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Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:58:59 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> 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...
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> 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.
Yes, I am quite in agreeance...
> 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.
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 couple years, put back in the box,
and brought to the US during the Gulf War (1991 I think it was?)... and it
promptly sat around in an attic or something until someone decided to auction
it off on Ebay...
Of course, this guy's other auctions are kind of interesting... a lot of civil
war memorobilia, and a car? My read is that this guy is in need of money, and
went through his attic looking for things to auction off... and lo and behold,
a Lego set turned up!
DaveE
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| (...) possible... (...) NEARLY (...) Yep. I was in it, I remember ;-) (...) Or otherwise, he was in need of money, so he faked the set... I don't know, but I'd bet rip-off - too many weird things about this set: the "translated" Logo, the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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