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One of the Shifty sets is a copy of Lego's 1932 Wizard's Cart
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1736
or so you would think if you saw the box featuring a blue wizard with white
beard pulling a cart.
However, a Shifty set is always a bit of a lucky dip on colours, so it
should have come as no surprise to me to discover that the wizard was mostly
yellow in colour (yucky!), his hat was blue (as it should be) and his long
beard was brown!
According to the peeron database, this beard part only comes in white and
light grey in Lego, so I actually thought it a pleasant surprise to get a
brown beard in the Shifty set (cost $2 or US$1.10). Oh, and you get a silver
wand too.
Kerry
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| (...) Argh!!! When I posted the above, I had only looked in the polybag. Now that I have built the set I have discovered that the brown beards are not moulded properly and prevents the head from sitting as low as it should on the neck. So, while the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| The dreaded Shifty/Brick brand has now appeared in Brisbane, Australia, spotted by a group of LUGnetters at a recent OzFest (see (URL) the interests of scientific research, informed consumerism, and saving a bit of dosh, I went along to the same (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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