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Re: Wild West ?!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:59:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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 did a 50% off all Western last Boxing day, and left the sale
running.
I agree, they're good for parts, but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in having
difficulty dealing with hordes of indians and indian-blanketed horses.
They're pretty darn useless for Castle scenarios.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| Too bad noone liked the theme.....if they did, it could have been a nice and big theme with nice trains and wagons, which btw would not look bad in every town, a nice station. What do u think of the way Lego creates a new theme evry 3 years? If only (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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