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Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:19:15 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ronald Borchert wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> > Eric Strand, who is helping me with the Lego CD (he's becoming a Samsonite
> > expert) recently discovered some heretofore unknown Town Plan sets from the
> > 1960's.
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> ...SNIP...
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> Hi Gary,
> very nice new infos :-)
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> But I was a little confused on the picture of the town plan board:
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> > (the special British Town Plan set)
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> > //www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=944890
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> By comparing it with the 60th town plan board in the early 60th catalogues (set
> no. 200) it seems to have a different direction of the printing:
> http://festum.de/1000steine/album/1-1959-1/kat01.jpg
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> Did the english town plan board always have this other direction of the
> printing?
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> Regards
> Ronald
Hi Ronald,
From 1960 (when Lego first came to Britain) until 1963, the continental European
Town Plan board was used in Britain (along with the continental #810 Town Plan
set). Starting in 1963 Britain had their own Town Plan set and Town Plan board,
but they still used the same #810 and #200 numbers as the rest of Europe. These
British boards were because of driving on the left side of the road than in the
rest of Europe/USA/Canada. Note: the British Town Plan set and board were also
sold in Australia and New Zealand (since they too drive on the left side of the
road).
Here is an example of a British #810 Town Plan recently sold in Australia on
EBAY:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5925440925
Gary Istok
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| (...) the cantilever covered petrol pumps (although an incomplete containental version is also shown), the round top Esso sign, the round top street lights, and the road signs (2). Curious to me is the appearance of hollow bottom trees in this set. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.
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| (...) ...SNIP... Hi Gary, very nice new infos :-) But I was a little confused on the picture of the town plan board: (...) By comparing it with the 60th town plan board in the early 60th catalogues (set no. 200) it seems to have a different (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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