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Re: Revieuw 2002 German cataloque
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Date: 
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:00:52 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Nico Hoogerbrug writes:
> Hi guys,
> 
> The catalogue looks like the one in 2001. Disappeared from the
> collection are Pooh Bear, Scala, Mickey, Artic, the little racers and
> the special re-released models. The just last autumn launched Duplo
> emergency station (2811) has been available for only 4 months. Belville
> has a lot of recognizable LEGO parts in nice transparent-, light blue
> and pink parts and has 6 new sets. The target group is 4+ and it has
> large parts to make a quick set up. Jack Stone (JS) has 2 new sets too,
> a little fire station and a front loader an a heavy load truck. The
> truck is also a part of set no. 4607. There are 5 new football- or
> soccersets in miniland. There's a motor symbols next to the picture of
> set no 3422, I wonder why. A creative solution has been made to create
> an indoor game. Just wait to see the release of a set of extra balls.

The motor is a wind-up motor that let's you give greater "speed" for your
goalie to catch the balls... :)


> Knights Kingdom and Adventurers get minimal space, I wonder when they
> disappear. The Alpha Team gets new sets as well, with large JS like
> parts and elements of little racers. The Ogel center 6776 is changed
> into 4795, Ogel’s underwater station and has the same price. Nothing new
> at trains, the third time.
> Harry Potter (HP) gets 3 new sets. The flying lessons, Troll in the Hall
> and Gringottsbank include a little stretch of gray rails to illustrate
> the descent to HP ’s own locker. When you buy all the HP sets, the
> student appears right of the start 9 times in your LEGO world. Racers
> loose 8 sets, de tiny ones, ages 4+, but gain another 8, 6+ instead.
> They make the connection with Technic Slammers and other LEGO racers.
> They have 6 different pullback engines, their prices and structure
> varies too. They have large JS elements in blue and green. Six old
> racers are replaced by 4 others with Bionicle and Technic like parts.
> Strange is the resurrection of SW, the sets were on discount in the
> shops and now TLG is bringing 6 new sets. The 7200 – 7204 cost 9.99 E
> and form nice pairs. The price is a bit high but the sets consist of
> nice parts. Both the other sets are a part of the SW stories. Yoda is
> new and comes in the Ultimate Collector series. Technic looses some
> models but gets two new ones R2 D2 (8009) and Darth Vader (8010). The
> catalogue looks like there are coming even more sets later this year.
> Bionicles looses the 6 little Toas, But there 8 new larger ones. The 12
> old masks are coming in silver and gold and even 8 new ones too. The
> Tractor Puller (8457), Front Loader (8464) and Vorklifter (8463) are
> history. It ends with a lot of software, some games fit only in one or
> two gaming machines. The new elements in Cargo, Wear, Watches and clocks
> are strange since TLG has pronounced Back to Basics. Last but not least
> TLG Germany hasn't raised their prices since they are printed in the
> guide, compliments. Just curious to see if TLG in Holland has enough
> strength to withstand the pressure of the retailers and has the
> creativity to print their prices.
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Nico



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Hi guys, The catalogue looks like the one in 2001. Disappeared from the collection are Pooh Bear, Scala, Mickey, Artic, the little racers and the special re-released models. The just last autumn launched Duplo emergency station (2811) has been (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)

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