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Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 02:38:06 GMT
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In lugnet.general, "Christian Gemuenden" <GECH1@t-online.de> writes:
> as I just mentioned in a very very long e-mail, where does the information
> of the Star Wars bucket 1886 come from? This information is also leaked,
> copied from retailers information only and so against what we expect of TLC
> wants published on lugnet.com

I obtained that information and the set number in a phone call to LEGO
Shop-At-Home and to LEGO Consumer Affairs.  IIRC, I told them that I'd heard
a rumor on the Internet that there was going to Star Wars bucket and I asked
them to query their computer for any information about a "Star Wars bucket."
The information that came back was that the set number was 1886, the name
was "3+ bucket" (or something like that), and that it wasn't going to be
available in the U.S. (this is all from memory...there's a post about it
somewhere...)


> This information is still present although
> this was a secret which was never officially released. So why do you list
> this item?

It's listed there because it was a planned product, and the information
about the set number was given freely to the public -- the information was
available to anyone who called up on the phone when S@H had it in their
database.  I (personally) don't see any reason to de-list a product when
it's been cancelled or delayed if the information about it was obtained
through legitimate means.


> I think this IS the same case just that we know this Star Wars
> bucket was a real secret as it was discontinued before launching and the new
> 2000 will be launchend next year as far as we know. Huw has not published
> any secret information or anything which will not be common knowledge in a
> few weeks, please explain where you draw the line, this will help me and the
> small group of AFOLs who are still not completely convinced by all your
> arguements to understand it.

I can explain where I personally draw the line, but it shouldn't (IMHO) be
taken as gospel or anything, obviously.  I personally draw the line at any
scans or information which has been released to consumers, either on the
phone or in catalogs.  Once a first catalog shows up anywhere in any store
in the country, IMHO, then I consider it to have been released to the public
-- if it came from inside a set box and not from a store manager.

--Todd



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  Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
 
(...) Wait, no, that's not quite right. I stand corrected...I just checked the RTL archive on Deja.com... Looks like I heard the set number first, and -then- got more information from S@H, given the set number. I don't know if I'd've gotten the set (...) (27 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
 
[snip] (...) I've (...) you're (...) behavior. (...) as I just mentioned in a very very long e-mail, where does the information of the Star Wars bucket 1886 come from? This information is also leaked, copied from retailers information only and so (...) (27 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

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