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Re: Are these sets real?
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lugnet.town
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Tue, 10 May 2005 21:19:12 GMT
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"Rob Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesending@msltc.org> wrote in message
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> I vote fake based on the white clouded area around the main models. • LEGO's
> racers in this series don't have that clouded area. We had a lengthy
> discussion about this a couple months ago somewhere...
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> Rob
Has to be fake. The Delorean uses the fingered type windshield instead of
the newer click hinge (yuch, yuch, yuch, yuch) style windshield.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1099318
This is the part currently in production:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/44822
This is the older (and infinitely better) part:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4625
Mike
PS: Now if it is real and LEGO has reverted back to the far superior
fingered hinges, I will be thrilled.
PPS: In case it isn't clear, I am not a fan of click hinges. ;-)
--
Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot
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| (...) Me either. I am guessing this won't get ME any new fans, but I think this change is worse than the gray/bley color change, actually. (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
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| "Scott E. Thomas" <bozeman1941@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IG9p6v.101I@lugnet.com... (...) I vote fake based on the white clouded area around the main models. LEGO's racers in this series don't have that clouded area. We had a lengthy (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.town)
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