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Re: Samsonite LEGO in 1960s SEARS catalogs
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Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:46:50 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Eric Strand wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford wrote:
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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 10 years or so before my own childhood LEGO years, so
they are not pictures that I have seen before.
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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 parents allowed me to keep not only all of the original
instructions but also almost all of the original boxes.
About six years ago my wife and myself moved to Stratford, Ontario... home of
the Samsonite plant from which all of the Canadian sets originated back in
the 70’s. I have since met people whose parents worked at the plant back then
or have other memories of the old LEGO days. There are still people who talk
about being able to go to the factory and buy pillow case sized bags of
factory seconds for next to nothing.
As an interesting side note, finding LEGO at a yard sale in Stratford is
nearly impossible. It seems all these years later the people around here seem
to still value this product and keep for new generations. And that’s not a
bad thing I guess. :)
Thank you again Eric for sharing all of these great images with us. Can I
ask... where do you find them all? Not one source I’m sure, but what type of
sources do you use to gather them from?
Best regards,
Allan B.
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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 from 1962 until 1986. TLG must have had a court fight to get the Lego
license back from USA Samsonite, since the 1971-72 Lego set selection was
appalling! In Canada things went much smoother, since the 1986 transfer seemed
to be realtively uneventful (Lego set wise).
Gary Istok
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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, 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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