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In lugnet.dear-lego, Benjamin Ellermann wrote:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Noeckel wrote:
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> > For me, the Viking line was a breath of fresh air.. but from what I heard it’s been held
> > back from N. America indefinitely?
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> According to Jake, Vikings will be available from Shop at Home in North America.
> These sets just became available on many European SAH's and will probably be at
> US SAH soon. I do agree that not releasing the sets in NA is stupid because
> kids here would like them. Dino Attack will also be popular. Its too bad
> stores can't have both.
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> Ben
I'm not positive about this but I heard the other day that LEGO Viking Sets
could be found exclusively at Toy's R Us.... ah here it is
Eric Olsen:
Q:Why did LEGO wait till 2005 to make vikings?
A: scandinamvian humbleness... we did not think people would want it.. we were
wrong! the demand is overwhelming... especially medium sized sets. ... a little
girl I previeweed this told me.. there are no horns and no dragons, you know...
so we say "vikings or whate3ver it is..." even the retailers loved it when we
showed it in Feb. In the US it is exclusive with TRU, in the UK exclusive with
Woolworth...
That's from the Brickfest 2005 Keynotes
Chris
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| (...) Heh. Actually, they had a handout at BrickFest created especially for TRU having Vikings in October. It was a pretty cool ad with some neat graphics. If I was really cool, I'd post pics of it. But I am not cool. I am lame. ;o) Vikings ROOL!! (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| Here's the full answer: Erik Olson: Why did Lego wait until 2005 to explore a Scandinavian theme with Vikings? Jørgen Vig Knudstorp: There's several answers to that. One is I think there's some Scandinavian humbleness-- we did not think anybody (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) All of this information is correct. Please note than when I posted on this thread in early July we did not know when the sets would be released in North America and I was pestering Jake for more information (which he did not have yet). Check (...) (19 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Noeckel wrote: snip (...) According to Jake, Vikings will be available from Shop at Home in North America. These sets just became available on many European SAH's and will probably be at US SAH soon. I do agree that not (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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