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 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 16:53
 Subject: Two apparently identical torso’s
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Stuart9 (1119)

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Any help in telling these two apart would be helpful.

One is a re-issue

 
Part No: 973px130  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern
* 
973px130 Torso Octan Logo Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

 
Part No: 973pb4439  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
* 
973pb4439 Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
Parts: Minifigure, Torso
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 16:55
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In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Any help in telling these two apart would be helpful.

One is a re-issue

 
Part No: 973px130  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern
* 
973px130 Torso Octan Logo Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

 
Part No: 973pb4439  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
* 
973pb4439 Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

the prongs/supports on the inside are different I'm pretty sure
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:12
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Stuart9 (1119)

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Only have the one type, I suspect the first.

I’ll check for an image.




In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Any help in telling these two apart would be helpful.

One is a re-issue

 
Part No: 973px130  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern
* 
973px130 Torso Octan Logo Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

 
Part No: 973pb4439  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
* 
973pb4439 Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

the prongs/supports on the inside are different I'm pretty sure
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:15
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In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Only have the one type, I suspect the first.

My guess is small prongs (teeth) = original, big prongs (ribs) = reissue.
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:17
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Stuart9 (1119)

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Cheers, they appear to be small prongs.



In Help, peregrinator writes:
  In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Only have the one type, I suspect the first.

My guess is small prongs (teeth) = original, big prongs (ribs) = reissue.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:16
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In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Only have the one type, I suspect the first.

I’ll check for an image.


 
Part No: 973pb4439  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
* 
973pb4439 Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
Parts: Minifigure, Torso
will have long inside torso ribs like modern minifigures.

 
Part No: 973px130  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern
* 
973px130 Torso Octan Logo Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso
will have short inside torso ribs.

Pictures:

https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=nl


  In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Any help in telling these two apart would be helpful.

One is a re-issue

 
Part No: 973px130  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern
* 
973px130 Torso Octan Logo Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

 
Part No: 973pb4439  Name: Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
* 
973pb4439 Torso Octan Logo Pattern (Reissue)
Parts: Minifigure, Torso

the prongs/supports on the inside are different I'm pretty sure
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 20:00
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In Help, randyf writes:

  Pictures:

https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=nl


Oh my gosh... Thank you so much for this. So then this is the original Blacktron
and not the reissue, yea?
 
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 20:03
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In Help, Yellow.Brick writes:
  In Help, randyf writes:

  Pictures:

https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=nl


Oh my gosh... Thank you so much for this. So then this is the original Blacktron
and not the reissue, yea?


Yes.
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 20:07
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In Help, randyf writes:
  In Help, Yellow.Brick writes:
  In Help, randyf writes:

  Pictures:

https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=nl


Oh my gosh... Thank you so much for this. So then this is the original Blacktron
and not the reissue, yea?


Yes.

THANK YOU! I went back and forth on this back when I opened the store. A buyer
didn't believe I had so many new ones and insisted they were reissues - even
after buying two. They never complained and left positive feedback but never
said I was right.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:01
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One is a re-issue!

Hoping it helps?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:07
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In Help, 1001bricks writes:
  One is a re-issue!

Hoping it helps?

And the other isn’t a re-issue!

Even more helping?
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:10
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Crystal clear, thanks.




In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, 1001bricks writes:
  One is a re-issue!

Hoping it helps?

And the other isn’t a re-issue!

Even more helping?
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 17:13
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In Help, Stuart9 writes:
  Crystal clear, thanks.

I feel sorry for you, Stu.


But you're English and we're both Sylvain and French: you can't
fight
 Author: rtzx9r View Messages Posted By rtzx9r
 Posted: Feb 10, 2023 21:57
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In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, 1001bricks writes:
  One is a re-issue!

Hoping it helps?

And the other isn’t a re-issue!

Even more helping?

And the third one is a… oh wait. Never mind.