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Re: 8862 Backhoe Grader question
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:03:39 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Bob Gomez writes:
> I have heard that the 8862 Backhoe Grader was only released in Europe and
> Australia. Is this true? This would account for how hard it is to find
> 8862 in the US. Does anyone know of any other sets that were not released
> in the US.
No, the 8862 was available in the US as a S@H item, I dont beleive it was
available as a retail item. There have been a number of sets that were never
available in the US, a number of sets that were released in Europe the year
before they were released here
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> Furthermore, why does Lego play this game of releasing some sets here and
> some sets there?
Market research no doubt. They typically release a number of sets at a given
price point and not too many expensive sets. Notice that the largest chains
will usually carry only 1 large Technic set each year. also Technic is probably
most popular in the UK and Germany.
--Jim
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| (...) A few older sets were also marketed in different countries with different set numbers. The one that springs to mind is the london bus, which was sold here in Australia as #760, and in the US as #384 (or was it the other way round?). I don't (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: 8862 Backhoe Grader question
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| (...) I wonder if it is anything to do with the popularity of backhoe loaders in the UK, where they are ubiquitous and known as JCBs? *Everyone* here will recognise that model as a JCB immediately, whereas I've been told that JCB is not such a well (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| I have heard that the 8862 Backhoe Grader was only released in Europe and Australia. Is this true? This would account for how hard it is to find 8862 in the US. Does anyone know of any other sets that were not released in the US. Furthermore, why (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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