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Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:47:50 GMT
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I just called the Lego@Home and the customer service rep told me Lego plans
to issue 7,500 boxes of this set total.
Andrea
In lugnet.trains, Adrian Drake writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Musil writes:
> > Since, I don’t have a copy of the new catalog yet, I have been staring at
> > the scanned images. On the top right hand side of the picture, is another
> > picture of the inside of the engine. Looking at the caption below it says
> > "Open the roof to see inside the locomotive." It appears to me that the two
> > pictures of the locomotives are different. In the top picture, the
> > locomotive looks smaller in size, does not have the walk threw portal on the
> > back, nor does it have the classic "F" shape to the front of the cab. It
> > appears that the top picture is closer to a "GP-20" by the stubbiness of the
> > front structure. The bottom picture looks closer to an "F unit", but the
> > picture does not actually represent an "F unit." The bottom picture looks
> > as if it represents an Alco unit. Santa Fe used both F units (made by GM)
> > and Alco units (made by the American Locomotive Company) in the classic
> > warbonnet color scheme. I’m wondering if the BIG picture of the F unit is
> > the limited edition and maybe the small picture on the top of the Alco unit
> > will be produced after they sale all of the limited edition sets??!!
>
> You're thinking too hard. The top of the picture is just the removeable
> top, and the bottom of the picture shows the interior. As for the
> appearances that the two locomotives are different sizes, I counted studs,
> and estimate that both pictures show a locomotive about 32 studs long. it's
> just a perspective issue that makes the big picture seem a different size.
>
> Adrian
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| "Aza" <azana@mba2001.hbs.edu> wrote in message news:Grop7q.D7v@lugnet.com... (...) plans (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Maybe we can get (or did get) a more definitive answer out of Brad Justus at BricksWest. I have spoken to two LEGO S@H reps and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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| (...) Would this mean that it would be considered bad form to part about 50 out, just to get the grey 1x2x2 panels with porthole print? :D best LFB (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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| (...) You're thinking too hard. The top of the picture is just the removeable top, and the bottom of the picture shows the interior. As for the appearances that the two locomotives are different sizes, I counted studs, and estimate that both (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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