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In lugnet.space, Ben Gatrelle writes:
> The Ultimate LEGO Book, on page 18, says "1979 First Space Kit."
I noticed that while looking through it the other day, and cringed. (Hey,
I'm a proud pedant! :-)
Not only did the writer there use the word "kit" instead of "set" or "building
set," but the first LEGOLAND Space sets were announced in 1978 -- no doubts.
The sets say (c)1978, and I also remember seeing them at a small touring LEGO
expo[1] open to the public in August of 1978, getting ready for the 1978
Christmas selling season. They didn't show up in stores until November or
December, but it definitely was 1978 and not 1979.
> Maybe they date these like cars, you can get the 2001 model in the year
> 2000, 2000 in 1999, etc. Maybe they call these 1979 models that were
> released in 1978?
That's the only thing I can figure! But I'm also generally skeptical about
any kind of official external documents that TLC produces, because they're so
often riddled with small mistakes or inconsistencies. I have to wonder how
much access to official and _accurate_ data the writer(s) of that book had.
Still, a great book, IMHO!
--Todd
[1] Minneapolis, MN (USA), Downtown Dayton's, 8th Floor
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| (...) My memory of seeing the first minifig spaceman is a summer memory, and it was before 1979 started. I guess it could have been a warm Texas December though! A kid up the block had got his first Rocket Launcher and mutilated and destroyed it (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.database)
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| (...) According to my only 1979 catalog, all space sets were new to 1979. Actually, all of the 1979 catalogs at Brickshelf shows the same and there is no 1978 catalogs with a single space set in it, again according to Brickshelf. I think it's just (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.database)
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| (...) U.S.) (...) The Ultimate LEGO Book, on page 18, says "1979 First Space Kit." Maybe they date these like cars, you can get the 2001 model in the year 2000, 2000 in 1999, etc. Maybe they call these 1979 models that were released in 1978? Ben (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.database)
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