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Re: So TLC can build and sell decent sets if they really want to...
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Date: 
Tue, 25 May 2004 18:29:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ed McGlynn wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Ed McGlynn wrote:
> > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > <http://robothek.bei.t-online.de/Lego/Katalog6.jpg>
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Try replacing the "6" with other (lower) numbers after 'Katalog' in the url & it
> > will appear to be a page from a catalog.
> 
> Yes, that's how I came to my conclusion, among other things you can glean from
> the web.  The timestamp for the other Katalog files is the same, while Katalog6
> is about a half hour later.  The homepage from the owner's German eBay "Me" site
> refers to their brickshelf gallery, as well as a "Building Joke 2003" but the
> link's no loger asociated with the webpage text.  Could this be "Building Joke
> 2004?"
> 
> The Katalog6 picture's probable owner, Thekla, has a brickshelf gallery with
> similar tilework in it:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=14989
> 
> If I was making up a spoof set, it'd better have stuff I wanted in it!  This
> fills their need to more tiles from LEGO, so there's a future expansion to the
> Taj Mahal, perhaps...
> 
> > 
> > For my uses, the tiles would be nice. I imagine some people would like the red
> > slopes. But, as far as the construction or this being a set, I am not that
> > impressed. It looks dated, almost like a set from the 70's. Plenty of FOL's
> > could build way better things. It is nice to see a set built from 'bricks'
> > though.
> 
> 
> ...but LEGO didn't design it!

All noted, and I think you are right.

Thanks for the info, explaination and investigation!

Jonathan



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(...) Hi, when you translate the German text and things said on the 1000steine-forum, there are some inconsistancies (pfewww what a word) aswell: The catalog states not before early 2005, but someone gives a chance to pre-order for 39,99 instead of (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Yes, that's how I came to my conclusion, among other things you can glean from the web. The timestamp for the other Katalog files is the same, while Katalog6 is about a half hour later. The homepage from the owner's German eBay "Me" site (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.general)

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