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Re: Lego In Chu?
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Date: 
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 06:26:15 GMT
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Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message
news:FLx7IC.Koz@lugnet.com...
Do you have a scanner?  I think the LEGO community would be interested in
seeing this -- clones are always of interest, and a direct rip-off like
that would be, too.   If you put pictures of the sets up on the web, they
could be forwarded to LEGO.

--

jthompson@esker.com    "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"

Right here, thanks to Chris Doyle

http://www.bootlegtoys.com/legos/shifty.htm

Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life. Build on!
ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) Ack! What a surprise to see the old red soldier figure. I hate to say this, but if I found a store stocking this stuff, I'd buy multiple copies of that set (if the quality wasn't tooo heinous) just for that figure. (Then I'd hate myself for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) On Chris Doyle's website, he mentions the existence of 9603. Um, err... I am NOT at all proud to announce that I have the missing set. It's an evil duplicate of set #1713 Shipwrecked Pirate. Fortunately, it's not currently in my possession. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) I saw the "Royal King" set when I was in Manitoba last christmas in the dollar store, The box made the set look pretty good, though I happened to find an open one on the shelf and the horse looked like Sh*t. I almost picked it up though (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) pirate one, and you can actually read the Lego logo on the shovel on the box art. The pieces inside are crappily moulded and the colors don't match Lego colors. In some sets the colors are totally different from the box art (eg red instead of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) At the LL Carlsbad Legofest some fellow AFOLs from Japan brought one of these. It wasn't any of the sets that've been mentioned so far; I believe it was the Paradisa motorboat. Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) Do you have a scanner? I think the LEGO community would be interested in seeing this -- clones are always of interest, and a direct rip-off like that would be, too. If you put pictures of the sets up on the web, they could be forwarded to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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