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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Eric Strand wrote:
> > I just posted the 1968 FAO Schwarz catalog here:
> >
> >
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/estrand/Vintage-Ads/lego_ad_1968_fao_schwarz_toy_catalog.jpg
> >
> > Contains the Samsonite 118 train which has always been something of a mystery.
>
> Dear Eric!
>
> Call me confused - but I do not see the Samsonite 118 (similar or identical to
> European 119). But what I recognize is the 116 train set for cheap (?) 20$.
>
> Does anybody haven an idea what the exchange rate between Dollar and Deutschmark
> har been in 1968?
>
> Here the 116 set has cost approx. 100 DM. So the exchange rate could have been
> near 1:5.
>
> A while ago you have posted a link to a 1969 advertisement which contained in
> fact 118 and the legendary set 371.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=944827
>
> Leg Godt!
>
> Ben
Hallo Ben!
A couple of things.....
The exchange rate in 1968 was about DM 4,00 = $1.00. I know that very well
because I was 15 years old visiting relatives in Germany in 1968. I still have
a pair of Hummel figurines that I paid DM 90,- (from factory employees), which I
wrote down at the time as $23.50. (They are the large Umbrella Boy and Umbrella
Girl, today they are still available in retail stores, but at $2000 each!) And
I still have them...
The #116 looks correct. But is there a difference between #116 and #127?
I also have the original to the 1969 advertisement with the #118 and mysterious
#371.
Gary Istok
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| (...) (URL) exchange rate 1968? (...) Thanks Gary, for letting me know about the exchange rate. I assume the catalogue price has been without tax, so all in all the prices have been on similar levels. (...) Yes there are a few minor design changes: (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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