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| I always thought Fabuland's time span to be 1979-1989. Well, I was wrong about the end date being 1989. It was 1990. 1990 Chinese? catalogue (URL) the ultimate evidence is in a picture taken by Osamu Furusawa of a showcase at Billund. (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| (...) I would like to query the accuracy of the dates from Billund...the mini-fig stiffs were available from 1975-1979/1980, yet only 1975 is shown, so it is quite possible the dates for fabuland are also wrong... Benjamin Whytcross (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| (...) That's right. The display hardly seems authoritative. A minifig fireman with no torso printing/sticker and a Captain Redbeard with no epaulettes? I don't think such minifigs have ever appeared in sets... The setup and labelling of the display (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| (...) What criteria should one use to determine the end year of a theme? Is it the last year new sets of that theme are released/produced? or is it the last year a theme is pictured in a Lego Company Catalogue? Re Fabuland dates- I don't think (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.fabuland)
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