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Subject:	Re: Harry Potter LEGO- what happened?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2002
Date:	Tue, 7 Nov 2000 22:54:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bradley Dale writes: > Weren't these supposed to be part of the 2001 line? Are they moved to 2002, or > just later in 2001? I can't get myself to like the books, but the theme does > seem promising. I remember seeing a tv interview on 60 minutes when the first > Harry Potter book came out. The authour, Rowlings or whoever, said that she > wanted the toys (not LEGO specifically) to be good, and if she didn't like them > she would tell kids not to buy them. Also, I read in a magazine that the > target audience for the new Goblet of Fire book was about 13-14. Evidence > seems to suggest that this will not be Jr., and perhaps even of Star Wars > quality. The press release says that the Harry Potter line of LEGO will arrive shortly before the movie does, in November of 2001. http://www.lego.com/info/pressspecific.asp?PressReleaseId=111&Year=2000 They will probably show up in the Summer 2001 catalogue as a one page preview. ~Nathan http://www.geocities.com/castle_world_temp/ http://www.uniquesurf.com/default.asp?rid=DeadlyDingo

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		Re: Harry Potter LEGO- what happened?
(...) If you ask JK Rowling, she'll tell you that the books aren't targetted at any age bracket specifically. The age of the main character does go up by one for each book, though, because each book is about one year in Harry's life. He was 9 in (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2002)

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		Harry Potter LEGO- what happened?
Weren't these supposed to be part of the 2001 line? Are they moved to 2002, or just later in 2001? I can't get myself to like the books, but the theme does seem promising. I remember seeing a tv interview on 60 minutes when the first Harry Potter (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2002)

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