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In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> I don't think this is old news... Set 10159, featured in the new UK S@H
> catalogue, is a re-release of airport set 6597,
> http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=6597, with new greys of course...
>
>
> Huw
S@H has it on their website now backordered to the 1st (Try setting the country
to one in Europe). Hopefully they'll be here in North America in time for that
free Yellow Truck Offer.
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In lugnet.general, Tim Tosino wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> > I don't think this is old news... Set 10159, featured in the new UK S@H
> > catalogue, is a re-release of airport set 6597,
> > http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=6597, with new greys of course...
> >
> >
> > Huw
>
> S@H has it on their website now backordered to the 1st (Try setting the country
> to one in Europe). Hopefully they'll be here in North America in time for that
> free Yellow Truck Offer.
Wow! That's totally cool. I agree. I hope it hits the North American
market soon. However, I'm guessing the price is going to be 99.00 US,
which would make it the 2nd costliest Legend/Classic that Lego has
put out.
Just a thought...
Benjamin Medinets
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In lugnet.general, Tim Tosino wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> > I don't think this is old news... Set 10159, featured in the new UK S@H
> > catalogue, is a re-release of airport set 6597,
> > http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=6597, with new greys of course...
> >
> >
> > Huw
>
> S@H has it on their website now backordered to the 1st (Try setting the country
> to one in Europe). Hopefully they'll be here in North America in time for that
> free Yellow Truck Offer.
Thanks for the update, but, my oh my, they reall screwed it up with the island
roadplate. That looks terrible! (look at the overhead view).
The differences appear to be...
...island road plate is entirely different
...runways are one stud shorter
...cone is red instead of red/white striped (this is an odd change)
Old hinges and palm tree are still there.
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In lugnet.general, Mark Herzberg wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Tim Tosino wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> > > I don't think this is old news... Set 10159, featured in the new UK S@H
> > > catalogue, is a re-release of airport set 6597,
> > > http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=6597, with new greys of course...
> > >
> > >
> > > Huw
> >
> > S@H has it on their website now backordered to the 1st (Try setting the country
> > to one in Europe). Hopefully they'll be here in North America in time for that
> > free Yellow Truck Offer.
>
> Thanks for the update, but, my oh my, they reall screwed it up with the island
> roadplate. That looks terrible! (look at the overhead view).
>
> The differences appear to be...
> ...island road plate is entirely different
> ...runways are one stud shorter
> ...cone is red instead of red/white striped (this is an odd change)
>
> Old hinges and palm tree are still there.
Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
on the circular road plate, between the bottom-right-hand corner of the circle
area and the 2-stud wide green plate across the end. 5 studs on one (with the
light centred), 6 studs on the other (with the light off-centre).
I suspect that the picture with the aircraft in place is of the original; the
higher view point is then the new version, but with no aircraft shown.
Are they pulling a fast one? I dread to think what the new aircraft look like.
What's the betting it's click-hinges all round..?
Jake - can you tell us what's changed? If the picture on the website is of the
original set and not the re-release, then I think it should be corrected as soon
as possible.
Jason Railton
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In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
> on the circular road plate, between the bottom-right-hand corner of the circle
> area and the 2-stud wide green plate across the end. 5 studs on one (with the
> light centred), 6 studs on the other (with the light off-centre).
>
> I suspect that the picture with the aircraft in place is of the original; the
> higher view point is then the new version, but with no aircraft shown.
>
>
> Are they pulling a fast one? I dread to think what the new aircraft look like.
> What's the betting it's click-hinges all round..?
>
>
> Jake - can you tell us what's changed? If the picture on the website is of the
> original set and not the re-release, then I think it should be corrected as soon
> as possible.
>
>
> Jason Railton
Correction - that's 5 studs on the original, with the light on the fourth stud.
In the new one it's a gap of 4 studs, with the light on the third stud.
The one with the aircraft visible has 7-stud verges either side of the runway;
the new one has 6-stud verges, causing the misalignment with the roads into the
building.
Jason Railton
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> In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
Okay, I've now received the new Shop@Home catalogue, and it allays some of my
concerns, though it's still not quite cheesey peas all round.
The picture in the catalogue (and this is the one Huw scanned originally), does
appear to show the new set, and it DOESN'T HAVE CLICK HINGES! Hurrah!
The catalogue has a low corner view and a higher view, both of which show all
the roadplates and vehicles.
Both of these views show the printed runway plates with new-style 6-wide verges.
Presumably these are Jack-Stone roadplate mouldings with a slightly reworked
version of the original runway print on them. The 1-stud misalignment between
the turning circle and the rear garages is visible on both views. As is a plain
red (not red/white printed stripes) windsock, although it is in two different
places on the two images. This suggests to me that both images show the new
Legend set, not the original.
The canopy hinge of the small helicopter, and the canopy hinge and the inside of
the sidewall hinges of the cargo helicopter are all visible in the main image,
and are all the original finger-hinges.
Apart from that windsock, the printing and minifigs all seem the same. There
even appear to be two freckled smiley faces (the fork-lift and luggage-train
drivers). I can't say absolutely that all the faces are spot-on, as I only have
the Lugnet image of the original to go on and that's not clear to that level of
detail.
Actually, someone's gone to a fair bit of trouble to position everything as it
was on the original box-shot for 6597. It makes for an interesting
spot-the-difference!
So, that just leaves the Shop@Home website, which may still be showing one
picture of the original set.
Jason Railton
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In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
>
> Okay, I've now received the new Shop@Home catalogue, and it allays some of my
> concerns, though it's still not quite cheesey peas all round.
what page?!?!?!?!
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Barnas wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > > Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
> >
> > Okay, I've now received the new Shop@Home catalogue, and it allays some of my
> > concerns, though it's still not quite cheesey peas all round.
>
>
> what page?!?!?!?!
Inside front cover. But then it's the UK Shop@Home catalogue.
Jason Railton
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In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jeff Barnas wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > > In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > > > Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
> > >
> > > Okay, I've now received the new Shop@Home catalogue, and it allays some of my
> > > concerns, though it's still not quite cheesey peas all round.
> >
> >
> > what page?!?!?!?!
>
> Inside front cover. But then it's the UK Shop@Home catalogue.
>
> Jason Railton
Why is S@H NA taking so long to get it? Or will they ever?
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In lugnet.general, Tim Tosino wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Jeff Barnas wrote:
> > > In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > > > In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > > > > > Look a little closer - those two pictures are not the same set. Count the studs
> > > >
> > > > Okay, I've now received the new Shop@Home catalogue, and it allays some of my
> > > > concerns, though it's still not quite cheesey peas all round.
> > >
> > >
> > > what page?!?!?!?!
> >
> > Inside front cover. But then it's the UK Shop@Home catalogue.
> >
> > Jason Railton
>
> Why is S@H NA taking so long to get it? Or will they ever?
It's now up on S@H NA shipping Nov 2!
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