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Whee, just finished building a set of 5 of the Shell promo sets... thanks Niko! I noticed something about the slopes in the set, though The ferrari racecar uses a 2x3 low slope without marling (1) that has the ferrari prancing horse logo printed on (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <Snip> Are these available in the USA? I must know! Aaron (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, not yet (if ever). (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's not an *entirely* new development for 1999--1997's Outback Racer (6550) has a yellow non-marled 3x4 low-slope hood/glacis plate (It could be armored, really!), with hub gaps. However, I've never seen one in 2x3. I thought the smoothie (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Not officially, but I have seen them on eBay. I have been mulling over whether I should gouge some hapless collector by releasing one of the set of sets I got to that venue... but there are so many cool parts in them that it will truly be tough. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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As others have noted, not yet, if ever. Except through Ebay. I'll be Ebaying off anywhere from 4-7 sets of 1252-1256 - most likely as separate sets each. No, sorry, I've decided to ONLY sell them on Ebay, as I am trying to maximize profit in this (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:3838BA2A.CE3EDD...ger.net... (...) I think the "hollowed-out mudguards" type 3x4 33 degree slopes are always non marled (6625 Speed Trackers, 6550 Outback Racer, 6525 Blaze Commander, etc.), (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Look at the printing carefully. I noticed on the McDonalds sets that it appears that the printing is not the traditional LEGO printing, but a transfer of some kind. I had posted in lugnet.promo about this but I guess I should have posted here. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They've (3x4x1 smooth slopes with wheel wells) been around for a while, the first one I can remember was in a 1990 set, 6644 Road Rebel. Jeff (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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