> Huw Millington wrote:
> > I have just posted pictures of 5 new sets, 1252-1256, on mine and Grahame
> > Reid's LEGO database site at the following URL:
> > http://nt1.pncl.co.uk/huw
>
> > http://nt1.pncl.co.uk/huw/search.asp?set=1253 1253 Formula 1 truck
>
> This one has a Ferrarai slope!
>
> > http://nt1.pncl.co.uk/huw/search.asp?set=1254 1254 Select shop
>
> I want.
>
> > http://nt1.pncl.co.uk/huw/search.asp?set=1255 1255 Car wash
>
> I want.
>
> > http://nt1.pncl.co.uk/huw/search.asp?set=1256 1256 Petrol pumps
>
> I want. :-,
>
> These aren't available in the US, are they?
>
> Cheers,
> - jsproat
>
> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> He stands...like some sort of...PAGAN GOD or DEPOSED TYRANT. Staring out
> over the city he's sworn to...to stare out over... And it's evident...just
> by looking at him...that he's got some PRETTY HEAVY THINGS ON HIS MIND.
> - Ben Edlund, 1996
Nope. Here's why.
The sets are sold by shell service stations.
In america people don't usually get out when they fill up and go into the shop. Therefore it is not
worth selling the sets in the us.
(...) shop. Therefore it is not (...) So thats why Chevron's "Chevron Car" promotion has been one of the country's most succsesful promotions. It has been running since 1996. So far, seventeen vehicles and counting. I'm a big fan of these vehicles, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
(...) Then why does every single gas station have a convenience store attached? I can think of six gas statiosn within a mile of my house. Five of them have a significant quick-shopping element. The biggest store is the one at the Shell station. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
(...) This one has a Ferrarai slope! (...) I want. (...) I want. (...) I want. :-, These aren't available in the US, are they? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
