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Re: Old sets being sold in new guise?
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 19 May 2001 23:48:17 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Pete White writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Torsten Fresemann writes:
> > Hi!
> > I don't know if this has in any way been discussed anywhere yet, but it seems
> > TLC has reissued a couple of old sets in new packaging and under new set
> > numbers. Apparently they will come into the shops in September and can now be
> > preordered at http://www.1000steine.de/marktplatz/classics/ - HOWEVER I do not
> > know if this is open to international buyers.
> > Again, as I cannot follow every thread ever made here I may have missed
> > something, but isn't it odd they should reissue old sets? And why these sets?
> > Surely 6289 and 6280 were/are not among the most sought-after ones?
> > There's been some discussion in the past in the German Lego forum that TLC
> > could issue "silver anniversary" sets or something similar with the sets'
> > special parts being silver-coloured. Now they come up with this. Why? Does this
> > demonstrate their inability to come up with something new that is not crap?
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> Any Australian Pirate/Technic fans should look up any German contacts they
> have and save their pesos.
But it's great news for anyone looking to get into Pirates for the
first time (thus this posting)! Wow. Look at that page. Funky.
I wonder what the story is?
all best
Lindsay
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| (...) I agree. During my dark ages I would still go into toy shops and while I didn't buy anything I seemed to have impeccable taste. The sets I would have bought were the pirate ships and original space shuttle launch pads sets. Sets which sell for (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Blaaagg! Why are they reissuing set 6289 Red Beard Runner? That was the final "large ship" in the line, and notorious for the poor design quality compared to earlier pirate ships. It'd make more sense for them to reissue one of the first (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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