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Re: Touring Yoda's final resting place?
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:45:08 GMT
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Ahui -
Latest I heard, I think from a model designer there, they recently went
through the process of getting rid of a lot of old models they were never
going to re-use. I don't remember details, but for some reason this sticks
in my mind.
-Tim
In lugnet.starwars, Ahui Herrera writes:
> From what I have been told by others who have been lucky enough to visit the
> LEGO's sculpture dept. most (95%) big sculptures used in
> displaye/events/etc.. end up getting boxed and stored away. When Tim C.
> (from www.ldraw.org) visited the sculpture dept. a while back he said he saw
> models that he remembered were on display when he was a child (some 10
> years). Some were in boxes and other where just out collecting dust. I
> don't think the yoda will have a final home where all can see it unless a
> legoland decides to display it indoors. The yoda in the images above has
> NOT been treated for outdoor use as ALL the other models on display at
> legoland are. Making it an outdoor model would unfortunaly require a) using
> glue and protective coating and b) disambling to reassamble with glue.
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> So *I THINK* that the yoda will end up back at the model shop sitting
> somewhere with the rest of the star war lego models that have NOT been give
> away as contest prized.
>
> -AHui
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| (...) A little further to this.... I helped dis-assemble the Yoda when it was in NYC. I helped pack it up onto skids as well. If I recall correctly, there were 3 or 4 skids full of the bricks used to make the sculpture (plus the light saber--which (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Touring Yoda's final resting place?
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| (...) This is crazy. With all the AFOLs around, not to mention parents with money, why isn't TLC auctioning off these sculptures? They could donate the proceeds (or part of the proceeds) to a children's charity of some sort. From a PR stand point (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) From what I have been told by others who have been lucky enough to visit the LEGO's sculpture dept. most (95%) big sculptures used in displaye/events/etc.. end up getting boxed and stored away. When Tim C. (from www.ldraw.org) visited the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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