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Subject: 
what is LEGO Direct? (was Re: why no pirates in the U.S.?)
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 01:45:47 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Erik Olson wrote:
In lugnet.market.shopping, Joe Strout wrote:
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)?

It's not generally available yet, if you mean the 4+ Jack Stone pirate range.

Yes, that's what I meant.  Thanks for the info.

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 those were clearanced by Amazon and others in 2002.

Ah.  There's that "Lego Direct" again -- can somebody please tell me what that
is?

With most Lugnet groups there is a "charter" posting often on the left hand
sidebar. You can also edit the msg # in your browser URL to msg 1 to find it.

Yeah, did that, read it, read the things linked from it, still have no clue.  I
know the newsgroup is only for discussion of Lego Direct, but I still have no
idea what that *is*.  For all I know, it's another way to say "LEGO online
store" (but some of the stuff I read seems to contradict that).

Thanks,
- Joe



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  Re: what is LEGO Direct? (was Re: why no pirates in the U.S.?)
 
Lego Direct was a branch of Lego which did direct-to-consumer marketing. Including overseeing Shop @ Home. While it existed they spearheaded a bunch of interesting things like the Legend reissues, some new bulk packs, a renaissance in trains, and (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Re: why no pirates in the U.S.?
 
(...) 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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