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  Re: How many bricks are there in a lego set?
 
(...) Possibly the fact that you got them from S@H makes a difference. Since it's not a traditional retail store, it may not be bound by the same laws. Or no one is enforcing a good law in a silly circumstance. Did you enjoy the non-North American (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many bricks are there in a lego set?
 
(...) Or perhaps the wording of the law provides a loophole for things like S@H overflow. What comes immediately to mind is that European overflow was never "intended for sale in the US" which might let it slip by... James (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many bricks are there in a lego set?
 
(...) I've seen non-US sets (without piece counts) at ZanyBrainy and KB retail stores. (I got a European 8480 Technic shuttle at ZB and saw some non-US model team sets at KB) (...) The best is the Legoland brochure that I got in a European 6091 .. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many bricks are there in a lego set?
 
(...) I would say that this is probably the case; if TLG can provide documentation that the piece count in the non-North American localized version is the same as that in the North American version, they would be allowed to sell the non- North (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many bricks are there in a lego set?
 
(...) <snip> (...) There is something very related. Look at that pictures. (URL) box is plain European one (note German, Dutch and pan-european languages) and there are stickers affixed on them mentioning the piece count and classic age (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)

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