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Re: 8431 Sold Out -- "DISCONTINUED", says SAH!!!
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:09:59 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Paul S. D'Urbano writes:
> Does anyone reading this thread know of any precedent for a set being
> available for such a short period of time? I believe 8431 hit S@H some time
> in September and was discontinued by the end of December -- maybe 3 1/2
> months total. I saw nothing in the catalogs or web site that said this
> would be a limited time re-issue, and 8430 is still available and in the Jan
> catalog. Are there any examples of something similar in the past, or do you
> think something unexpected happened, like a mold broke for one of the
> Technic parts particular to this set?
8464, the re-release of 8459 Pneumatic Front-End Loader, started shipping
September 2001, and was sold out in the US before the end of November 2001.
7152, a re-release of Star Wars set 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-Wing, started
shipping late September 2002, and sold out last month.
I thought one of the differences between the classics re-releases and legends
re-releases is that the classics will only be available for short time.
Brad Justus wrote, in http://news.lugnet.com/lego/announce/?n=38
"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."
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 | | Re: 8431 Sold Out -- "DISCONTINUED", says SAH!!!
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| (...) Thanks John. Now I feel dumb. I should have paid closer attention to Brad Justus' post which I know I read way back when. I guess this is why I was the only one surprised by this. My mistake. Next time I'll know better and order a classic I (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 8431 Sold Out -- "DISCONTINUED", says SAH!!!
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| (...) Thanks for checking this out, Adrian. I'm not surprised by the response considering there would probably be some expense in moving the stock around across regions. Does anyone reading this thread know of any precedent for a set being available (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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