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I spoke with a LEGO rep about a month ago and asked this very question. At the time she was not aware of anything but she also stated it was entirely possible that it would be done with out the reps knowing about it. Since Target is already running (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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The person I was in contact with was not associated with retail sales. He is more closely related to manufacturing (but not really). I was told that the orange was a color they created basically for the Starwars line and that is it. I hesitate to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If this were true than what about 1) the fact that the Halloween buckets preceded SW by a year, and b) even if orange *had* only been created for SW, we still have many years of SW sets left yet to come. -John (...) Say it, and then get into (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The NL torsos and the Target Buckets could have been shakedown cruise kind of stuff. (...) Ya! spill da beans. We have ways of making you talk. :-) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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I didn't get details but these are my thoughts: My understanding is that George Lucas had (and still has) a lot of say about the StarWars product. It is conceivable that he wanted to see how the color orange produced prior to the release of the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's interesting -- the Star Wars sets could have survived without orange. The rebel pilots would have looked a bit odd, but that would have been the worst. (...) Maybe we need an anonymous rumornet for lego? Steve (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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John Neal wrote in message <37E2420D.EF54755@us...st.net>... (...) is (...) SW, (...) Besides, orange was also available in Duplo, Scala and Belville sets, long before the SW line. Selçuk (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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True but that are not the same color orange. The Scala etc pieces are a bit more pale if memory serves correct. Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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The most I could say, without breaking my promise, is this: There are plans to breath life back into a dead line. -Nick Steve Bliss wrote in message <37e242f3.80270616@l...et.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Pirates? Town? *System*? The mind boggles at the possibilities. But I can't figure where orange would fit in. Steve (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That would be nice. (...) TLG would say that Town is doing fine! :-) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmmm.... a dead line. Pirates is truly dead, right? Castle might as well be dead... Mmmmm.... -- The parts you want and nothing else? (URL) - Just Another Brick Auction Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free! (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Nick Goetz (ngoetz@iquest.net) wrote: : Think of the Maersk truck with the light blue. We know that light blue : only exists in the truck set but wouldn't it have been nice if Lego threw : out a one time light blue bucket. (Drool...) I think they (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Along with Trains....living dead, I would say;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I was thinking, but it's still a bummer not to see the buckets this time--I'm kicking myself HARD for not buying three or fifty when they were out last year. Oh, and Larry, I love it when you talk Navy... (...) ...did I say Navy? I (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Castle Pirates? That would be good. Or bad. Depending. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37e665ca.246808319@...et.com>... (...) I've always wanted more land-lubber stuff to go in the same time period as the Pirates, the Trading Post badly needs some other structures to go with it. Three zillion shipwrecks (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 6276, Eldorado Fortress? Also 6265, Sabre Island. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Castle Monorail ? Sounds like something with Disney connotations I suppose :) Ray (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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