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Re: new pictures from the Lego archive Billund
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Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:57:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Darrell Urbien wrote:
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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 white). But the truth be told these red door/white bases are extremely
rare. I would easily pay $100 to get my hands on one of these, much more if it
was in mint condition. The vast majority (99%+) of these were produced with a
gray door and an gray base. These are still worth about $20 in used condition,
and probably twice that when in mint condition. And were talking WITHOUT any
cars or cardboard wrappers here, just the plastic boxes.
Gary Istok
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| (...) Dude! My brother and I somehow inherited (probably through a garage sale or somesuch) one of those when we were kids, and I always wondered what it was from (we knew it was an official LEGO part, but there's no way a brick-built car was going (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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! (URL) Probably a good thing, though. If I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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