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Re: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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Hello,
Sorry for my bad English.
The boxs I have, I don't know the date of them, but i think that they are
from the last years of 50. I have the set's number 210, 211, 212, 222, 227
and 230. All of the box have "Lego System" in the box. They don't have any
word in Portuguese.
Best Regards
Nuno Lino
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net>
To: <lugnet.loc.pt@lugnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:53 PM
Subject: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
Hello Portuguese AFOLs!
I have a question for you folks in Portugal.....
According to TLG, the first sales of Lego to Portugal was in 1957. (Also
the
first years for Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and Belgium.) From
1955-58
TLG made Lego sets in the local language of the country where they were
sold.
Starting in 1958, TLG changed to the International "LEGO System" for all
countries, so that they would not have to produce different boxes for each
country.
Has anyone in Portugal ever seen a Lego set with "Lego Bricks" and "Lego
System
of Play" in Portuguese? The most common sets would be the small spare parts
packs within the #210-#271 set number range.
Here are 2 examples of 1955-58 spare parts packs in German, used in Germany
and
Austria (from Steve Scott's excellent webpage):
www.misbi.com/vintage/boxes/1950%27s/1956-German2.jpg
www.misbi.com/vintage/boxes/1950%27s/1956-German1.jpg
An example of a 1955-58 spare parts pack in Danish:
www.misbi.com/vintage/boxes/1950%27s/1956-mursten-type1.jpg
Or, perhaps the very first Portuguese parts pack boxes were of this type:
www.misbi.com/vintage/boxes/1950%27s/girls,%20ribbon,%20bowtieboy.jpg
Portuguese language sets of 1957-58 are not known to other western European
Lego
collectors. It may be possible that the first Lego sets in Portugal were
the
very first sets with the "Lego System" (the last one). But I wanted to
check to
see if any of our Portuguese AFOLs hav ever seen one.
Thank you,
Gary Istok
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| (...) Thank you very much Nuno! Your English is wonderful!!! (Much better than my Portuguese!! ;-) TLG said that Lego sales started in Portugal in 1957. (Along with Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Belgium) Here is what the writing is in all (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
| | | Re: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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| Nuno, You have a #210 Small Shop set (produced 1955-65). What is the name on the Named Beam in that set? I have seen 3 variations on that sign for Germany (TABAK, WUERSTCHEN and BACKER). I was wondering what variation was sold in the #210 sets for (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| Hello Portuguese AFOLs! I have a question for you folks in Portugal..... According to TLG, the first sales of Lego to Portugal was in 1957. (Also the first years for Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and Belgium.) From 1955-58 TLG made Lego sets in (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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