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Re: Photos of The Vault / 'new' classic space set?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.space
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Tue, 4 May 2004 00:09:26 GMT
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Huw Millington wrote:
> I was in Billund last week and was privleged to be allowed into 'the vault'
> for research purposes.
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> As previously mentioned elsewhere, this is a room filled with multiple
> copies of everything LEGO has ever produced [1], kept primarily for legal
> purposes, I am led to believe.
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> In the three hours I had in there, I searched for 'System' sets that
> www.Brickset.com does not have listed, in the period 1978 onwards. I was
> particularly interested in finding any otherwise unknown promotional sets.
> To be perfectly honest, you'd need three weeks in there to check everything
> properly, there's so much, but in that time I did uncover a few new sets
> which you can see at http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?show=New.
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> Of particular note is what may be a previously unknown space set, number
> 1526, http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Set=1526-1. However unlike every
> other set in there, this was not complete and looked to be a stapled mock up
> of a box. Paperwork in the room listed the set as having been released in
> 1986, the same year as the date on the box, so it could well be a 'real'
> set, that is so rare even LEGO don't have a copy. Or it might just be what I
> found: a mock up of a set that was intended to be produced but never was. I
> intend to ask the very helpful archivist for more information about it in
> due course.
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> Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised to find that, actually, Brickset is
> pretty much complete for 'System' sets in the period in which we specialise
> (c.1980 onwards), and apart from the space set mentioned above, no real
> 'gems' were uncovered. I hope one day to go back, maybe with a helper, and
> do a more thorough check, and also include the 1970's.
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> Here are some pictures I took in there, and also in the new 'museum' area
> that is being set up in the same building.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=79017
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> Huw
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> [1] Well, that's the claim. I am not personally convinced that everything is
> there, particularly promotional sets from recent years. At least, I am sure
> some of the airline promos and other small polybags I have in my collection
> are missing. But then, I did only have 3 hours in there, so I probably
> missed them...
>
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So this means that all those people who thought they were Classic Space
complete are now not?
What would be really cool is if TLC allowed instructions for this (and
anything else not public) to go onto www.brickshelf.com :)
One "known to exist but unreleased" set to look for next time is the 6500
Holiday Village
Plus, the mythical 1886 Star Wars Bucket
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