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In lugnet.loc.uk, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=567350684
> > 1983 LEGO SPACESHIP #1593 MISB
> > currently standing at $1000+ - wow!
> > Is it really that rare?
> > Perhaps it is MISB
>
> It's that rare, ya! I could see it going to $2000 or more if someone had
> pockets that deep. Just the instructions alone are incredibly rare, and
> the box is...well, we've never even seen a box before. Scans and color
> photocopies of the instructions surfaced on the net around 1996.
>
> Well, it's certainly great to finally see photos of an actual box of this
> set. This is first new info about old Space stuff that I've seen in about
> a year or two.
As a model, it doesn't look that attractive, but then I like some Classic
Space and dislike some Classic Space (a blasphemous opinion, I know).
The box certainly looks immaculate.
> This pretty much blows the theory out of the water that this was just a
> supermodel (like 6861 & 6862) of two other sets -- although it's still
> highly likely that it was originally derived from 6880 & 6929.
What is the story of these supermodel instructions. Were they a bonus
instruction thrown in with other sets ?
> 1593 (name not yet known!!): http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1593
> 6880 Surface Explorer: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6880
> 6929 Starfleet Voyager: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6929
> 6861 Blacktron Super Vehicle: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6861_2
> 6862 M:Tron Secret Space Voyager: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6862
pete.w (trying to fill in missing Dark Ages knowledge)
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