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| Last night I dreamt that I was on a spaceship, designed to carry some cats around the Earth. On that spaceship, I found a big box of lego. I started digging through it, and found a brick with the shell logo printed on it. I thoguht "Wow! A Shell gas (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Here's my nightmare, and it's true - it happened about 2 years ago. I'd been reading RTL for a few months, and the SHELL bit comes up. I recall that I gave my kids my old LEGO. I dig around, come up with a white 2x4 with SHELL on it and a red (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) AHHH...HHH!!!...!!! OH MY GOD!!!...!!! I must share this with all of you!!!...!!! *tries to calm down* I was reading this dream message when I thought "hmmn I've got a shell and Esso sign in my collection from a Lego bag my mom bought me at (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Wow!! What a horrifying story!! I say that because I'm glad that never happened to me. In fact, I may have been the one that wrote about those Shell sets. Set #325 has the Shell brick (I think it actually was a 2x3) and those marvellous (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Well Erin, looks like your mom "done real good". The Esso Sign and pumps, if in mint or near mint (must have the red round "tops" to the two end poles on the pump piece, and no breakage or missing signage on the tall sign.... they could (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) round "tops" (...) the (...) ESSO (...) condition) (...) (not (...) you (...) Well I looked around and found a city like board/baseplate....I may have it after all! But I am not going to sell it *hears people gasping* I just hate auctions and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Village, (...) round "tops" (...) the (...) ESSO (...) condition) (...) (not (...) you (...) I was pretty amazed at these prices, I also followed the recent postings on insuring Lego, with interest. Please excuse the deviation from topic (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| It must be one of the wooden box sets that Lego released long long ago (60s or 70s, I don't have my catalog scans CD with me right now). There are several (at least 2 or 3) different sets released with wooden boxes, and if I'm not wrong one of them (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) .... (...) You are right that the set 810 does come in a timber storage box,(1966!!) however, ours is double thickness, holds two trays inside one on top of the other, these trays have many compartments and are full of basic. Judging from the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Rachel, The 810 (European Town Plan) set had (I believe) a cardboard top to it with the Town Plan scene. There was a pair of wooden box sets from circa 1967-68 that were 820 (filled with LEGO) and 821 (same box but empty). I have the 821 and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) most (...) the (...) were (...) seems (...) Hi Gary Looked at the site you mentioned. Thanks anyway, but that is not it either, its very mysterious. The set in question has a sliding red timber lid, with the logo printed on the top, no hinges. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Rachel, it sounds like you might have a Dutch/Belgian or Danish version of the wooden box set. They had the sliding top box tob wooden box sets in the 1960's. The German sets from that era were hinged, except for set 700 (which had a picure (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) (60s (...) if (...) came (...) Just want to say a public thank you to Phil Travis, who emailed me regarding the following thread, He offered to identify the mysterious set that had us all stumped. (Thanks too, for everyone else's suggestions, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Rachel, Phil Traviss is truly a great guy. He is also relatively new to LUGNET. And he doesn't post much. But let met tell you something. I would rate him in the top 10 of people who are most knowledgeable about LEGO. He and I (along with (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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