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Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 27 - Apr 3, 2001
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:47:07 GMT
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"George Haberberger" <George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com> wrote in message
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> I just got my two this weekend, and they were from Japan ( I think, lots' • of
> strange, Asian type writing on the internal ad sheet. Why didn't I come • out
> of my dark ages in 1996?). Perhaps Pirates did not sell well in Japan, • maybe
> due to a lack of cultural appreciation? Here's hoping there are a few more
> container ships coming from Japan with Lego that did not sell there.
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> George
A couple of years ago S@H listed 6280 (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6280) on
one of their S@H specials. The one I got had a Japanese catalog.
Apparently LEGO found some older stock somewhere and used S@H as their
outlet for selling it.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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 | | Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 27 - Apr 3, 2001
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| If anyone checked the online catalog before the new format went into effect the Pirates line actually was still listed in "System" there as late as middle of last year. Once they changed the look of the website it seems to have dissappeared. Oh and (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 27 - Apr 3, 2001
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| (...) I just got my two this weekend, and they were from Japan ( I think, lots' of strange, Asian type writing on the internal ad sheet. Why didn't I come out of my dark ages in 1996?). Perhaps Pirates did not sell well in Japan, maybe due to a lack (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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