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Re: Wild West ?!
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:26:30 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
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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 - circa 1870). So naturally these sets are probably more popular over
> there. It's like us Americans going over to Europe and going gung-ho over
> castles and cathedrals. And to paraphrase a 10 year old German boy "if you've
> seen one Cathedral, you've seen them all". (Not my personal feelings, my goal
> is to actually go see them all.)
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> Off on a tangent.
> Gary Istok
The Japanese love the American West, too, as can be seen in the popularity of
such shows as Cowboy Bebop. I don't know how this affected the Lego Western
set sales, though.
Jeff
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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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