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 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
 Posted: Dec 3, 2021 16:38
 Subject: Add note to OB 3538-1
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Note that the set has the name in Spanish and French, along the bottom side,
nowhere on the box is the name in English.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Dec 3, 2021 20:30
 Subject: Re: Add note to OB 3538-1
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In Catalog Requests, cosmicray writes:
  Note that the set has the name in Spanish and French, along the bottom side,
nowhere on the box is the name in English.


Original boxes for all sets vary by region, so we could add notes to all original
box entries in the catalog describing said differences. I don't think that
would be very useful as it is pretty common knowledge that packaging varies by
region. Also, if you check eBay, you will find plenty of boxes of this set that
have the name in English right on the front.

Cheers,
Randy
 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
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In Catalog Requests, randyf writes:
  In Catalog Requests, cosmicray writes:
  Note that the set has the name in Spanish and French, along the bottom side,
nowhere on the box is the name in English.


Original boxes for all sets vary by region, so we could add notes to all original
box entries in the catalog describing said differences. I don't think that
would be very useful as it is pretty common knowledge that packaging varies by
region. Also, if you check eBay, you will find plenty of boxes of this set that
have the name in English right on the front.

Cheers,
Randy

Which is interesting that I ended up with a copy of that set, obtained from WalMart,
without the name. Upon closer inspection, the bottom edge (which has the Spanish
and French names) is actually a very cleverly applied adhesive sticker. I did
not peel it back to see what was underneath tho. The image(s) of the box on BL
appears to match the one that I'm describing here, and not the ones you saw
on eBay.

Nita Rae