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Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!)
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:37:34 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason J Railton writes:

I remember a Classic Space set that you could only get by saving tokens from
packs of washing powder in the UK (not my mum's regular brand unfortunately)...
If anyone else remembers this offer, perhaps they can verify if this is it.

I've looked through all the Classic Space sets on Lugnet and this is the
only one that jogs the memory.
Jason J Railton

I do indeed remember the special offer sets (I think that there were two
space sets), as it was my mum's washing powder - Persil to be exact.
However, this set doesn't ring a bell.

I have often meant to look out for somewhere on the web which might have
scanned boxes of these... someone somewhere must have collected them! I
certainly don't seem to have any instructions of sets which I haven't seen
online, although I am sure my parents managed to wash enough clothes to get
me one of the space sets.

I can also confirm (in non-space mode) that there was a street scene in
(mostly) yellow bricks that was sold. I think that it was supposed to be the
Lord Mayor's parade.

The scene included the mayor in his car, a nice little wattle-and-daub house
and a little burger bar. I still have mine (though not boxed)...  ;)

Nag me and I can get try and get more details of this set if anyone is
interested - I think that I still have the instructions.

Ben



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  Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!)
 
And while we're on the subject - what's the story with the (URL) ? I've never seen it in a UK catalog (Not sure if I've seen it in a US catalog either...) Steve (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!)
 
(...) Were they smaller sets? I'm pretty sure that the offer I saw was just the one fairly large set, and you had to collect several tokens and then pay a large proportion of what you'd expect to pay in a shop for a set of this size. The spaceship (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!)
 
(...) #1592 Castle Town Square. Hmmm... Set number pattern forming here??? Just Jono .oo (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

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  Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!)
 
(...) I remember a Classic Space set that you could only get by saving tokens from packs of washing powder in the UK (not my mum's regular brand unfortunately). It certainly wasn't shown in the catalogue at the time - this 1593 may well have been (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

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