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Subject:	Re: Old sets being sold in new guise?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.au
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2001 05:16:08 GMT
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COOL, is the only word for it. I know that the front end loader will sell well, as an ebay auction for the same set did very well, US$150 +. I'm sure the Pirates would also be a great seller. The other set i'm not sure about, but myself wouldn't mind one of the service stations. I hope this new release continues and expands for other select sets, and have a feeling it will be great for the Lego Company. Aaron Coghill pete white <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:GDLtEK.Cv6@lugnet.com... > In lugnet.market.shopping, Torsten Fresemann writes: > > Hi! > > I don't know if this has in any way been discussed anywhere yet, but it • seems > > TLC has reissued a couple of old sets in new packaging and under new set > > numbers. Apparently they will come into the shops in September and can • now be > > preordered at http://www.1000steine.de/marktplatz/classics/ - HOWEVER I • do not > > know if this is open to international buyers. > > Again, as I cannot follow every thread ever made here I may have missed > > something, but isn't it odd they should reissue old sets? And why these • sets? > > Surely 6289 and 6280 were/are not among the most sought-after ones? > > There's been some discussion in the past in the German Lego forum that • TLC > > could issue "silver anniversary" sets or something similar with the sets' > > special parts being silver-coloured. Now they come up with this. Why? • Does this > > demonstrate their inability to come up with something new that is not • crap? > > > Any Australian Pirate/Technic fans should look up any German contacts they > have and save their pesos.

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		Sanity Check, Please. (was: Old sets being sold in new guise?)
(...) My two bricks? Some guy in germany was cleaning out a warehouse somewhere and finds some dozens of boxes of a couple of particular older sets that didn't sell well (compared to other sets in those years). Atch! he says what will we do with (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)

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		Re: Old sets being sold in new guise?
(...) Any Australian Pirate/Technic fans should look up any German contacts they have and save their pesos. (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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