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Re: Inventory for set 725 Lego Town Plan
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Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:42:12 GMT
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In lugnet.db.inv, Indranil Basak wrote:
> A couple of months ago I purchased a MISB Lego 725 Town Plan set. The set had
> never been opened. It even had the inner plastic wrapper. I just uploaded the
> parts list on the Peeron web site. Though some of the parts reference doesn’t
> match the exact pieces – trees and traffic signs. Some of the parts reference
> was added by the Peeron administrator since I left them blank due to lack of
> part number. Refer to the note column for exact description. Here is the link to
> the page.
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> http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/725-3
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> The compartments I mentioned in the inventory refer to the inner boxes.
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> The set also contains two Samsonite brochures. One of the pamphlets contains the
> parts list. While the other shows some Lego models.
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> It was odd the way the trees and traffic signs were glued to the boxes so that
> they remain in the same place. However they can be removed easily.
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> Here is the detailed view of the box.
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> __________1____________
> | | 1 - lid
> ||_________2___________|| 2 - plastic wrapper
> ||_________3___________|| 3 - town plan board
> ||_________4___________|| 4 - cardboard cutout
> || || 5 - box
> |_________5___________|
> Cross-section
>
> ________________________
> | 1 | 2a | 3 | 4a |
> | |_____| |_____|
> | | | | |
> | | 2b | | 4b |
> |_____|_____|_____|_____|
> | 5 | 6 | 7a | 8 |
> | | |_____| |
> | | | | |
> | | | 7b | |
> |_____|_____|_____|_____|
When I first read the contents on Peeron, my jaw dropped, because I thought that
this was the first time that an early version of the #725 Town Plan set had
actually been located:
http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/msl/LEGO/60s_d2.jpg
But when I contacted Indranil, it was confirmed that the set was actually the
later version, which is what all #725 owners have:
http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/msl/LEGO/60s_e2.jpg
One interesting footnote is that even though the set is the #725 listed in the
2nd catalog, the MISB set came with the first catalog!
However, there are some strange things in this MISB #725. The parts listed in
Peeron are exactly the parts in Indranil's set. However, this particular set
has some pieces that it shouldn't have, and is missing 4 other pieces.
Here is what it shouldn't have:
7 Road Signs - only the #810 European Town Plans should have road signs, not the
USA/Canada #725 Town Plan. They are not pictured on the box.
5 different flat bottomed PAINTED trees. Even though they are pictured on the
box, all USA sets should only have pine trees and bushes (UNPAINTED) inside.
The painted trees should only be in the #810 (European) Town Plan.
Here is what this set is missing:
1 silver-gray street light. All Town Plans, both #725 and #810 should have a
street light.
1 3-piece garage kit (garage base, garage frame and flip up garage door with
counterweights). Even though the #725 box top shows a white garage door, all
the #725 sets I have ever seen have had a red door. I firmly believe that only
red garage doors ever came to USA/Canada, in any Lego set.
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My take on this MISB set is that it went thru a manual assembly line, and took a
wrong turn somewhere at the Billund factory. Perhaps this box (and other
boxes?) were partly packaged as #810 (road signs/painted trees), and then
someone noticed, and made corrections (moved it the #725 assembly line?). But
in doing so, it missed the point where the street light and garage kit were
included. That is the only explanation I can think of.
If I were Indranil, I would find myself the missing parts in mint, and add them
to the set. The street light should cost about $15, the garage kit about $40
for a kit with a red door, and $100 for a kit with a white door (if you can find
one in Mint).
This is just another of many Lego anomalies in early Lego that I talk about in
my upcoming CD.
Oh, and a MISB #725 is quite a rarity. I would give it an insurance value of
$1500! Had it been the earlier version of #725 (which I still believe was never
released), I would have given it an insurance value of $2500.
Gary Istok
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