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Re: rarest printed parts?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 6 Mar 2005 06:41:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> What are the rarest printed parts?
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> I own both of the printed 1 x 6 x 5 astronaut bricks from classic space
> (and some other printed classic space bits) but I have the feeling there
> are rarer printed bits out there.
Up until now we have been talking about the rarest Lego printed part as being a
brick or panel or slope. Eric Strand brought this one to my attention. At over
$731.00 this may not be the rarest printed part, but it sure is the most
expensive I have seen yet:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5959062410
This is a 1965-69 1:87 Lego #659 VW Pickup Truck with writing on the sides. The
#658 VW Van also can sometimes be found with promotional writing on the sides.
I talked with Morten Frost, a Danish collector from Aarhus Denmark, not to far
from Billund. His explanation for this $731 printed Lego element is this:
There is a Danish version of the Boy Scouts who every 4 years have a sort of
"Jamboree" in Denmark in a summer scout camp called Julsolejren (near Aarhus and
Billund) for Christian African young scouts. In 1967 these small #659 VW Pickup
Trucks on a string were given as gifts to the Nigerian (and Danish?) scouts as
scouting type souvenirs. Muryar Bishara is the name of a Christian radio
station in Nigeria (supported by Danish missionaries), and they commissioned
these as souvenirs with their name on it. I have never ever seen any 1:87 Lego
cars/trucks attached to some kind of string or any other material before. I
have seen other titles such as "Philips", "Polizei", Afra Film", etc., but
without any string.
All I can say is "are there any AFOL's in Nigeria?"
Gary Istok
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| What are the rarest printed parts? I own both of the printed 1 x 6 x 5 astronaut bricks from classic space (and some other printed classic space bits) but I have the feeling there are rarer printed bits out there. (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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