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Re: Question for Gary Istok
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:34:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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> The USA appears to have been used as a test ground for new products... such as
> Jumbo/Pre-School bricks. These Jumbo bricks were not sold elsewhere. Even
> though they were sold in the USA until 1972, the real Duplo brick was introduced
> in continental Europe in 1969. By 1975 the real Duplo brick was sold
> everywhere. And as we know, the real Duplo bricks are compatible with all Lego
> bricks, unlike the Jumbo bricks.
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> Even though Duplo was sold in the USA from 1973 onward, it was still called
> "Pre-School" until 1979. In the 1979 USA catalog they announce a new name for
> the pre-school bricks.... Duplo. The Duplo name however was used elsewhere
> since the beginning of production in 1969.
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> Gary Istok
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.
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=902936>
The 501 shown here (in the LEGO Billund archive) is in a Europe style box. The
black and white "5 people" logo was never used in the USA. This box may have
been a prototype since the word "system" has been taped over in the logo.
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=902940>
Note that these are shrinkwrapped and seem to be the production version.
Here is the 503 in a Europe style box:
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=902942>
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=902941>
I have speculated before that this may be an example where Samsonite bricks were
EXPORTED to Europe.
The LUGNET set entries should not be under the Samsonite category. 501 and 503
were not Samsonite USA sets.
Eric
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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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| (...) 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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