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1. Re: Yellow Castle and other LEGO Sets that Crossed the Atlantic to Sell...

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · October 2022 · Home› Collecting

    @560Heliport Thanks for finding that!! Good eye!! The 6000 Idea Book was sold in the USA from 1980-85. But apparently since there are so many LEGO Yellow Castle images in that booklet, the first year (1980), which is the version you have... it has that disclaimer about no LEGO Castle System sets... YET... in the USA. But…

2. Re: Yellow Castle and other LEGO Sets that Crossed the Atlantic to Sell...

   

   Comment by 560Heliport · October 2022 · Home› Collecting

   @jason1976 Yes, on the Brickset main page, "more..." then down to "Library" then Ideas Books there are scans of a non-USA #6000. That version has nine different languages.

3. Re: Yellow Castle and other LEGO Sets that Crossed the Atlantic to Sell...

   

   Comment by jason1976 · October 2022 · Home› Collecting

   As we're heading down the rabbit hole, would there have been versions of the 6000 Idea Book with that text in Japanese, German, Swedish etc or was it only available in English speaking countries? And if it was, why have that text in it? There are instructions from that era (e.g. http://peeron.com/scans/7740-1/19) with…

4. Re: Yellow Castle and other LEGO Sets that Crossed the Atlantic to Sell...

   

   Comment by jason1976 · October 2022 · Home› Collecting

   
I'd totally forgotten about that Ideas book! I remember having it and I think going through the pages at http://peeron.com/scans/6000-1/ in detail is going to be my bedtime reading later! I'm in the process of preparing to get rid of my #375 (for various reasons) and this tread and that ideas book won't help with…

5. Re: Yellow Castle and other LEGO Sets that Crossed the Atlantic to Sell...

   

   Comment by 560Heliport · October 2022 · Home› Collecting

   #6000-1 Idea Book has models built from the Castle sets. The book is copyright 1980, and has a statement (I think on the back cover) that 'Castle sets on pages xx-xx not available in the USA'. I'm at work right now, so I can't quote it exactly. But I must have got that book in 1980- I was disappointed that we couldn't get…

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