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Re: pirate ship 6291 available
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:19:54 GMT
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Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > While looking for the ogel command centre with no luck , I stumbled
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> across
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> > the Pirate ship 6291 in kmart for $99.
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> I must confess I find the choice of Pirate re-releases in 2001 somewhat
> curious. The 6291 Armada flag ship (or its original 6280) doesn't exactly
> score rave reviews on Lugnet. Nor does the re-released 6290 (originally
> 6289) Red Beard's Runner.
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> The general consensus seems to be that neither of these ships were among
> Lego's best. That honour appears to be reserved for the larger ships such as
> 6286 Skull Eye Schooner and the 6285 Black Seas Barracuda. I would have
> thought that you would re-release your best sets as "classics". Perhaps it
> was a marketing decision to re-release only smaller sets because of the
> perceived price point?
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> Kerry
I think it was more that the armada flagship and the red beard runner
had less pieces that werent in current use (and therefore had to be
remade again) than say, the BSB,. the SES or whatever.
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| (...) across (...) I must confess I find the choice of Pirate re-releases in 2001 somewhat curious. The 6291 Armada flag ship (or its original 6280) doesn't exactly score rave reviews on Lugnet. Nor does the re-released 6290 (originally 6289) Red (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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