| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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| When did this set come out? Never seen anything like it. (18 years ago, 27-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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| (...) Lugnet's set reference lsts it as a 2006 set, so (hopefully?) it'll be out in time for the Holidays this year. Here's the building instructions straight from TLG: (URL) Book 1> (URL) Book 2> The instruction books also contain an image of the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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| DDD...DDD This just in, We take you live to a phone somewhere in the US. The Christmas Lego train should be in the Sept/Oct catalog. Previous reports showed that the set was only available in Europe and only 59 sets were made. These reports were (...) (18 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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| (...) Hi, the set made it to the shelves of the LEGO stores in Oberhausen and Hamburg (which is both located in Germany) in early August 2006. Then the shop manager where informed that the sets have to be kept in the backstore till october 18th... (...) (18 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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| (...) Interesting to see how LEGO seem to be using the inverse of the generally accepted exchange rate. By that reasoning we can expect it to be around 150 quid by the time it reaches the UK... Jason R (18 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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| <SNIP> (...) Hi Jason, We found the Christmas train at LEGO Brand Store in the "Blue Water Mall" (Dartforth - Upper Thames - Kent. Phone : 01322 427272) for the price of 50 Pound, thats allmost 75 Euro. Regards, Ludo (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
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