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looking at the picture of the 4708 on ebay I was amazed I saw the engine would need sum work as so a I get one 1 no piston cylinders on the out side for which an engine of that class would have ,they wouldn't be inside cylinders 2 the boilder was (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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I think the castle and the train both look pretty cool. They'll both almost certainly end up in my collection. John Hansen (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) I count 9 figs: 1)Harry 2)Hogwarts Ghost? (all white or lt.grey fig climbing roof just below Harry) 3)Ron (with reddish hair,leaning out window, just below #2) 4)Dumbledore (with white beard, just below Ron) 5)Hermione? (leaning over balcony (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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AAaaah! I'm glad you thought of that! Paul (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could it not be Star Wars escape pod pieces with a new decoration, sitting on a one brick heigth rounded pieces ? To my opinion, the reason the lower round wall doesn't line up with the (dark grey or brown?) parts above it is because there (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope, those black spots are the openings on the bottom of the curved wall pieces (like on the SW droid escape pod) that let the studs through if you're putting it on a large plate. (hopefully that makes sense) The roof, however, doesn't look (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I opened the pictures in Adobe and enlarged and it looks to me like the lower round wall that has the rock pattern is actually a thin plastic piece like the one on the Life On Mars Solar Explorer. I certainly hope it's not, but it has three (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looks like 9V buffers on the front, just like the CGI train on the Harry Potter software box picture posted earlier. It also looks like the engine has a wagon plate for a base (2 plates high) like the MOT. The spacing of the front two wheels (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think so also. (...) A lot of thing is printed in Germany, they are know for their quality work at this area. (...) Paulo (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Cold feet it is. How would someone get hold of these instructions ? I guess the cats have to be printed somewhere... pete.w (nice to get a sneak peek...could it be the ultimate company teaser ?) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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Hello! (...) This is correct. (...) I guess: The seller got some pressure from LEGO and/or Warner Bros. not to sell these instroction books before the official release of the sets... He got cold feet (do you say this in English?) Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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Nothing exciting, you may have already seen it? but here it is anyway: (URL) lego poster for Harry Potter Mel (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Larry P noticed this over on .trains, and I can verify it now that I've looked at it too. The auction has also been ended early with no winners, the seller striking all bids because his or her cats have "pitched into" the instructions tonight (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Speaking of special pieces, is that a gryffendor shield the knight's holding? NICK (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) 4709 looks great! it looks like it has at least four owls, in several colors. light grey (on tallest tower) dark grey (on leftmost tower) black (just right of center tower) brown (on BURP in lower right) it also looks like it has some bats on (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) only, not the sets themselves-- can someone who speaks German please confirm this? Still-- pretty cool looking. Kevin (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Seem reasonable to me. My German ain't the greatest and no time to babelize it (in MSP airport and have to dash for a flight in 5 min) but I am reading that this auction is for the instructions only and it seems to have reached 1000 DM (but (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)
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in article 3B3254C8.8BB62FED@nexgo.de, Johannes Koehler at chutspe@nexgo.de wrote on 6/21/01 4:10 PM: (...) Well, the castle is the same image I saw a week or so ago in Family Toy (which was probably out of Lego promo material sent to the manager), (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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(URL) many minifigs do you all count? I got 7 minifigs (one looks to be entirely gray; below Harry) & 1 creator fig (Hargrid) ```Only 8 figs in a $100.00 set?``` (...) Indeed, Credit indelibly goes out to both Folkart "Samweis" Thiele and Johannes (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Speaking of figs, that looks like an all-gray Peeves on the roof (maybe he'll have Vader's head!), and a Prof. Quirrel with the beard and turban on the bottom level. Kevin (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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