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death of Ninja in Japan
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lugnet.castle.ninja
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Sat, 3 Mar 2001 18:43:36 GMT
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Today I went to pick up a pack of Dacta technic joiners (at a shop in
Akihabara, the electronics district, which specializes in robotics of
all things) and saw the 2001 Lego Japan catalog. Zero Ninja sets.
None, nada, nai. CHIKUSO!!!!! (18+ Japanese) Even though I stopped
buying at Japan retail prices, this means it is only a matter of time
before Ninja sets are totally gone from the shelves in Tokyo.
Johnny Blaze mentioned the idea in another post about us contacting TLC
and politely asking for the line to be brought back. Any suggestions on
how to do so? Perhaps if we can put together a list of links to our best
MoCs to accompany a letter which we could draft together?
Chris Barker
chris@superfami.com
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 | | Re: death of Ninja in Japan
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| (...) Was that the Lego consumer catalog or a dealer catalog ? Some current product lines are not shown in the sping catalog. Most of the Ninja sets were (c) 1998 or 1999, which makes sense in the two year product cycle. Its time has come. I just (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
| | | Re: death of Ninja in Japan
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| (...) It was only a matter of time...Ninja theme stuff disappeared from my part of the world a year ago. Emmanuel in France has been pumping Ninja at discount for 6 months. The Ninja stock in Japan will probably appear in Europe or U.S. next if it (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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