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Re: Thomas' Annie, Claribel; and some Troublesome Trucks
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:41:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Yeah, Russ, but aren't those built out of brown? I waited until I could secure
> enough Yoda brown (which is almost dead-on correct for color matching them) to
> build mine. As far as I know, the 1x1, 1x6, and 1x8 burnt orange brick didn't
> even come out until the recently released Privet Drive set. So start pounding
> the Bricklink pavement-- it took me four stores to get enough 1x1s (40 total).
> Mine are still pretty rudimentary and not very close to the originals in terms
> of detail; I was relying on the *color* to carry them:-)
Yup, they are brown. I built them as a last minute thing for our GATS show. I
just used what was available at the time. I had enough kids at the show
recognize them to make it worth just keeping them the way they are. For me its
just the satisfaction of building them and having them recognizable. And mine
have faces! :)
> BTW, I was talking to Mike Walsh and he expressed that he has *his* Annie and
> Claribel in the wings and was just about ready to show them off-- sorry to
> steal anyone's thunder! >;-D
I also think Melody from Australia was planning on building them as well.
Russell
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| (...) You know, the actual faces on Annie and Claribel are pretty simplistic-- just black marks for their faces and nothing more (no relief as for Thomas). I was going to create some detailed ones and print them out on clear stickers. I'll have to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thomas' Annie, Claribel; and some Troublesome Trucks
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| (...) enough Yoda brown (which is almost dead-on correct for color matching them) to build mine. As far as I know, the 1x1, 1x6, and 1x8 burnt orange brick didn't even come out until the recently released Privet Drive set. So start pounding the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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