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Re: Help with part ? from 540, also FOTW
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:49:16 GMT
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"r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G38ztK.IGp@lugnet.com...
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> Now my question is, with the sets in this condition, the 540 shows the old
> "funky" tree on the box, however the set came with a large pine tree. I
> can't believe that this is not the way the set came originally. The pine
> tree is made with a different plastic and the tree is very "stiff" • compared
> to the pine trees we get today.
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I got one of these sets when I was a kid. It was a special set and it
stayed in its own box. I can't remember if I got in when I lived in the US
or when I lived in Spain though (my dad was station at the US Naval Base in
southern Spain for three years when I was a kid).
I do remember that I was somewhat dissapointed that the tree in the box was
not the same tree that was on the cover. Mine came with a round tree like
this: http://img.lugnet.com/ld/3470.gif I still have mine, in fact, it is
still assembled although I do need to locate the TV antenna as my son
wandered off with it at one point.
Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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| Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) The 540 set that I have is a US version from 1974. I really beleive that the pine tree came in the set, Mike got an egg tree and the box shows the old tree. Is this possible? (...) Is the egg tree stiff? The (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Help with part ? from 540, also FOTW
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| I found a pristine, 100% complete 570 (fire station, flag stickers were unapplied except the American flag which is on the flag), 540 (Swiss villa) and 386 (basic set) at a garage sale this weekend. The boxes and pieces looked like I just bought the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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