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Re: Odd 6038 Discovery
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:25:48 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> > Hmmm...
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> > I got my 6038s today, and this makes me very happy--sets from my Dark
> > Ages! Glorious things. However, I noticed something, and I wonder if
> > anyone else did as well: My catalogue sheets are in Japanese. I've
> > only opened one (damaged box, easy to pick) but I wonder if anyone else
> > has discovered this.
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> That happened to me when I ordered an Armada Flagship from S@H last year. Came
> with a shooting cannon too. 8) The thread is somewhere back in the archives.
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> Oddly enough, I've grabbed a European Divers set (no piece count, catalog in
> various Euro-languages) right off the shelves at KB Toys.
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> Anyway, it makes sense...of course there's going to be Japanese and European
> overstock as well as American. I don't know if there's an "S@H Nihon", but
> they probably shuffle the sets around until they get sold.
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> (Alternately, the case may have been made up for Japan but never sent.)
You would have noticed that the Nebula Outpost also had japanese catalogs. On
the other hand, the Duplo Train is obviously European as it even has a little
exchange rate pamphet in it as well as a big service catalog. I actually
enjoy this part of the outlet shopping experience as sometimes you get to look
at things you would have missed out in your own country.
Matt
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| (...) That happened to me when I ordered an Armada Flagship from S@H last year. Came with a shooting cannon too. 8) The thread is somewhere back in the archives. Oddly enough, I've grabbed a European Divers set (no piece count, catalog in various (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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