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Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:45:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> > > > > I found an interesting castle set from saudi-arabia on ebay:
> > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=227975305
> > > > > It looks like a variation on the Black Falcon Fortress. Any insights from
> > > > > the more knowledgeable folks here? I noticed that it was numbered 708.
> > I'm thinking rip-off more and more - take another look at the Black Falcon
> > Fortress, you will see a number of differences:
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> > http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6074-1
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> Yes, DEFINITELY not Black Falcon's Fortress... that much is obvious... three
> horses, white figs?, no castle corners with printing, no black spire w/
> printed flag, etc, etc... But there is a lot to suggest it IS Lego... after
> all, if you were a knock-off, you'd want to save as much money as possible...
> so why try and copy EXACTLY the same emblems, EXACTLY the same logo, a NEARLY
> exact design to 6074, even the flip-top lid... AND add to that the fact that
> the box is divided under the lid into two sections (left and right, tall and
> thin) JUST like Black Falcon's Fortress... But at the same time, there are
> too many things WRONG to make me think it's a bona fide TLC product... VERY
> odd...
Well, most of those similarities aren't just to BFF, but to all (large)
Legoland Castle sets, so it may be a style knock-off rather than 1 specific
set.
I'm also curious as to how old this is - it may be just my read, but the
auction listing sounds like it was a recent acquisition.
Regardless, it qualifies as way weird.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) from (...) Yes, I am quite in agreeance... (...) I think my take on it is that someone bought the set in Saudi Arabia when it was released (whenever that was... BFF came out in 1986, so maybe roughly then?).. it was probably played with for a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) copyright (...) (Does (...) horses, white figs?, no castle corners with printing, no black spire w/ printed flag, etc, etc... But there is a lot to suggest it IS Lego... after all, if you were a knock-off, you'd want to save as much money as (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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