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Re: The Mystery of the non existent Hospital
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lugnet.town
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Thu, 2 Mar 2000 01:59:53 GMT
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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 sale or explicitly mentioned in any
catalogs.
Sanjay D'Souza <sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:FqrnpH.823@lugnet.com...
> 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.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1979/c79us/c79us-11.html
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> Was the hospital ever sold in the US? While it looks very dated by
> standards set in the late 80's early 90's it still an interesting set
> nonetheless.
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> The mystery of this set is almost as intriguing as the the Loch Ness • Monster
> of LEGO Town sets, the legendary #6500 which while captured on Lugnet, has
> never been seen in the flesh/plastic.
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> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6500
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> Can anyone out there shed some light on the above two sets? And while the
> hard questions are being asked I've got a couple more...
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> 1) Was #6361 "Mobile Crane" ever sold in the US?
> 2) Was #6383 "Public Works Center" sold outside the US?
> 3) Was #6378 "Shell Service Station" sold in the US?
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> Thanks
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> Sanjay
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> --
> Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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