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Re: Got Info? (Set 1589)
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Date: 
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 04:43:38 GMT
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Carbon 60 wrote:
> 
> Joshua Delahunty wrote:
> > Recently, Kevin added scans for a hithertofore unknown set (as far as
> > Pause was concerned): 1589 Town Square.  It's an interesting set,
> > looking very similar to the already-known 1592 Town Square.
> > We try to stay on top of things at Lugnet/Pause administration <g>, and
> > I had the known info up on the Pause reference as quickly as possible.
> > However, we're lacking vital stats.
> 
> I've got this set.
> 
> > Does anyone know the release year or element count for this set, with
> > some measure of certainty?  The copyright date on the scans provided is
> > too fuzzy to make out, and the set would probably have to be a U.S.
> > release with a box for the element count to be available.
> 
> Year of Release:  (C)1978 LEGO System A/S
> Piece Count:  Well, the set don't have one, I could count up the pieces
> from the instructions, Richard Dewbury does have the box as well IIRC -
> this set was discussed on RTL in the past.

Yes, last November-ish.  The piece count was never discussed or
disclosed.

I took the 1978 from that discussion, hand-counted to get the current
element-count guess; and I even guessed that they were your scans on
Kevin's site, after reading that thread.

Was "Main Street" the name on the box?

-- joshua



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(...) I haven't got the box - Richard Dewsbury has the most complete version to my knowledge. I didn't even know the set number until Richard posted to RTL - my instructions are badly damaged - the 89 was torn off. I wouldn't have thought the box (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Got Info? (Set 1589)
 
(...) I've got this set. (...) Year of Release: (C)1978 LEGO System A/S Piece Count: Well, the set don't have one, I could count up the pieces from the instructions, Richard Dewbury does have the box as well IIRC - this set was discussed on RTL in (...) (27 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)

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