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Subject: 
Re: new stuff for 2001
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:03:24 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Sanburn writes:
To All,

And this is the saddest part of all the April fools • jokes. All of us who
have been caught once or twice will reserve judgement on • the
announcement until well after April 1.

I am not saying that these sets can't be legitimate, but I
did see the Jurassic Park ones from the toy show, I am just
very cautious on the eve of April Fools, especially after
the train one last year, and the fact that the cons seem to
get better every year. Did you notice the "new" women's
soccer set has two different types of blond hair? When has
LEGO done that? The box doen't look 100% either, IMNSHO.

That set was (apparently) posted to Brickset!!! Yikes. Is there no
institution safe?

Huw - Huw more - Humour ... say, maybe not safe after all. I mean, it would
be pretty Low to spoof us that way, don't you think?

As far as new Amtrak sets? Yes, that's for real. I think Mathis Productions
has some under development. I know I do.

++Lar



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  Re: new stuff for 2001
 
To All, Well, I have no clue where this post is going, so anyway, fun is good enough for now. (...) Who knows / cares / anymore. Sheesh. (...) I just threw that out because I saw it was in trains. If it is really in development, cool. If not, oh (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: new stuff for 2001
 
(...) The Dinosaur theme is 100% NO JOKE! First, I have seen all eight sets in february 2001. Second, I do own one of these dinosaurs already. Third, the Dino images uploaded to Brickset have been taken from an official Japanese Consumer Catalog. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: new stuff for 2001
 
To All, (...) I am not saying that these sets can'tbe legitimate, but I did see the Jurassic Park ones from the toy show, I am just very cautious on the eve of April Fools, especially after the train one last year, and the fact that the cons seem to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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