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Re: Cannons
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Date: 
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:41:04 GMT
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Jeff Johnston wrote:

[snip]

The US sets do not have a shooting cannon included.  This has been true
for a long time - I'm not sure if the shooting cannons *were* ever available
in the US.

Oh, yes they were.  At least for the first year.  I have US 6260, 6274
and 6260's that have shooting cannons, I got all of them the first year
Pirates were availiable.  Here's a kicker for you, my 2nd 6260 has a
shooting cannon with a BLACK peg, and is incapable of firing.  Didn't
understand that until I got my first set with a non-firing cannon (my
BSB, as I recall).  Some kind of transition cannon, I think.

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(...) Does anyone have any solid data on when the US one piece cannon was introduced? I would theorize that the Pirate sets came with the disabled shooting cannon until 1996 when Wild West was introduced (or possibly some time in 1995 when they (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Hi, Pete! (...) The US sets do not have a shooting cannon included. This has been true for a long time - I'm not sure if the shooting cannons *were* ever available in the US. As I understand it, the cannons were not used over here, not because (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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