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Hi,
This year, here in Brazil, TLC re-released several technic sets:
8485 Control Center II 1995
8456 Fiber Optic Multi Set 1996
8244 Convert-ables / Transformator Set 1996
8215 Gyro Copter 1997
8280 Fire Engine / Fire Response Unit 1995
8232 Chopper Force 1997
Well, no 8480, 8479, 8459 and 8560, but I have hope of that many other sets will go to be re-released in 2001.
bye,
zanette.
> > Hi all,
>
> although we shouldn't be optimistic becuase the small fact I found out
> today, I still can't wait to tell you about it! Today, I *might* have found
> the very first re-released discontinued set ever. It's nothing important
> IMHO as it's been only a Duplo set, but still it's a 1996 released set
> re-relased in 2001!
>
> Well, here's the entire story...
>
> While being on the chase for 2001 sets and (mostly unsuccesfully) checking
> several local toy stores in my area (Germany), I thought I'd also take a
> look on the Duplo shelves as they sometimes carry new items before the
> actual 'system' shelves do so. I don't recall all Duplo sets off my head so
> I have to take them out of the shelves and take a look at the bottom where
> the year next to the copyright indicates the year the set has been released.
> None of the sets I picked up was a 2001 one until I suddenly fell over a
> strange box. A new design (as far as I am aware of Duplo boxes) made me
> believe that this one could be one of the next year sets. Then, I took a
> close look at the picture and thought: Ah, no - this is set 2699, an old
> Duplo farm, it must be a rather old set that hasn't been sold for years.
> That would explain why the box design was different from all the other sets
> in the Duplo section. Hm, but then again the box looked too new for being
> several years old. I grabbed it out of the shelf to look at the bottom of
> the box - and - what did I see?
>
> "© 1996, 2001 The LEGO Company" !
>
> I was *very* confused about that fact so I carefully looked at the rest of
> the box. On the left side, I found pictures of five other LEGO Duplo sets.
> It must be new that LEGO now even puts Advertisements right on the sets,
> correct (okay, train track packs excluded) ? I wrote down all the set
> numbers of the other sets as I wasn't sure if these were 2001 releases or
> not. They all had the new box design (as far as I was able to make out the
> smalle images) and I didn't remember having seen them before. Now, back at
> home I found out that none of them is listed on Lugnet yet: #2971, #3083,
> #3088, #3089, #3093 so it is pretty obvious that these will be 2001 sets as
> well.
>
> Let's hope that this set is only the first re-released LEGO set and that
> more will appear within 2001. Of course, 1996 is not too far away, but still
> TLC could win a lot of money by re-releasing discontinued stuff like - well
> let's say the famous Technic set #8480 from 1996 (as the original Duplo farm
> 2699 was released that year too). The Shuttle could include all the elements
> as in 1996 but packaged inside a new designed box. Wouldn't that be cool? I
> know I am too optimistic, but if TLC can come up with *one* discontinued
> LEGO set it shouldn't be too difficult to expand this idea for other items,
> right? Let's hope!!
>
> Or, has such a re-release ever happened before?
>
> Bye, Christian --- xTI@N.
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