Thank you so much guys for the warm welcome !! *sweet*
Yup, Belgium's current situation is kind of weird *wacko* Not the proudest aspect of our tiny piece of land...
I'll try to drop by as frequently as possible, but since i'm into house renovation up to my ears for the moment :-P , it might sometimes take days before I answer. So bear with me ;-)
Oayoo Gozaimasu, zzz !!!
Well, I'm not really speaking Japanese, unfortunatelly. Difficult to yield good results with self-study only (at least for me) *sing*
But I guess you could say I'm fond of its culture *wub* , that's why ninja / orient exp and even Exo are a goldmine to me.
Very true, most of them were released during my dark ages. I wish I only paid a visit to a toy shop during these years :'-(
So your assumptions are also very true : I had to find them in the past years, which is not exactly a piece of cake :-|
The ninja sets were only pictured in the Belgian Lego catalog for 1 year, if recall correct, with a quite limited range if you compare to what's listed on peeron.
I found some of them (Flying Ninja Fortress, Stone Tower Bridge, Samurai Stronghold, Treasure Transport,
Ninja Surprise) MIB (no MISB), or just the hard way : from original plans + brickling shopping for missing special pieces (costly...)
There's still a long way to go *sad* Yosssshh !! :-P
Orient Expedition : these having been released a bit later, I could find some of them much easier ( I think the Dragon Fortress is still selling at a local store, if someone's interested). But there again, the search is far from completion, so I'm still spotting good deals here and there *vader*
What about your sets ? How did you get them ?
Ninja on ! *y*