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Re: LEGO Set Variations....
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Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:41:17 GMT
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One of my favorite LEGO sets of all time was the 1956-65 Esso Service Station.
This set was produced in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1956-58 using the 1310
set number, before switching to the 310 set number in 1958. It started
production in other continental countries in 1957 under the 310 set number. It
was introduced in Germany in late 1957, and unlike the sets of other countries
(which had an "ESSO SERVICE" 1x8 printed brick), the 310 set had a 1x8 "ESSO
WAGENFLEGE" printed brick.
Shown here are early LEGO Esso Service Station boxes for Denmark, Germany and
Sweden. It is interesting to note that the same artwork was used in all 3
boxes... but the color or printed brick were different. Also, the German box
was likely sold in Austria as well starting in late 1957.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82930629@N08/8420980904/sizes/l/in/photostream/
The only other country that had a different printed Esso brick was Finland...
which had a rare "ESSO HUOLTO" 1x8 printed brick. All other countries either
had the German or International printed brick.
These are only 3 of 6 box designs for the Esso Service set. There was an
earlier and 2 later box designs that were much different.
Cheers,
Gary Istok
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| LEGO stickers were introduced in circa 1972. Prior to that LEGO sets would have printed bricks... mostly in the 1x6 and 1x8 sizes. However with the advent of stickers, the printed bricks became much less used in LEGO sets, thus saving a lot of money (...) (12 years ago, 28-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| TLG could have made life easier for collectors... but there must be a little bit of Sadistic nature in their mindset... ;) Over the years they've produced a mind boggling amount of changes to so many sets. Sometimes it was a design changes, or in (...) (12 years ago, 24-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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