Author:  yorbrick  Posted:  Oct 20, 2023 03:49  Subject:  Re: string length in set 6462 Aerial Recovery  Viewed:  31 times  Topic:  Inventories Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card yorbrick (1185) Location:  United Kingdom, England Member Since Contact Type Status Apr 11, 2011 Seller  Store: Yorbricks

Actually, the undetermined refers to the fact that no one has yet to correct the inventory with the proper length of string that came with the set. Ah yes. Even then, is there any guarantee the lengths are correct. I have a couple of used strings from a set with a defined length and they are not exactly equal to the length in the catalogue, both slightly different but over by up to 1cm. Which suggests these either vary a little within production, have stretched in use, were measured incorrectly or measured in a different way. It doesn't matter for the function the string is used for, so not a big deal.

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Re: string length in set 6462 Aerial Recovery - randyf (442)

[...] Actually, the undetermined refers to the fact that no one has yet to correct the inventory with the proper length of string that came with the set. ;) (8 months ago, Oct 19, 2023, to Inventories)

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Re: string length in set 6462 Aerial Recovery - paulvdb (7162)

[...] String lengths are not exact and can indeed vary a bit. I have some notes from a few sets with x77ac30. The string lengths I found varied between 29.5 and 31 cm. (8 months ago, Oct 20, 2023, to Inventories)

Re: string length in set 6462 Aerial Recovery - randyf (442)

[...] The strings will fluctuate around the number it should be according to LEGO inventory data. So, a 50cm string will likely fall somewhere between 48.5cm to 51.5cm. For [...] (8 months ago, Oct 20, 2023, to Inventories)

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