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why no pirates in the U.S.?
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:20:17 GMT
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Why is it that a search for "pirate" at Shop At Home brings up a bunch of pirate
kits, all marked "Sorry, item is not available in this country"? Is the entire
pirate line only sold in Europe, or what (and why)?
I hope this is an appropriate forum for this question -- I thought about posting
to lego.direct, but after much searching, I was entirely unable to figure out
what the heck "LEGO Direct" is. If someone could toss a newbie a clue I'd
appreciate it.
Thanks,
- Joe
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: why no pirates in the U.S.?
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| (...) Odd...I swore I saw them at K-Mart just last week, in the US. I am almost positive they are available here. LEGO has pretty much ended doing "US-only"/"Europe only" sets outside of promotional sets. (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: why no pirates in the U.S.?
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| (...) It's not generally available yet, if you mean the 4+ Jack Stone pirate range. Classic Pirates went on clearance in 1998 and have been "resting" since then. Some sets were reissued in 2001 at the instigation of Lego Direct, but the last of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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