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Wait. What?! Dicontinue them completely?? Are today's youth -and AFOLS- no longer allowed to make water scenes etc? How are you supposed to make larger areas with water??

The Islanders received some extra attention in 1994 in the Netherlands, including during the World Show 'Treasure Hunt'. Unfortunately, I haven't been there myself and have no memory of it. I did buy this small bag recently, though. De Bijenkorf is a department store chain in the Netherlands. More info on the show on this site (Dutch) and YouTube.

I need that on my fridge!!

Here are Redbeard and the Governor on Bricklink. Nice find!

Really nice! Thanks for sharing.

Part IV of old LEGO-ads in the Dutch Donald Duck: Click! Unfortunately no Pirates ads this time... I did however manage to find a copy of #43 - the Dutch LEGO-krant (newspaper). That's the edition from the summer of 1989 and is all about Pirates (wel mostly)!

Yep. It's 1990 Medium Dutch (921390-NL) / c90nl3

You mean this one: Do you happpen to know if there are any interesting (Pirates, Caslte, Space, Town) LEGO ads in the Ducks from mid to late '90's? Say, 1994 - 1997. The thrift store where I found the Ducks also had (has?) those years. I didn't buy them because we already had a lot of Ducks, but if there are specific editions I could go back.

Thanks for the info! Interesting. How can you tell that box is a 'UK box'?

Yeah, so 1877 was (only) sold in the US/North America. Do you also know where 1680 was sold? Only in the UK? That's what my (limited) research indicates so far. Brickset: ''Discovered' in the UK.' Or also in the US/NA? It seems to be very (véry) rare... In my opinion a set is only really complete if you have the instructions... (and maybe even the box) That's the biggest issue with 1680. I could build the set a couple of times, if it was just about the bricks (even with 'period approriate' bricks)

You're welcome and no problem All the LEGO Pirates ads are nice to see and know, from all kinds of different countries! Or is there already a separate topic for LEGO Pirate ads in general? I also love Kelceycoe's research. I can relate to that kind of niche information ;). I just have to find the time to read/keep up with it all For example the North-America exclusive sets. For an European, they're interesting and hard (expensive) to find, especially with instructions. (This applies to more sets, like 1680 for example. Not a Pirate set, but there is hardly any information available about where it was released etc.) [edit: Ah my hundredth post! ]

Part III - 1991 (well, some of it): ...and the rest.

Part two! Including this Pirates cartoon ad from 1989 (D.D. #37): -> To see the other ads I found today: Click! Unfortunately, the '89 volume D.D. at the thrift store wasn't quite complete. I think there should be more Pirates ads, from 1989 or 1990. Or maybe I missed them. It's quite a hassle to search through all the Ducks, with those thin pages. Plus my daughter wanted to go home ;). I bought the 1991 volume -unfortunately also not quite complete- and I still have to search through it. Who knows... Someting likes this one?

It's 1990 Medium Dutch (921390-NL) / Item No: c90nl3 It is stapled in the middle of the Duck.

Yes, it was in #17 of 1989 If I have them, I've added all the Ducks covers to this album as well, followed by the ad: Click