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Re: What's Left? (Classic)
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Date: 
Fri, 8 Dec 2000 03:08:45 GMT
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Bradley Dale wrote:

I also expect most vehicles to be repeated, with new colours and minifigs.
Kids born in 1999 will want to play with LEGO X-wings and Snowspeeders just
like the kids born in the previous decades.  Since Star Wars goes to 2007 or
something like that, and the original line will likely be discontinued within
the next two years, TLC should make new editions of the most popular vehicles.

I don't know if this means anything, but some of the initial release sets are
being
marked 'D' on the Wal-Mart shelves.  I think this means they're discontinued, as
several other sets that I know are on the way out are also marked with a 'D'.  So
gather ye snowspeeders while ye may...

(Oddly, the X-wing was not so marked...)

J



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  Re: What's Left? (Classic)
 
(...) It could very well be that Walmart is just not carrying them anyone, either not until next fall or perhaps never again. This tends to be somewhat common as many retailers change what they carry for each season. Mike (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) They did do that in Mindstorms. They could certainly exclude the expensive computer technology and make it LEGO System snowspeeder scale at the same price. (...) Am I the only one who wants TLC to make a big TECHNIC Dewback? We are getting a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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