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| Canadian LEGO sets from 1962 until circa 1990 would be worth more than comparable sets sold in other markets if they were more well known. Here's an example.... the London Bus Set... known as 760 London Bus in the USA, and 384 London Bus in Canada (...) (10 years ago, 1-Mar-15, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: The mysterious "WDR" version 6661 Mobile TV Set...
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| (...) As a followup I did some more digging, and it appears that this set was likely for the 35th anniversary for the WDR TV station of Cologne Germany. The special edition with very rare WDR panels was for the 1 Jan. 1991 35th Anniversary of the (...) (10 years ago, 27-Feb-15, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 2.066)
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| | LEGO in Canada (From Samsonite to TLG) 1962-94.
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| Hi neighbors to the north (well for me that would be neighbors to the east, since I live just 10 miles from the Canadian border north of Detroit)... I have been working on putting together an entire set history and LEGO development history of LEGO (...) (10 years ago, 27-Feb-15, to lugnet.org.ca)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 2.066)
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| | Re: Surprising New Owner of MODULEX....
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| Wow... talk about Deja Vu.... I just noticed the date... It was 45 years ago today... Oct. 30, 1969... that poor young (18 year old at the time) Hanne Christiansen (younger sister to both Gunhild and Kjeld) died of injuries sustained in a car (...) (10 years ago, 30-Oct-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Surprising New Owner of MODULEX....
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| OK... I need to pay attention to these things better.... ;-) The new re-introduction of diminutive scale Modulex Bricks, which were first produced by TLG as an architectural system in 1962-63 is what I'm talking about... Modulex was a smaller (...) (10 years ago, 30-Oct-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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gerhard, istok
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gerhard, istok
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gerhard, istok
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| | LEGO Matriarch EDITH KIRK CHRISTIANSEN 90th Birthday today!!
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| The Dowager LEGO Lady herself, Edith Kirk Christiansen turns 90 years old today, May 29, 2014. Edith was born on May 29, 1924, is the daughter-in-law of LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, widow of LEGO chief Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, and mother (...) (10 years ago, 29-May-14, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.988)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.982)
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| | LEGO in Iceland unveiled....
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| Ever since LEGO researcher Jim Hughes (Cincinnati) first discovered that the first LEGO that was sold in Iceland in the 1950s (starting in 1955) was under a different name... "SIBS Kubbars"... I've been looking for one of these unique boxes. Well 6 (...) (10 years ago, 7-May-14, to lugnet.general) !
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.982)
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| | Re: Discovered Unknown LEGO Set from Norway...
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| Now that the 1309 set has been discovered, there is still one set yet to be discovered... a 1237 "Garage Side Building Set". The Billund Archives have no information on this set, and it was obviously not produced there for the Danish market. But it (...) (11 years ago, 14-Apr-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Re: Discovered Unknown LEGO Set from Norway...
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| OPPPSS.... BROKEN LINK.... SO HERE'S THE POST INSTEAD.... ;-) I had seen a catalog entry in an old 1956 Norway catalog, but I wasn't sure if was (common in old LEGO catalogs) an error, or a real set, since one had never been seen before, and no (...) (11 years ago, 14-Apr-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Discovered Unknown LEGO Set from Norway...
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| Two days ago a LEGO friend from Norway by the name of Arild found a never before been seen set from Norway... the 1309 ESSO GARAGE SET... not to be confused with the 1310/310 ESSO SERVICE STATION SET. This very rare (only 1 known so far) set was (...) (11 years ago, 13-Apr-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.975)
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| | Italian language LEGO sets...
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| Unlike some countries such as Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany, Italy has had very few LEGO sets over the years that were produced in the Italian language. When the first LEGO sets were sold in Italy back in 1958, TLG just started using the (...) (11 years ago, 18-Mar-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | LEGO and Martian Manhunter....
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| Many people have discussed the corrosive effects of time on history. And this is so true about LEGO. So much of what has happened in the past about LEGO has unfortunately not been well documented, even by the LEGO Archives in Billund. However, this (...) (11 years ago, 12-Mar-14, to lugnet.general) !
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.966)
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| | Squeezing out the last few secrets of the LEGO Genome...
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| I like the word "Genome"... it has to do with mapping out the entire genetic squence of an organism's heredetary information... or in this case the entire history of LEGO... Well I am now close to "the final frontier" in finding all the LEGO sets (...) (11 years ago, 13-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.958)
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| | My Tribute To LEGO...
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| I just wanted to take a moment and not educate anyone about LEGO (wow that's a switch)... hehehe! I just to say thanks to all those that have helped me thru the last few difficult years... even though I've got a lot of work to do yet to make amends (...) (11 years ago, 5-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
(score: 1.956)
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| | The first LEGO sets in Austria were in German
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| OK... here's the background... first LEGO sets with writing in the local language(s) started in 1955... with Denmark, Norway and Sweden LEGO sets with "LEGO System of Play" in the local language on the box top. This was followed by Germany in 1956 (...) (11 years ago, 5-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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