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Re: S@H...It may not be good news when (if) it does arrive!
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:50:03 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
I had an order from S@H sent to a friend in the US and forwarded on to me,
but unfortunately it seems LD rely on deceptive advetising with some items...

Set 7000: Young Ankylosaurus.

This set features a nice picture with 4 2x2 corner sloped bricks in
Verdi-gris, helping form a nice body for the animal...yet when it arrives, I
find it uses other, less useful, parts and has a dis-appointing shape.

Set 2996: The lost tomb (?).

This set has the following description:

"Johnny Thunder and Professor Lightning are exploring the Lost Tomb. They've
got all the gear they need -- shovels, picks, and more -- but Sam Sinister
is on the way to steal the treasure! "

And yet when I opened the set...no Johnny Thunder or Professor Lightning.
[guess which of the two I was most dis-appointed abount not receiving :)]

Anyway, I've emailed S@H US [where the order was placed with] and I hope to
hear back soon...Just thought I'd warn people of what S@H is like.


Those 2 minifigs weren't in the picture or the set. I suggest in the future
checking brickset.com and the lugnet guide before ordering sets.



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  Re: S@H...It may not be good news when (if) it does arrive!
 
(...) Ah yes...I wasn't EXPECTING to get the mini-figs, as I hadn't seen them in the picture, but the point is that in one case the item is totally different to the image provided [set 7000] and in the other it differs from a description given. (So (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)

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  S@H...It may not be good news when (if) it does arrive!
 
I had an order from S@H sent to a friend in the US and forwarded on to me, but unfortunately it seems LD rely on deceptive advetising with some items... Set 7000: Young Ankylosaurus. This set features a nice picture with 4 2x2 corner sloped bricks (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)  

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