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Re: LEGO in Hong Kong and China
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 03:07:57 GMT
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China

I did not see any LEGO there.  I only visited a few stores, but all I see are
Best Lock and bootlegs.  Here is a photo I toke without asking for permission:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=83429

As you can see most sets are direct copy of original LEGO sets.  They have sets
like 6263 and 6046 for 40 yuan, or about US$5.  They also have many smaller
sets, plus original designs.  The plastic quality appears to be pretty poor.
As far as I can tell, 99% of the toys in that department store are bootleg
stuff
There are many store to sell LEGO sets in Shanghai, I just went to there
last October, I bought two 6520 in 50% discount, but in fact this price is
similar with price in USA.
Then 9747 is about CNY2,888.

Zhengrong



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  LEGO in Hong Kong and China
 
I visited Hong Kong and China recently. I visited many stores that sell toys and here is what I found: Hong Kong Only large department stores and Toys'R'Us sell LEGO. Most store have very nice display of completed sets, and they usually have (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.hk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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