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Re: Question about classic ESSO Service Station
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Wed, 19 May 1999 18:22:23 GMT
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Anders Isaksson wrote:
> Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <3739E513.D9092180@umich.edu>...
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> > I have a few questions for our European and early Samsonite collectors
> > about the late 50's - early 60's ESSO Service Station #310 produced in
> > Europe only I believe. In the USA/Canada I believe this building only
> > came with the Town Plan (#725). This station is one of my favorite LEGO
> > structures because of its streamlined moderne (late Art Deco) style.
> >
> > What I was wondering about are the red accent stripes on this set.
> > There is a thick red stripe near the base made with regular red bricks
> > and one red macaroni brick. But on the early European version of this
> > set there is also a red stripe going along the top of the building that
> > follows the edge of the white plates, and curves around the corner
> > (where there is a 4x8 white curved plate). This same red strip is shown
> > in the earlier (1961-62) Town Plan (725) set by Samsonite in the
> > US/Canada, but not the later (1962-64) version.
> >
> > How is this red "stripe" produced on the European sets? Do some of the
> > white plates (2x8, 4x8, 6x8, 4x8 curved) have red coloring along one
> > edge? This has mystified me for a while..
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> You can also see it on my scans of an early Idea Book
> http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook.htm
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> or more precisely:
> http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/p04a.jpg and
> http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/p04b.jpg
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> It sure looks like the edge is painted red, or something like that. I am
> almost sure this was my first 'real' Lego set (around '59 - '60), but I have
> *no* memory of a red edge, and as most of my old pieces still exist (in a box
> at my parents), I'm positively sure there are no red edges now. Could it have
> been a tape perhaps?
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> As you can see in the p04b.jpg, it's red also in the drawing, not only in the
> photo (p04a.jpg).
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> Well, it's one of these mysteries...
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> --
> Anders Isaksson, Sweden
> BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
> Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm
Check this out, eBay has a European Esso Service Station (#310) from the early
1960's.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=105980799
Wow, what a nice set! And do you notice the red striping along the top rim. It
looks like the bricks were painted with that red line. A very impressive set. I
would bid on it if it weren't for the fact that I already have all the parts
(minus the stripes, and with a red garage door, not the earlier white door).
But I sure would like that box. Sigh.
Gary Istok
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| Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <3739E513.D9092180@u...ch.edu>... (...) You can also see it on my scans of an early Idea Book (URL) more precisely: (URL) and (URL) sure looks like the edge is painted red, or something like that. I am almost sure this (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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