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Re: 2000 US in-box Technic catalog
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:32:27 GMT
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Please scan 8520, so we can get a detailed picture on Pause.

Mark Koesel wrote:

> Just an FYI here.
> 
> I've got the 2000 US Lego Technic catalog.  It comes in the 8001 Battle
> Droid
> set (and possibly the 8000 Pit Droid too -- haven't opened that one yet).
> 
> This catalog is somewhat disappointing.  There are no pictures of the new
> 84xx sets, no pictures of the new 83xx Cyberslam sets, and no pictures of
> the
> new 852x Throwbots, except the Millennium Throwbot 8250.  Only RoboRiders
> and
> Speed Slammers are featured as new themes.  Oh, and of course, the Technic
> Star Wars sets are in there too.
> 
> What's more, the smaller "Lego Direct" (which is actually just another name
> for S@H right now, although that the new Lego Direct initiative announced
> recently will change all that) brochure also makes no mention of any other
> new sets, accept the 8300 Technic Guys.  This is somewhat surprising.  If
> it weren't for the fact that we knew of the other sets coming this year (at
> least to some countries -- maybe not the US?), the outlook for Technic in
> 2000 would be very grim.
> 
> So, it will be interesting to see what shows up in the European Technic
> catalog (and the full in-store catalog).  It may turn out that that dealer
> catalog really did give us an exclusive look of what's to come for Technic
> this year...

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Tom Stangl
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Just an FYI here. I've got the 2000 US Lego Technic catalog. It comes in the 8001 Battle Droid set (and possibly the 8000 Pit Droid too -- haven't opened that one yet). This catalog is somewhat disappointing. There are no pictures of the new 84xx (...) (27 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)

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