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| (...) Thank you for explanation. I'd like to ask: how about Pirates? We heard the new Pirate sets will be 4+, with Jack Stone scale figures. That means no more regular minifig scale Pirates? Thanks in advance and kind regards, -- shgg. (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) The take-away from my last message should be (in part) that no new product by default leads to the demise of another product. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Hi Andrzej, (...) Since I own the latest german dealer's catalog, I can tell you that for certain: Pirates are Jack-Stone-scaled in 2004. Sets are with many large elements, but also with a few very nice parts (new pirate flags, maps on 4x4-tiles, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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| (...) So what you are saying is... that... F-F-FABULAND LIVES!!! :) ;P ..Heehee, seriously though, thanks for your words on all this. The Harry Potter vs System-Castle concerns have been here for some time. It is nice to here at least some (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Did the existence of Jack Stone prevent LEGO from ever making regular minifig scale City sets again? I would guess that there will probably be regular minifig scale pirate sets again someday. However, they have to give the 4 year olds (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I was convinced after seeing the set numbers on the pirate sets (7070-...) that the sets would be minifig scaled, because recent minifig-themes (orient expedition, world city) are all in the 7-series, whereas the new 4-juniors sets (formerly (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Yes it does, just in the form of a certain mouse¹... Jason Railton ¹ I'm still curious how much it costs to license a trademark that, according to the law at the time it was registered, should have expired two decades ago... (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Well, remember what happened with Town. First they came out with Jack stone, to get the tykes hooked. Then this year we have Extreme Sports island, World City, etc. which are the minifig-scale versions of Jack Stone. The kids who played with (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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