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Hamleys weirdness - is this a rumour?
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:50:51 GMT
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Hi all,
delighted of course at the current Tesco prices - hope I can get some
snowspeeders before you lot buy them all... :)
Found this article on the From Bricks to Bothans website
(http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/). Has anyone get any info on it?
Cheerio,
Ben :)
> What is This?
> 08.06.00 | 9:20pm EST | Tim
> A little over a week ago, Dorian Sherratt who runs the Star Wars LCAD
> Archives came upon an unusual set at a Hamley's store in the UK. In a
> repackaged box, the set entitled "Battle for Naboo" came with 2 MTT's, an
> AAT, 30 Battle Droids, (not including the ones you get with the MTT's and the
> AAT) 20 Gungans and 10 Kaduus for £199.95. But that isn't the interesting
> part. In amongst the 30 Battle Droids are a Battle Droid Commander, and
> five . . . Security class Battle Droids.
>
> Is this a hoax? Word is that LEGO has never made Sec. Battle Droids. And I
> have reason to believe Dorian that he didn't make this up. As reported,
> Target stores are putting sets together and reselling them as a group to
> reduce stock, but this involves newer sets, and these sets were taken from
> their original packaging and placed into a tray in the new box . . .
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> I have received word from Greg (who works on the yakface.com page and lives
> in the UK) that Hamley's did indeed have these sets, and sold them through.
> So that leaves the alternative that Hamley's sat down and painted these
> droids.
>
> In any case, this could be just someone's custom, but I thought to pass it
> along anyway. It's really a big mystery right now. Again, these are NOT made
> by LEGO - so don't think that they are issuing exclusives overseas. If any of
> FBTB's UK readership can back up this information, please let me know.
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