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Re: LEGO Wooden Box Sets... least known of all LEGO Sets...
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Date: 
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:45:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:

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Gary Istok

P.S.  Most of these are from Chapter 14 - Wooden Box Sets of my LEGO DVD
download.

As usual, your extensive knowledge of all things LEGO is overwhelming!

I was very fortunate many years ago to acquire a LEGO wooden box on eBay from
Italy--it's a service pack of parts from around '72.  I love it and have
displayed it at many shows.  People are constantly inquiring as to where I got
it.

Keep up the awesome work!

Dave K



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  Re: LEGO Wooden Box Sets... least known of all LEGO Sets...
 
(...) Dave, I'm familiar with that box! ;-) Starting around 1971 TLG started individual parts sales via the retailers (using unsold leftover wooden boxes) on some countries, and via Mail Order in others. Italy and Germany were 2 countries that sold (...) (12 years ago, 15-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)

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  LEGO Wooden Box Sets... least known of all LEGO Sets...
 
It started in 1957... when Axel Thomsen, a friend of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen who owned a doll house making factory in Lerum Sweden started making wooden box sets for LEGO sales in Sweden and Germany, the 2 countries that he was the LEGO Director (...) (12 years ago, 15-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)

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