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Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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lugnet.castle
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Sat, 1 Jan 2000 03:35:30 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> > > In lugnet.castle, David Carriker 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.
> > >
> > > How phenomenally odd! "DALU"? "DALULAND"? I assume this is a translation of
> > > some kind? But why translate a product name? Does "lego" mean something in
> > > Arabic? Could it concievably be a rip off of lego? I'm not sure how • copyright
> > > laws are in the Saudi Arabia-- could it be some other company? I wouldn't
> > > think that TLC would alter the product THAT much for another market! After
> > > all, if they're already manufacturing Black Falcon's Fortress, why come out
> > > with a completely different box/set/instructions/etc? And why include both
> > > crusader and black falcon shields/figs in the same set? I need answers! • (Does
> > > this mean that nobody is castle complete without the whole Saudi line???
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> > And is it just me, or do those minifigs not have faces? It's hard to tell,
> > because the scan isn't a great resolution, but it looks like the heads are
> > unprinted.
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> > Weird...I'm thinking blatant rip-off, myself, but I'm not certain. Wonder
> > what the copyright notice on the box says?
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> 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
Note also the REAL 708 set(s):
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=708
Not really your average Castle set...
Also, TLC would totally NOT change their logo in any case - it's not their
style... ;-) If anything, they would've written a translation - but when I
think of the Israeli sets, that's not likely - Israel has a totally different
language,(i.e. different letters) yet TLC didn't make any translation
whatsoever for us...
I would definitely bet on rip-off...
-Shiri
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| (...) I'm thinking rip-off more and more - take another look at the Black Falcon Fortress, you will see a number of differences: (URL)James (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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