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  No 8461 till October
 
I spoke with at SAH rep Monday to ask if they were taking orders (called a month prior and they said call late August) for the 8461 F1 racer. Well, word is wait till October. Quote: "We are not taking orders until the set appears in the holiday(?) (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
Hey, you should feel lucky. At least they acknowledged it will exist. I placed an order with SAH on Friday and asked about the 8461, that rep told me there is no such set. :) It does seems kind of strange that they are not taking any pre-orders for (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
Greg Muri <gmuri1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H1ICI3.Bqu@lugnet.com... (...) I can confirm that it not only will, but DOES exist. Saw one on the top shelf of my local (UK) Toymaster today for £99 - and the £120 Silver Champion that used to sit (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
Lego has this set on the S@H site at (URL) picture (at least not at 7:00pm PST Friday) Gary Simas (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)  
 
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
Does anyone else find it strange that the piece count for the Williams racer is listed as 1483, whereas the Silver Champion is listed as having 1413 pieces? I checked my box of the Silver Champ, and it does not list the number of parts. Could the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
Ditto this side of the Atlantic. When I contacted SAH (US) to inquire, I was told the US price would be around $120-130. My immediate reply when told was "WOW! That's cheaper than the Silver Champion I paid $170 for!" Who knows? Maybe it's (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
For anyone that doesn't want to wait. :) Just came across this on Ebay: (URL) Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:H1I5sq.FtB@lugnet.com... (...) set (...) get (...) this (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)

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