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Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:16:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Bryan Wong wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > Some of this is borne out by the over-expensive "Mines of Moria" set, which
> > featured the pricey voice-chip technology that probably helped to doom the line.
> > The instructions for the set gave a listing of the phrases that each figure
> > would say when inserted into one of the sound-producing nodes on the big
> > baseplate. Among the listed characters was Bilbo, who did not appear in any of
> > the released sets, so it seems likely that he was at least planned. I suspect
> > that the missing sets were produced in some very limited quantity, or perhaps
> > they were all simply destroyed. It would be quite cool to find any of them,
> > especially the Basic Block Bucket.
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> Out of curiosity, I just searched for Intelli-Blox on eBay and the Mines of
> Moria set does turn up! But you're right - this whole series of toy was poorly
> marketed - I never saw it in stores!
I think I was unclear in my wording. The Mines of Moria set was indeed
released, and eventually I was lucky enough to find one on deep discount at KB
toys. The instructions included in that set gave the description of the phrases
uttered by the other, non-released characters.
Sorry for the confusion!
Dave!
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