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Re: new stuff for 2001
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:03:24 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Sanburn writes:
> To All,
> 
> > > And this is the saddest part of all the April fools • jokes. All of us who
> > > have been caught once or twice will reserve judgement on • the
> > > announcement until well after April 1.
> 
> I am not saying that these sets can't be legitimate, but I
> did see the Jurassic Park ones from the toy show, I am just
> very cautious on the eve of April Fools, especially after
> the train one last year, and the fact that the cons seem to
> get better every year. Did you notice the "new" women's
> soccer set has two different types of blond hair? When has
> LEGO done that? The box doen't look 100% either, IMNSHO.

That set was (apparently) posted to Brickset!!! Yikes. Is there no
institution safe?

Huw - Huw more - Humour ... say, maybe not safe after all. I mean, it would
be pretty Low to spoof us that way, don't you think?

As far as new Amtrak sets? Yes, that's for real. I think Mathis Productions
has some under development. I know I do.

++Lar



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: new stuff for 2001
 
To All, Well, I have no clue where this post is going, so anyway, fun is good enough for now. (...) Who knows / cares / anymore. Sheesh. (...) I just threw that out because I saw it was in trains. If it is really in development, cool. If not, oh (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: new stuff for 2001
 
(...) The Dinosaur theme is 100% NO JOKE! First, I have seen all eight sets in february 2001. Second, I do own one of these dinosaurs already. Third, the Dino images uploaded to Brickset have been taken from an official Japanese Consumer Catalog. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: new stuff for 2001
 
To All, (...) I am not saying that these sets can'tbe legitimate, but I did see the Jurassic Park ones from the toy show, I am just very cautious on the eve of April Fools, especially after the train one last year, and the fact that the cons seem to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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