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Re: new pictures from the Lego archive Billund
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:48:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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1830, 1831, 1832. Sets #695, #698, #699. These contain the very collectible
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1:87 metal wheeled cars and trucks, produced from about 1955-1970. These
particular cars/truck sets were produced from 1965-69. The larger ones have
sold for $1000 in mint. Notice that the top long truck on the #699 set is a
Shell tanker. Earlier versions of this set had an Esso Tanker (the Esso
Service Station was discontinued in 1966 to be replaced by the Shell Service
Station). Note the small clear plastic garage in the smaller car set. The
smaller cars (no vans) were sold in these plastic garages from 1962-66, and
the Lego company seemed to have some left over, and used them in these sets
(ditto Samsonite had some left over and used them in the #536 Designer set).
In my upcoming CD, there are 18 pages of info on all the different cars/truck
models and sets available, as well as some real rarities.
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There’s a nice article about these cars in this month’s issue of “Cars and
Models” magazine. I had no idea they were that expensive! I’m lusting after the
Karmann Ghia... Those sets are COOOOOL!
Probably a good thing, though. If I somehow connected my model car collecting
obsession with my LEGO obsession I’m afraid the Universe would come to an end..
Darrell
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| (...) This picture shows the same clear plastic garages I discussed. And most Lego catalogs for Europe of that era show the garage doors in red, and the garage base in white (it looks gray in some catalogs that show the red door, but they were (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: new pictures from the Lego archive Billund
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| (...) Thanks for the great pictures Jan! A lot of AFOLs won't be familiar with some of these, so perhaps I can shed some light a few of them. 1824(.jpg) This appears to be refills to the Danish (only?) retailer brick boxes. These are unknown to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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