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Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:36:33 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> > > In lugnet.castle, David Carriker writes:
> > > > I found an interesting castle set from saudi-arabia on ebay:
> > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=227975305
> > > > It looks like a variation on the Black Falcon Fortress. Any insights from
> > > > the more knowledgeable folks here? I noticed that it was numbered 708.
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> > > How phenomenally odd! "DALU"? "DALULAND"? I assume this is a translation of
> > > some kind? But why translate a product name? Does "lego" mean something in
> > > Arabic? Could it concievably be a rip off of lego? I'm not sure how • copyright
> > > laws are in the Saudi Arabia-- could it be some other company? I wouldn't
> > > think that TLC would alter the product THAT much for another market! After
> > > all, if they're already manufacturing Black Falcon's Fortress, why come out
> > > with a completely different box/set/instructions/etc? And why include both
> > > crusader and black falcon shields/figs in the same set? I need answers! • (Does
> > > this mean that nobody is castle complete without the whole Saudi line???
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> > And is it just me, or do those minifigs not have faces? It's hard to tell,
> > because the scan isn't a great resolution, but it looks like the heads are
> > unprinted.
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> > Weird...I'm thinking blatant rip-off, myself, but I'm not certain. Wonder
> > what the copyright notice on the box says?
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> I'm thinking rip-off more and more - take another look at the Black Falcon
> Fortress, you will see a number of differences:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6074-1
Yes, DEFINITELY not Black Falcon's Fortress... that much is obvious... three
horses, white figs?, no castle corners with printing, no black spire w/ printed
flag, etc, etc... But there is a lot to suggest it IS Lego... after all, if you
were a knock-off, you'd want to save as much money as possible... so why try
and copy EXACTLY the same emblems, EXACTLY the same logo, a NEARLY exact design
to 6074, even the flip-top lid... AND add to that the fact that the box is
divided under the lid into two sections (left and right, tall and thin) JUST
like Black Falcon's Fortress... But at the same time, there are too many things
WRONG to make me think it's a bona fide TLC product... VERY odd...
DaveE
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| (...) Well, most of those similarities aren't just to BFF, but to all (large) Legoland Castle sets, so it may be a style knock-off rather than 1 specific set. I'm also curious as to how old this is - it may be just my read, but the auction listing (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I'm thinking rip-off more and more - take another look at the Black Falcon Fortress, you will see a number of differences: (URL)James (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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