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Bricklink does have these street lamps, but under the "Other" heading:
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=bb44
Here's everything you ever wanted to know about the old street lamps (and then
some!). This is a cut paste of my soon to be released Lego CD subchapter on
Lego Streetlights (1957-72).
Enjoy!
Gary Istok
32.3 Lego Streetlights (1957-72).
Lego streetlights or streetlamps were first produced in 1957, as part of the
Town Plan system. They came in spare parts pack #1233 in Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and Iceland. That same year they also came in spare parts pack #233 in
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, and Portugal. In 1958 all countries
started using the #233 parts pack number until 1965. These were produced
starting in 1960 in Britain, starting in 1961 in USA, and starting in 1962 in
Canada and Australia.
The first Lego streetlights had a zigzag girder look to them, reminiscent of the
Eiffel Tower. These streetlights came in a shiny painted silver finish. They
had a rectangular tapered base, a zigzag girder pole, and small angled neck with
a small lamp.
From 1957-58 the earliest streetlights had a flat bottom without a Lego logo.
Starting in 1959, all future zigzag streetlights had an indented bottom with the
Lego logo in the dog bone font. These were produced until 1962 in Britain,
until 1965 in continental Europe, until 1966 in USA, and until 1967 in Canada,
the last year they were sold. They were re-introduced in Britain and Australia
again from 1966-67, probably to use up the remaining inventory of continental
European streetlights.
When Lego first came to Britain in 1960, they used the same street lights as the
rest of Europe. However in 1962 Britain and Australia started selling an
entirely different style of streetlight than the rest of the Lego world. These
had a silver paint finish (similar to the earlier ones), with a broad rounded
square base (that attached 2x2 to baseplates), a smooth pole, a curved top, and
a rectangular hanging lamp. These British/Australian style street lamps were
produced from 1963-65.
As already mentioned, the remaining inventory of continental European
streetlights was sold in Britain and Australia from 1966-67. In 1967, with the
continental streetlight supply exhausted, they started producing the
Britain/Australia style again, but this time unpainted in a gray plastic color.
These were only sold in spare parts pack #433 until 1972, when they too were
retired.
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Lego Streetlight Varieties (1957-72)
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1) Silver Girder Streetlight with flat bottom.
Sold: 1957-58 - Northern Europe in #1233, #1307.
1957-58 - Central Europe in #233, #307.
2) Silver Girder Streetlight with indented bottom & dog bone Lego logo.
Sold: 1959-65 - Continental Europe in #233, ##307, #810.
1960-62 - Britain in #233, #307, #810.
1966-67 - Britain in #433, #810.
1961-66 - USA in #233, #725.
1966-67 - Australia in #433, #810.
1962-65 - Canada in #233, #725.
1966-67 - Canada in #432.
3) Curved Top Silver British Streetlight.
Sold: 1962-65 - Britain in #233, #810.
1962-65 - Australia in #233, #810.
4) Curved Top Gray British Streetlight.
Sold: 1967-72 - Britain in #433.
1967-72 - Australia in #433.
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Town Plan Sets with Streetlights:
Besides spare parts packs, there were only a few sets that had streetlights.
One was the (1961-67) Town Plan sets #810/#725, which each had one. These were
also found in model set #307/#1307, the Volkswagen car dealership (continental
Europe, Britain and Australia only, from 1957-62). The #307/#1307 set had 2 of
these streetlights. And some of the 1957-65 continental European wooden box
sets may have had one streetlight.
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Lego Streetlight Spare Parts Packs - EU/UK/AUS/USA/CAN (1957-72).
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Pack# Years Location Sold * Description
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#1233 1957-58 Northern Europe 4 Streetlights
#233 1957-58 Central Europe 4 Streetlights
#233 1958-65 EU 4 Streetlights
#233 1960-62 UK 4 Streetlights
#233 1961-66 USA 9 Streetlights
#233 1962-65 CAN 9 Streetlights
#233 1962-65 UK/AUS 6 Streetlights
#432 1966-68 CAN 9 Streetlights +
#433 1966-72 UK/AUS 6 Streetlights
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* - EU = Continental Europe UK = Britain AUS = Australia USA = USA
CAN = Canada Northern Europe = Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland.
Central Europe = Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and
distant Portugal.
+ - Canadian #432 set contained streetlights and road signs.
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All 1950’s and 1960’s streetlight varieties had a thin neck and lamp. This made
them very fragile. Today many of these streetlights exist with the neck/lamp
broken off. Beware of glued replacements.
TLG also produced a prototype to this streetlight that was never sold to the
public. That version had the lamp portion pointing toward the base of the
streetlight, whereas the production version had the lamp pointing away from the
base of the streetlight. These prototypes were only ever seen on the cover of
the USA/Canada #725 Town Plan set and USA/Canada #246 Town Plan board (same
picture).
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| (...) Do you mean the 'Streetlight Old' (URL) ? I have four of those, still intact, from my childhood, although the cars are long gone. I have no idea if they are worth anything, there are no (obvious) on sale at BrickLink. (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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