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Re: 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:35:12 GMT
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Oh, and one last item.....
Did you ever wonder why in the 1970's the Yellow Castle set was numbered #6075
in the USA, and #375 in Canada, continental Europe, Britain and Australia....
Did you ever wonder why the London Bus was #760 in USA and #384 elsewhere?
Well that question has never really been answered.... but I have a hypothesis.
From 1973 (when TLG took back the Lego license from Samsonite USA) unti 1980,
all regular sets had different Lego set numbers in the USA, than that of the
rest of the world.
My theory is that TLG was worried that Samsonite Lego sets from Canada might
filter back to the USA to sell. The only way for TLG to prevent this was to
issue unique set numbers in the USA. That way TLG could tell if Lego sets were
being dumped across the border to USA Samsonite's extensive retailer network.
Again, this is only my hypothesis, and since I cannot prove it, I won't be
mentioning it in the Lego CD. Here is an excerpt from the Lego CD showing
larger model sets with this dual numbering system.
Enjoy!
Gary Istok
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1971-79 Legoland Town/Large Model Sets - Numbering System
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EU/UK/AUS/CAN * USA *
Set
Description Set # Year Set# Year
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Tug Set #310 1973 ---- ----
Ferry Set #311 1973 ---- ----
Tanker Set #312 1973 ---- ----
Police Boat Set #314 1976 #709 1978
Container Ship Set #315 1976 ---- ----
Fire Fighter Ship Set #316 1978 #775 1978
Spanish Villa Set #350 1971 ---- ----
Conveyor Station/Truck Set #351 1971 #545 1972
Windmill w/ Truck Set #352 1972 ---- ----
Terrace House/Garage Set #353 1972 ---- ----
Police Heliport Set #354 1972 #560 1972
Legoland Town w/Roads Set #355 1972 ---- ----
Italian/Swiss Villa Set #356 1973 #540 1973
Fire Station Set #357 1973 #570 1973
Rocket Base Set #358 1973 ---- ----
Legoland Roadway Board #359 1972 ---- ----
Brickyard Set #360 1974 #580 1975
Garden Café Set #361 1974 ---- ----
Windmill Set #362 1975 #550 1976
Hospital w/Figures Set #363 1975 #555 1976
Harbor Town Set #364 1975 ---- ----
Wild West Town Set #365 1975 ---- ----
Moon Landing Set #367 1975 #565 1976
Taxi Station Set #368 1976 ---- ----
Coast Guard Station Set #369** 1976 #575** 1978
Police Headquarters Set #370 1976 #585 1976
Dump Truck Set #371 1971 ---- ----
Sea Plane Set #371 1976 #712 1976
Tow Truck Set #372 1971 ---- ----
Texas Rangers Set #372 1977 ---- ----
Ambulance Set #373 1971 ---- ----
Off-Shore Rig/Tanker Set #373 1977 ---- ----
Fire Engine Set #374 1971 ---- ----
Fire Station Set #374 1978 #590 1978
Refrigerator Truck Set #375 1971 ---- ----
Truck w/ Excavator Set #376 1971 ---- ----
House w/ Garden Set #376 1978 #560 1978
Truck/Trailer & Crane Set #377 1971 ---- ----
Shell Station Set #377 1978 ---- ----
Tractor Set #378 1972 ---- ----
Car & Vacation Trailer Set #379 1972 ---- ----
Bus Station Set #379 1979 ---- ----
Truck w/ Forklift Set #381 1973 ---- ----
Police Station Set #381 1979 #588 1978
Wrecker with Car Set #382 1973 #710 1973
Truck with Excavator Set #383 1973 #730 1973
London Bus Set #384 1974 #760 1975
Jeep with Trailer Set #385 1976 #711 1977
Helicopter/Ambulance Set #386 1976 #770 1976
Road Construction Set #387 1976 #780 1976
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* - EU = Continental Europe UK = Britain AUS = Australia
USA = USA CAN = Canada
** - #369 was a continental Europe, Britain and Australia set, while #575 was a
USA and Canada set.
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 | | Re: 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
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| Oppps, My mistake, I should have stated that any set that was produced after 1979 was given a 4 digit set number. If a 3 digit number (say castle sets #375 and #383) was produced in continental Europe or elsewhere, and not introduced to the USA (...) (19 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
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| (...) Not sure if this affects the Samsonite argument, but it wasn't limited to town sets, there were a bunch of Technic sets in 1977: EU/UK/AUS/CAN USA Forlift #850 #950 Tractor #851 #952 Helicopter #852 #954 Car chassis #853 #956 Go-kart #854 #948 (...) (19 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
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| OK, it's time for my annual complaining about the first year of Lego in the USA..... The first Lego sets were sold in the USA in 1961. Most of the parts were produced from a Samsonite plant in Stratford Ontario, with specialty parts coming from (...) (19 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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