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Re: Straight LEGO Country Flags of 70's and 80's
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:40:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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> Well I just got an EMAIL from Fred Wiedemeyer from Canada who purchased the
> sealed British #939 on Bricklink. But unfortunately it was not totally
> sealed and someone took some stickers off of one of the sticker sheets.
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> But here is what Fred told me about the UK/AUS #939:
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> There were 3 sticker sheets (instead of the 2 usually found in a #939 or #940
> set). They were:
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> 1) 004158 - with the flags of Germany, Netherlands, Britain, Austria,
> Switzerland and Italy.
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> 2) 004159 - with the flags of Portugal, Belgium, France,
> Japan, USA, and LEG0.
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> 3) 004219 - with the flags of Ireland and Australia.
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> This third "004219" sticker sheet had the sheet number in blue (instead of
> black for the others in the #939/#940 sets). And this sticker sheet was much
> smaller, since it only had the stickers for these 2 countries.
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> This leads me to believe that the Canadian #939 sets would probably also have
> had 3 sticker sheets... the 004158 and 004159, as well as a 3rd smaller
> sticker sheet that has stickers for one or two Canadian flags. This sheet
> still remains a mystery.
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> Thank you very much Fred Wiedemeyer, for helping to solve this very
> interesting puzzle!! Fred, since you live in Canada, if you ever come across
> a Canadian #939 (or the Canada flag sticker sheet), please do let us know!
> :-D
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> Thanks again!
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> Gary Istok
gary,
this is fine news indeed! would it be possible to get my hands on a scan
(preferibly in hires 600-800 dpi) of the sheet in order to turn it into a LDraw
file? I also mailed Doug Eaton - http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=53365 but
haven't got any reply.
w.
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| (...) Willy, unfortunately, the Irish Flag was removed from the sticker sheet and put onto a flag in a rather poor manner (this was how Fred got the set). Figures it had to be that sticker sheet! I will see if I can at least get you a sticker sheet (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well I just got an EMAIL from Fred Wiedemeyer from Canada who purchased the sealed British #939 on Bricklink. But unfortunately it was not totally sealed and someone took some stickers off of one of the sticker sheets. But here is what Fred (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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