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| does anyone have the inside scoop on whats happening with kk? it seems it is being discontinued soon; none of the stores in my area (north fla) sell them anymore.. is this because of hp? does that mean for the next five years the only castle stuff (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) It doesn't necessarily mean the Knights aren't being manufactured anymore. It may just be the shops gearing up to shift as much Harry Potter stuff as possible. It's selling from Legoland Windsor faster than they can stock it, and this is (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| reference: (URL) has a copy of the 2002 brochure. note: there is NO mention of anything castle, knights kingsdom or otherwise.. i think this mean discontinued.. but my real question is why? because of hp, or new castle for later 2002? (somehow i (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Really kinda? Get over it... Those little product pamphlets that come in sets can in NO WAY be considered complete as far as the 2002 product line goes. The sets such a pamphlet announces are only "teasers" for the products being offered next (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Also note: *Goblins Can't tell much from the picture, but it looks like a differen't Mini-fig head (with pointy ears) and maybe shorter legs or something? I wonder if that Troll (yes, it's a mountain troll I believe, I haven't read the books (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) I am curious if Lego had signed some agreement with Warner stating they would not release any other castle lines while HP is in the workings. Lucas made Lego do this with the space line. That's why you haven't seen anything since UFO. Lucas (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) What about Life on Mars sets (...) --Kevin W. § (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Well, don't lots of the Alpha Team things look like spaceships? At Brickfest 2001, Brad Justus said that no themes were "dead" in the sense that they would never conceivably return. (If all of a sudden the middle ages become really cool with (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) At least the Castle sets of Olde had ONE solid wall! Nothing against the HP sets I love so dearly, but IMHO the Harry Potter sets are glorified accessory packs.Excluding Hagrid's Hut, the HP sets use ARCHES! ARGH! If i wanted to build an (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Well the reason is they got outbidded by another toy company (which primarily make...dolls!!) Arrghh!!! That, and from a production standpoint, introducting a new theme, with other themes just being put out, and other sets getting new stuff, (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) i think LOM is actually kinda space-like.. i mean, the solar explorer? i think LOM somehow qualifies as quasi-town, since its not set in the distant future. (...) what bothers me about this is that any eventual return of castle would be in (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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