Have a great weekend
and happy collecting!
Erik B aka Bengh Zeran
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| "Erik Boons" <ewjboons@xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:H5zzvL.DsJ@lugnet.com... (...) set (...) If I am not mistaken, the overseas versions of these came with trans-yellow hoses. These were changed to solid yellow w/ black tabs in the American (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Hi, er, I'm new to this whole thing, and I need some information on Space Lego (well there's a surprise(!)) So, yes, I'm a huge Space fan, been collecting since I was 6, but unfortunately there was plenty of Space Lego I was too young to get. Now (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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