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Re: And the July Surprise is...
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:29:36 GMT
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Brad, I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brickhead
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:GEL4n9.Ko4@lugnet.com...
> WOW COOL!
>
> This is great news, Brad! I just hope the second offering is Classic • Space ;-)
>
> Keep up the great work!
>
> -Tim
>
> In lugnet.lego.announce, Brad Justus writes:
> > Okay, so it's still June. Let's just say that we're as eager to announce
> > this as you are to hear about it. So without further ado...
> >
> > LEGO Direct is pleased to announce the arrival of a new product series: • LEGO
> > Legends. LEGO Legends are reissues of landmark LEGO sets -- perhaps the
> > first set in a particular playtheme, or a set widely acknowledged as a
> > superlative building experience, or perhaps simply a much beloved set.
> >
> > And the first LEGO Legend is (the envelope please)...
> >
> > The Guarded Inn (set #6067).
> >
> > (I like to imagine that at this point in the message there will be gasps • and
> > the sound of people falling off their chairs. I really hope that you all • are
> > delighted by this -- we've had a lot of fun getting this accomplished.)
> >
> > The set is complete, with all parts exactly as included in the original
> > release in 1986. Packaging will different (more like the LEGO Sculpture
> > packaging); the set will be issued as set #10000.
> >
> > The Guarded Inn will be sold exclusively through LEGO Shop At Home in all
> > LEGO Shop At Home markets. It will be available for preorder on LEGO.com
> > tomorrow (Friday, June 8) -- I am not certain exactly in which category • or
> > categories it will be listed, but if you can't find it, do an Item Number
> > search for set 10000. Currently, we estimate that the set will be • shipping
> > the first week of July (hence the "July Surprise"). The price will be • $24.99
> > in the US, and will be equivalently priced in other markets.
> >
> > To answer in advance a couple of questions which I suspect may arise: • LEGO
> > Legends are different from the "classic" reissues which were announced a
> > couple of weeks ago. Those classics are not intended to be a long-running
> > series, whereas LEGO Legends is. The classics are limited to reissues of
> > very recent product, whereas LEGO Legends may reach back much farther • (hey,
> > we've gone back 15 years for the first one, right?). LEGO Legends will • not
> > be issued frequently -- likely only a few times each year. But you can be
> > certain that the sets which will appear in this series will be the very • best
> > that LEGO has produced. And yes, I can assure you that The Guarded Inn is
> > only the first in the line.
> >
> > The Guarded Inn is only one of what will be a very active LEGO Direct
> > exclusive product assortment -- you've already had a taste of what is to
> > come with our trains and the Sopwith Camel. There will be much more. So • (I
> > hear you ask), "what *is* coming???"
> >
> > Well, for that, you'll just have to wait...
> > for the *August* Surprise.
> >
> > Play Well!
> >
> > -- Brad
> >
> > Brad Justus
> > Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
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