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While perusing a 1979 US LEGO catalogue the other day I came across the following page. Nothing too unusual about it except that it features a set that I've never seen listed on Lugnet or anywhere else for that matter. (URL) the hospital ever sold (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I have that catalog and have always wondered about it. The other sets in the image were freely available at the time. These were the first LEGOLAND town sets available (at least in the US) with posable mini-figures. I never saw the hospital set on (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) A couple of observations I've made about the early US LEGOLAND range is that articulated minifigs appeared in the US a year later than in the rest of the world. Why this is I have no idea. Secondly, the range (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) So let me get this straight. What you're saying is that I not only have a hard to find Exxon Gas Station, but a hard to find space shuttle AND the first hospital? And to think that I always thought that was the second or third hospital (I had (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Kya Morden wrote in message <38be0d67.6163361@lu...et.com>... (...) The Exxon Gas Station has appeared quite a lot on Ebay recently and the Space Shuttle appears twice a blue moon. The #6380 hospital on the other hand makes a frequent appearance on (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The 1682 Space Shuttle was sold in US and Canadian stores from 1990 to 1992, though S@H still had it at the begining of 1995. I bought mine at Tuesday Morning in 1994. (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Mark Herzberg wrote in message ... (...) 1992, (...) Ummm...I always assumed that Town sets beginning with 1XXX were only sold via S@H. Maybe that explains why they aren't so rare on Ebay. On the other hand 1490 and 1484 have seldom appeared. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) 14xx never appeared in stores. Some (if not most) 16xx did. (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Actually, I have to correct myself. Sets 1496 and 1497, the Rally sets, were sold in US stores, but as part of value pack 1509. An MISB 1509 just sold on eBay for $76.00. I was bidding on that one, but considering the fact that 1496 and 1497 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: The Mystery of the non existent Hospital also NON existent Exxon Station
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(...) Ok guys here is another one for you! The NON existent Exxon Gas station in the 1984 U.S. Catalog! It looks like the 6371 but the tow truck has fatter tires and the car is yellow! Also here is more trivia. Look at the Exxon #6696 tanker (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I have always wondered about this one. Does anyone know anything about it? (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ok...ok...ok....you got me there Michael ;-) Have you got a scan of this anywhere? I personally reckon that 6371 is one of the best Gas Stations so I'd love to see it in Exxon colours. Thanks Sanjay -- Millennium City @ (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) of the (...) Sanjay, I will send you a scan as soon as I can get a chance. It looks really cool! Too bad they did not release it! Mike (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I'd like to see this scan, can you mail it to ig88888888@aol.com? Also, what catalog is this supposed to be in? Are you positive it was never released? TIA, John (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I tried to e-mail Sanjay a ton of times with no luck on mailing him the picture. The Exxon (6371) look-a-like is in the 1984 US catalog. I will try and ship it to you! If you get a chance maybe you could forward it to Sanjay since I cannot (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.town)
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