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Re: Promo set, why can't we have one made?
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lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Wed, 16 May 2001 16:49:58 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Neal writes:


"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" wrote:

Ah, but things have changed lately...

BTW, the UN set supposedly only had 3000 made, right?...

Even if that were the case, I'm pretty sure that that was some sort of
exception,not the rule.

Agreed.

TLC has a soft spot for the UN, I think. They let the UN do the refugee
posters using minifig images, and they hardly ever let ANYONE use minifig
images, even other charities. (not completely. but hardly ever)

So they may well have waived their usual "50,000 unit" rule (I don't know
that 50,000 is the exact right number and could not say even if I did but it
feels about right, more or less. Maybe a little light) for the UN *because*
it was the UN.

++Lar



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