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Re: '79 Hospital Set
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lugnet.town
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Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:07:44 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Michael Arrighi writes:
> In lugnet.town, Ed Andrews writes:
> > Was this set ever released? It was shown in the 1979 US product catalog,
> > but I don't think it was ever released. See this link for a picture on
> > brickshelf. Thanks.
> >
> > http://library.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1979/c79us/c79us-11.html
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> Hello Ed,
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> The hospital shown in the 1979 catalog was never released as an official
> town set. Nor, for that matter, was the Exxon Station depicted in the U.S.
> 1984 retail catalog. Moreover, the Exxon Station in that catalog mirrors
> #6371 (Shell Station available in Europe), but the only product available in
> the U.S. assortment at that time was #6375 (the classic Gas Station).
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> I'm not sure why the hospital set you reference or the Exxon set I mention
> are pictured in the catalogs when they were never available. However, it's
> not the first time I've noticed strange things in the Lego retail catalogs.
> I've also noted that the 1981 U.S. retail catalog has a picture of #6364
> (Paramedic Unit) with #6629 (Ambulance) rather than the actual ambulance
> that came with #6364.
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> I wonder if anyone else has noticed discrepancies in Lego catalogs over the
> years?
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> Regards,
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> Michael
Michael,
Do you have any scans of the pictures you describe? Currently there are no
pics of the discrepancies you describe.
Thanks
Chris
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: '79 Hospital Set
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| (...) Check out this image (the wrong combination) (URL) now look at (URL) the correct car Jan-Albert van Ree (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.town)
| | | Re: '79 Hospital Set
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| (...) Hi Chris, Unfortunately, I only access the internet at work and do not have scans of the pictures to provide. However, Jan-Albert Van Ree scanned the #6364 set with the Ambulance from #6629 (taken from a 1981 catalog). The REAL ambulance sold (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: '79 Hospital Set
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| (...) The hospital shown in the 1979 catalog was never released as an official town set. Nor, for that matter, was the Exxon Station depicted in the U.S. 1984 retail catalog. Moreover, the Exxon Station in that catalog mirrors #6371 (Shell Station (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.town)
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