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Re: Wild West ?!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:53:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Daniel van Berkel writes:
> Hey everybody, Gotta Question...
> Does anyone know why the wild-west series have been cancelled...?
> I Know people in Europe rather loved it...I hoped that it would become a
> complete theme with stations, farms and at least a saloon....
> Does anyone have a slightest idea why it has been cancelled.
Well, here in the US, the Wild West sets have just sat on the shelves! Nobody's
been buying them (same with Insectoids and UFO), and a lot of stores have been
putting them on sale to try and get them out... I'm guessing that overall they
didn't really do that well sales-wise.
I know I wasn't buying them because I was never particularly interested in
starting to collect a whole new theme, and personally I didn't find it that
enthralling... but I have started to pick up some of the Indian sets now that I
know some of the great pieces they come with, and since they're on sale, too!
DaveE
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| (...) I've only bought the Indian set with the chief and a horse because I wanted it for an anthropological museum. I even switched his historically inaccurate spear for one of the Lego rifles and put the feathers on the end of the gun like real (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) They sat on shelves in Canada for a long time, as well, although it is getting harder to find them. There's still a few places around that I could get them, but they seem to have disappeared from most retailers' shelves. Could be because TRU (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) that I (...) too! (...) I really like this series. I think that they fit well into the town sets. They are a great "old part of town". Rose (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) the indian sets didn't sell well at all.. and i'm not surprised. they're rather ugly sets, even though they do have some cool parts. the other sets sold pretty well, i think, given that they were a bit overpriced to start out with. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Interestingly enough, Europeans just love anything to do with the American West, be it Cowboys and Indians, or any other related topic. Back in the 60's and 70's one of the most popular TV shows in Europe was Bonanza (Virgina City Nevada - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| [x-posted to lugnet.western, although it's a bit late now.] (...) Actually, I seem to remember reports that the first wave of Western sets were huge sellers. The main sets--6769 Fort Legoredo, 6765 Gold City Junction, 6755 Sheriff's Lockup and 6761 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hey everybody, Gotta Question... Does anyone know why the wild-west series have been cancelled...? I Know people in Europe rather loved it...I hoped that it would become a complete theme with stations, farms and at least a saloon.... Does anyone (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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