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Subject:	Re: multi-set 'town' images on 1978-79 town instructions
Newsgroups:	lugnet.inst, lugnet.town, lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:57:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Benjamin Whytcross writes: > G'day, > > I was looking through my small collection of instructions the other day, and > I noticed that on almost every set of instructions for town there is a > picture of a town made up from sets available at the time the set was, but > with the USA/Canada[1] version of 675 [snack bar] there is a hospital that I > have never seen before.[2] This led me to the question...did LEGO only use > actual sets in these pictures, did they use sets that were being planned as > well, or did they just decide to build this one-off model for the picture? > > Any help would be appreciated (I can try and scan the image if requested, > too.) No need to scan it, it was in the '79 US catalog: http://library.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1979/c79us/c79us-11.html I would guess it was a promotional set or something. I don't think they would have used a non-set for that image. > Strangely enough, this building appears on a 'T' intersection road plate and > the other sets shown all appear on the base-plates that they were released > on, with the only other road-plate set shown being the police station. I'd also guess that it was released on that plate, if it is a real set. Jeff

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		Re: multi-set 'town' images on 1978-79 town instructions
(...) Ah, seeing this image makes me feel all warm inside. Pictures from that era were from the first catalogs I had as a child. As for the hospital, I always assumed it was a Europe-only set (like the trains pictured in other brochures of my (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

		Re: multi-set 'town' images on 1978-79 town instructions
"Jeff Stembel" <aulddragon@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:H5F04K.Drt@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) but (...) that I (...) use (...) as (...) picture? (...) building is the ONLY "set" in that diorama that is NOT shown in the catalog. That is (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

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		multi-set 'town' images on 1978-79 town instructions
G'day, I was looking through my small collection of instructions the other day, and I noticed that on almost every set of instructions for town there is a picture of a town made up from sets available at the time the set was, but with the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

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