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Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
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Date: 
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...
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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(...) Everyone still calls it that. I don't think anyone would be upset by what you call it, apart from the highly pedantic... ;-) Okay, so technically, it's the 'Union' flag. A 'Jack' is the national penant hung at the rear of a ship, so it's only (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)

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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. Frank (23 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)

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