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Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:27:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> 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.
> Note: the British Town Plan set and board were also
> sold in Australia and New Zealand
> Here is an example of a British #810 Town Plan recently sold in Australia on
> EBAY:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5925440925
Also of note in those pictures are UK-only versions of the accessories (1) like
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. I thought
those trees only appeared with studded baseplates. I usually see flat bottom
trees (3) with this set. If they are original that would tend to date this set
later in its run. I was also surprised to see the Benzin version of the truck,
rather than the Esso (4).
HTH,
Clark
(1) For more info see: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8649
(2) For pictures see: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=31587
(3) For a near-complete list of trees see: http://isodomos.com/VPH/Tree
(4) For pictures see: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=98427
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| (...) I too was curious about the hollow bottom trees in this set, until I looked at my notes, and found that there were 2 variations of the #810 British Town Plan set. From what it appears, the first variation (1963-64?) had the Bedford trucks and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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