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Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:10:55 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Clark Stephens wrote:
> 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:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5925440925
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> 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).
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> 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).
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> HTH,
> Clark
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> (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
Ah, Clark Stephens (another person helping me with the Lego CD),
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 flat bottomed trees/bushes, and the second variation (1965-66?) had
Mercedes trucks and hollow bottomed trees/bushes.
In this instance, it appears that the only Mercedes trucks were the Fire Truck
and the Tow Truck. The Delivery Truck, Flatbed Truck and Esso Tanker are all
Bedford trucks. (Sigh, another variation!)
I too was surprised by the "BENZIN ESSO SMOREOLIE" tanker sign (in German and
Danish), istead of the "ESSO EXTRA MOTOR OIL" tanker sign in English that one
would expect.
Gary Istok
A Lego addict since 1960
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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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