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Re: yellow parrots
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:58:07 GMT
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In lugnet.adventurers, John Morgan writes:
> In lugnet.adventurers, Heather Patey writes:
> <snippage>
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> > >
> > > The set in question came in three version:
> > > 5919 International
> > > 5919 North American (US+Canada)
> > > 3722 TRU 50th Anniversary
> > > On http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Cottage/5900/5919.html
> > > there are pictures of two of these versions.
> > >
> > > Christian
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> > It's so confusing when TLC does this kind of thing! Had another look at
> > the LUGnet guide, and it does say that 3722, not 5919, is the US-only set.
> > Mine didn't have TRU 50th Anniversary stickers on them, but stickers that
> > said "Includes Gold Storage Case" or some such obviosity. I hope this
> > doesn't count as another variant, my brain can't handle it :-)
> >
> > Cheers, Heather
> > --
> > Heather Patey
> > St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
> > Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
> Greetings Heather,
> I recently aquired one of the international sets 5919 from Denmark(in search • of
> the yellow parrots too ; ) ) and it arrived in a much larger box than I
> expected. I had one of the TRU Versions with the gold tool type case and was
> expecting about the same size carton. When I opened the package I discovered • the
> large gold idol , which in the US ,came with the treasure hunters set that • has
> the bi plane.
> Anyway, I found a scroll inside of the Idol thingy that had LEGO
> heiroglyphics(sp?) on it and it was associated with contest they were • holding
> in Europe. Another sheet of paper had the translations but it was all written • in
> Danish! I got a Belgium friend at work to assist in translating it all. Turns
> out you had to translate the heiroglyphs to follow the symbols on a map of
> egyptian temples and then on a post card send in your answer as to which • temple
> on the map held the treasure. This was more fun than getting the yellow
> parrots : )). I guess since the contest is over , I could probably post a
> picture of the scroll and the map if anyone is interested
> Just one more item to add to your perplexion Heather <G>
> John
Neato! Might want to send the scan to Christian for his non-brick stuff page.
Cheers, Heather
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Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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| In lugnet.adventurers, Heather Patey writes: <snippage> (...) Greetings Heather, I recently aquired one of the international sets 5919 from Denmark(in search of the yellow parrots too ; ) ) and it arrived in a much larger box than I expected. I had (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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