Subject:
|
The TOWN PLAN set of the early 1960's
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.general
|
Date:
|
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:07:22 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
660 times
|
| |
|
|
I've mentioned the TOWN PLAN set of 1961-65 on many occasions.
I was under the impression that it was only available by Samsonite
(USA/Canada), whereas the Europeans had to buy the individual buildings
(Esso Service, Garage, Church, etc) and the Town Plan Board (#200 in
Europe, #246 in USA/Canada). With Samsonite, the board (#246) came with
the Town Plan set ($25.00), or could be purchased individually ($1.50).
I was browsing Horst Lehner's website the other day, and came across
something that really excited me. It is a set I've never heard of,
#810. Check out the picture in this 1965 Danish catalog. It is the set
on the lower left of the picture (underneath a wooden box set.
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk65/GK65D-1.JPG
Now compare this to the set in Horst's 1961 USA catalog (the set with
the open box on top of it (and a copy of the same picture on the Town
Plan Board just above it).
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/us6x/US6x-1.JPG
Are these 2 sets (810 & 725) the same set?
I have always assumed that Samsonite was the only one to make the Town
Plan?
Does this mean that it was also available in Europe under a different
number?
Maybe some of our European AFOL can help solve this mystery here.
Just curious,
Gary Istok
|
|
1 Message in This Thread:
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
