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    Re: 10123 Cloud City —David Laswell
   (...) Huh. I'd heard that Leia would be sporting a brand-new hairpiece, but that looks like she's just got mommy's hair (from Anakin's Podracer & Mos Espa Podrace). It certainly fits within the LD tradition of always using existing pieces for new LD (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: 10123 Cloud City —Rick Clark
   (...) My understanding is that this is not so much a tradition, as it is a necessity. LD does not have the budget or the authority to commission new molds. <snip> (...) Not nearly as annoying as not releasing it at all, which is what probably (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: 10123 Cloud City —David Laswell
   (...) Yeah, well, even with rapid-prototyping (which we know they're using), new mold designs aren't cheap. S@H exclusives have a much more limited consumer base than retail releases, and anything that sells well enough through S@H to justify making (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: 10123 Cloud City —Ace Kim
   i don't think you guys are differentiating the releases from both LEGO Direct and TLC properly. LEGO direct items are S@H and LEGO Retail exclusive items, and i guess it goes into a trial period before retailers opt to carry them, like the RBR, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
 

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