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Re: WOOD LEGO
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Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:20:13 GMT
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Manuel Cueto wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
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> > Manuel Cueto wrote:
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> > > I am just wondering how many of you have old lego in wood or maybe plastic
> > > toys like the ones we can see in "50 years of play" or "The ultimate lego • book"
> > >
> > > I have a photocopy with more than 100 old toys like cars, dolls, furniture,
> > > table games, animals etc.. from 40´s and 50´s. All from LEGO.
> > >
> > > Manuel
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> > There are a lot of wooden toys made by TLC. They were produced until Feb. 4, • 1960,
> > when there was a fire that destroyed the wooden toy warehouse in Billund. • After
> > that date, TLC got out of the wooden toy business to concentrate on the • plastic
> > bricks. The only wooden products made after 1960 (AFAIK) were the wooden LEGO
> > boxes - such as #710, #711, #712, #713, #820, #821 and #700. The interesting • thing
> > about these wooden LEGO boxes is that all the different varieties were sold • with or
> > without LEGO contents. 710, 712, 820 and "700 with contents" were sold as • full
> > sets. 711, 713, 821 and "700 without contents" were sold as empty wooden • boxes for
> > people to put their own LEGO into. These wooden boxes were sold from 1957-68.
> > They were NEVER sold in North America (although I know the existence of a • Samsonite
> > wooden dealer box). I have 7 of these boxes in my collection, and they are a
> > fascinating addition to LEGO collecting. Note: some of the wooden box set • numbers
> > I have listed have been reused again. Some of these (the wooden box ones) • are not
> > in the LUGNET database. One interesting observation was that LEGO Europe was • using
> > the 711 number for a wooden box set in the early 1960's at the same time that • LEGO
> > Samsonite was using this number for a basic set in USA/Canada.
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> > Gary Istok
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> I have four of these boxes, one I think is the oldest of all. It have the old
> Lego logo (open O) on top and has the slide top. Inside all are the same, only
> this have in the middle the lid division that you can take off (the others
> have it in the left side). The other are the new ones. Those appear in the
> catalogs of early 70´s.
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> I saw in Ebay one that have the slide top, with the photo of two children and
> the pattern of bricks.
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> Also I saw in brickshelf that the newer ones have a cardboard tringle in the
> top, maybe to hold catalogs (In the ones I have, don´t appear this, neither
> the glue).
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> I also have the first town plan (in wood) a train and a fire engine.
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> One question to Gary, I saw in Ebay (when you are on vacation) a lot of old
> windows, not clasic windows and were bigger (the seller said are lego) but I
> never saw those in any place. I send you the scan of the windows (if I can
> found it).
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> Manuel Cueto
Hi Manuel, I lost about 1 weeks worth of EMAILs (1st week of August) on my work ID
(gistok@umich.edu). So you probably sent me the question then, and I never saw
it. If you are talking about those red/white/yellow/green ones, then yes, they
were original windows, the very early type that connected (slid into the side slots
of the early bricks) differently than they do today. These were all discontinued
by 1957, when the classic LEGO windows came out. These early windows could not be
used with the LEGO of today.
That EBAY wooden box you saw in EBAY (with the 2 children and the LEGO pattern on
the box) was the one I bid on (and won). What made me want to buy it was the fact
that it too had the 2 piece sliding lid that opens up to be a Town Plan board.
This set (#700 from 1960-62) was not supposed to have the Town Plan board lid. I'm
not sure why it does. This set is supposed to come with a one piece sliding lid
that is NOT a Town Plan board. When the set arrives (from Germany) I will be
curious to see if it is the earlier Town Plan board (1957-59) or the later one
(1960-68). I think it will be the earlier one, although I don't understand why it
would have a 1950's board on a 1960's set.
Gary Istok
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| (...) Keep in mind I know nothing about these boxes, their sizes, or compositions, but: Is it possible the lids were switched by an owner? Let's say the original owner had an old box that got beat up, bought the newer box, but liked the fold-out (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Gary, I always enjoy your postings about early Lego sets and accessories. Do you have any photos of the older items from your collection? I have seen the pictures at (URL) . But several of the pictures don't show up due to bad links. (ie "Gary's Big (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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