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Re: 10001 & 10002 arrived today
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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:17:30 GMT
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"Tobias Möller" <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message
news:3BC3231E.EC72527A@telia.com...
> I recieved my delxe set yesterday. This is what has changed (from what I
> can tell):
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> The club car seems to be just like original. There are curves, not
> diagonal lines on the preprinted parts.
>
> The metroliner has undergone a few changes. The hair has changed, the
> small windows are clear cyan, not transparent white. The small train
> doors are preprinted, but the larger ones require stickers. The sticker
> for the station (displaying when trains arrive) has changed as well,
> compared to the stickers shown on the box.
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> While I feel happy for owning such a great set, I feel disappointed at
> the same time.
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> Why did they change the set?
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> Is it because people suddenly realised that the original sets weren't
> going to be worth as much when the re-release came out? Was I really the
> only one who realised that, long before LEGO even announced their
> "Legend" series? I don't think I was.
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> So why did they change the sets? I think LEGO at least could have put up
> a note on the webpage, telling us which things had changed. What's
> next? Green classic space astronauts for the Galaxy Explorer?
>
> --Tobias
[ ... snipped ... ]
I was unable to find the original article but I seem to recall a statement
(it might have been from someone who paraphrased Brad Justus' talk at
Brickfest) that the Legend series would be as faithful to the original sets
as possible however there might be parts that for one reason or another, are
no longer available.
As for the wrong windows, there was a statement from LEGO Direct last week
giving a heads up on the packaging errors and what you need to do to get the
correct windows. See Jake McKee's post at:
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=3302
I am looking forward to receiving my Club Car and more product offering from
LEGO Direct. I received my 10016 and 10017 sets last week and must say that
other than the blue trim (it should have been either black or left as tan)
on the hopper, I think it is one of the best train sets LEGO has released
since I have gotten back into this hobby (all of the classic 9V sets,
pre-1998, were released before I was aware).
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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