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Re: 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:58:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> 
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> 1971-79 Legoland Town/Large Model Sets - Numbering System
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
>                            EU/UK/AUS/CAN *            USA *
> Set
> Description                Set #      Year        Set#      Year
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> 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
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> *   - EU = Continental Europe   UK = Britain   AUS = Australia
>       USA = USA    CAN = Canada

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
Crane              #855     #955
Grader             #856     #951
Supplementary Set  #870     #960
Supplementary Set  #871     #961

ROSCO



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  Re: 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
 
(...) You are correct Rosco, that was the result of the Samsonite fiasco. It also affected early Duplo, early Classic Space, early Castle, all the small Town models and basic sets. (All these cross reference tables are in the Lego CD.) One area that (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: 2006 - 45 Years Of Lego in the USA
 
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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)

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