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Hey Gary! Is there anything you can tell me about these bricks?: (URL) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Samsonsite in the US (and possibly Canada) in the early 1960s thru the 70s. They produced several sets in the line (URL) bricks come in 4 colors (red, white, blue, yellow). There was also a truck in white or grey with red wheels. They are NOT (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Thanks Clark! Russell, those bricks were sold in USA Samsonite sets from 1964-72. Here is a cut/paste from my upcoming Lego Set/Part History CD (the chapter on Duplo/Pre-School). This table lists all the sets that were produced with Jumbo (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Thanks guys! Any idea why they were not made to be compatible? Russell (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Gary, There is a slight chance that these jumbo bricks made it into the Europe market for a short time. There is also a chance these are just prototypes and were never sold. (URL) The 501 shown here (in the LEGO Billund archive) is in a Europe (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, to add to the confusion is the fact that NO catalogs show the #501, #502 or #503 sets. Jan K.'s Billund Vault pictures (which I hadn't seen) sorta takes some of that mystery away. Duplo sales started in 1969 in Europe. These sets would (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, One other item - the 501 must date from after late 1966/1967. See the 042 in the USA 1967 dealer catalog. Same box art, etc... (URL) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) <snip> (...) I've changed the Theme settings to LEGO / {PreSchool} on these, and added photos for 502 and 503 -- joshua (19 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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