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Re: death of Ninja in Japan
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lugnet.castle.ninja
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Sun, 4 Mar 2001 20:16:08 GMT
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Ray Sanders wrote:
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> In lugnet.castle.ninja, Chris Barker writes:
> > 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.
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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.
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> I just checked shop.lego.com. It shows seven Ninja sets, of which six are
> available (3050, 3051, 3052, 3346, 4805 & 6088). This being for US shipments of
> course.
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> Ray
It was the consumer catalog. There is no equivalent of shop.lego.com
for Japan.
Chris
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