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| | | Author: | WOLKsite  | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 18:24 | | Subject: | Inaccuracies with the BIONICLE mask packs | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello, this has been bothering me for a while now, but several of the mask packs
listed either do not exist at all, or are listed with the wrong region.
For starters, the US/non-US distinction -- having spoken with several Canadian
BIONICLE fans about these, Canada had the boxed versions as well. Additionally,
LEGO's naming scheme uses the distinguishment of "IN" and "AM",
rather than "NA" or "US", which leads me to believe that they
were available in both South and North America.
Considering that Connecticut became HQ for LEGO's activities in all of America
around 1998, this also tracks: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/history/articles/g-production-in-brazil/
Further-more, I have found no evidence of 8530, 8559, 8597, or 8600 existing
in boxed form. Just Google them, there are no photos of them - because they do
not exist.
To go through each set one-by-one:
Kanohi:
- US Catalogue: https://archive.org/details/Lego-Shop-At-Home-summer-2001-Bionicle-Cover/page/n1/mode/2up
- US Shop@Home: https://web.archive.org/web/20031203111200/http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8525
- UK Ad: https://biosector01.com/w/images/bs01/6/63/UK_2001_LEGO_shop_ad.jpg
This one is correct.
This one is correct.
[S=8530-2]
This one does not exist; the image used in a prototype moccup of the box art.
Krana:
UK Catalogue 1: https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c02uk&p=64
UK Catalogue 2: https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c02uk2&p=80
(this onse seems to confused 8559 and 8597).
US Catalogue: https://archive.org/details/lego-shop-at-home-summer-2002/page/n31/mode/2up
This one does exist. The image is a digital moccup.
[S=8559-2]
This one is correct.
This one was released in America.
Kanohi Nuva:
US Catalogue: https://archive.org/details/lego-shop-at-home-holiday-2002/page/n43/mode/2up
US Catalogue 2: https://archive.org/details/shop-at-home-fall-2003/page/n35/mode/2up
LEGO Shop at Home: http://web.archive.org/web/20031204080846/http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8574
(has a dead link to 8598)
This one should be labelled non-American polybag version.
This one should be labelled American boxed version.
Krana-Kal:
This one should be labelled American boxed version.
This one is correct.
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 16:41 | | Subject: | Re: Inaccuracies with the BIONICLE mask packs | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| All fixed up.
Cheers,
Randy
In Catalog, WOLKsite writes:
| | Hello, this has been bothering me for a while now, but several of the mask packs
listed either do not exist at all, or are listed with the wrong region.
For starters, the US/non-US distinction -- having spoken with several Canadian
BIONICLE fans about these, Canada had the boxed versions as well. Additionally,
LEGO's naming scheme uses the distinguishment of "IN" and "AM",
rather than "NA" or "US", which leads me to believe that they
were available in both South and North America.
Considering that Connecticut became HQ for LEGO's activities in all of America
around 1998, this also tracks: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/history/articles/g-production-in-brazil/
Further-more, I have found no evidence of 8530, 8559, 8597, or 8600 existing
in boxed form. Just Google them, there are no photos of them - because they do
not exist.
To go through each set one-by-one:
Kanohi:
- US Catalogue: https://archive.org/details/Lego-Shop-At-Home-summer-2001-Bionicle-Cover/page/n1/mode/2up
- US Shop@Home: https://web.archive.org/web/20031203111200/http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8525
- UK Ad: https://biosector01.com/w/images/bs01/6/63/UK_2001_LEGO_shop_ad.jpg
This one is correct.
This one is correct.
[S=8530-2]
This one does not exist; the image used in a prototype moccup of the box art.
Krana:
UK Catalogue 1: https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c02uk&p=64
UK Catalogue 2: https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c02uk2&p=80
(this onse seems to confused 8559 and 8597).
US Catalogue: https://archive.org/details/lego-shop-at-home-summer-2002/page/n31/mode/2up
This one does exist. The image is a digital moccup.
[S=8559-2]
This one is correct.
This one was released in America.
Kanohi Nuva:
US Catalogue: https://archive.org/details/lego-shop-at-home-holiday-2002/page/n43/mode/2up
US Catalogue 2: https://archive.org/details/shop-at-home-fall-2003/page/n35/mode/2up
LEGO Shop at Home: http://web.archive.org/web/20031204080846/http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8574
(has a dead link to 8598)
This one should be labelled non-American polybag version.
This one should be labelled American boxed version.
Krana-Kal:
This one should be labelled American boxed version.
This one is correct.
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