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This morning I placed some new SEARS Christmas Catalog scans online. 1962 was the first year that LEGO was featured in the SEARS catalog. 1962 (URL) 1964 (URL) 1965 (URL) 1966 (URL) 1967 (URL) Samsonite LEGO gears are introduced in the Christmas (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Eric, Thank you for helping bring this bit of LEGO history to our attention. These are great scans. The ads are so much fun to look at and imagine what it might have been like as a young kid seeing them for the first time. They are just about (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Eric, Many Lego collectors think that the first Lego Motor came in 1966 with the beginning of the Train System (which came out in mid-1966 in Europe). Here it shows that the first Lego motor actually came out in late 1965 in the USA to be used (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Allan, Thanks for the comments. I'm fascinated with Samsonite LEGO and these catalogs help date many of the old sets. Here is 1963: (URL) Take a look around my other brickshelf folders and you'll find some other interesting Samsonite LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I've looked through your folder several times. Not every item every time, but on each visit I take a look at a few more of the old sets. Growing up in Canada, most of my childhood LEGO sets are marked 'Samsonite'. Luckily for me, my (...) (20 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Allan, I can't speak for Eric, but yes he has found a whole new genre of Lego items, namely Samsonite Lego catalog sets, which are not found in any Samsonite catalogs. Eric keeps an eagle eye on EBAY, and surfs the net looking for new stuff. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) One thing I forgot. Allan, you grew up with Samsonite in Canada. Well you had more time to get Samsonite sets than USA folks. Samsonite Lego was sold in the USA from 1961 to 1972. In Canada Samsonite had a longer run, since it was sold there (...) (20 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do these help explain the difference in the anniversary buckets and tubs that were available in 1998? Ours here in Canada were to celebrate the 35th anniversary. But I think the ones in the U.S. were silver anniversary markers, is that right? (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, for some reason TLG doesn't like to include the Samsonite years onto the years of Lego in the USA. They view 1973 as year one, instead of 1961. And in Canada they view 1962 as year one. That's why you have a 25th USA bucket and 35th (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Allan, It is very interesting that you have talked to people who worked at the Canadian Samsonite LEGO facility. I've often wished that I could talk to someone who worked at the USA Samsonite facility in Loveland, CO. Many of the Samsonite (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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