Subject:
|
Re: Cannons
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.general
|
Date:
|
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:09:37 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
843 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Jason Brown wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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 designed the part for use in the upcomming
> Wild West sets).
>
> I'll have to look more closely at my Pirate sets and see if I can
> determine anything.
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
I think I bought my first Pirate ship in 93 or 94 (Renegade Runner) and it had
the one-piece.
Bruce
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Cannons
|
| (...) 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)
|
13 Messages in This Thread:
  
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
