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Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:42:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz wrote:
> Jason J Railton wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh wrote:
> > > I wonder why this set would be available in Europe but not the US:
> > >
> > > http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?prod_id=10042
> > >
> > > Not really a big loss I guess, I'm not that impressed with it to start with.
> > >
> > > jt
> >
> > LEGO interntional PR pulls off a corker again! I can see the whole of Europe
> > rushing out to buy these to hang in streamers next time Dubya decides to
> > demonstrate his international diplomatic skills to the UN...
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> So what is this set? All I see is an orange "this product not available
> in this country" banner, even when I change my shopping cart to another
> country. I'm guessing it's an NBA set.
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> Frank
Good try, but its something you would never have guessed. An American flag.
But don't worry, IIRC the stripes were just stacks of red and white (1 x n?)
plates and the blue area seemed to be more plates with probably six headlight
bricks to attach white 1 x 1 round plates to for the stars. I would think the
Union Jack [1] would be a bit more of a challenge.
Maggie C.
[1] Is it still called that? Is it PC to call it that? These days one is
afraid to say anything for fear of offending someone.
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