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Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:24:28 GMT
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Hi Gary,
1119 was also useful for building train set 133.
Mark H.
Gary Istok wrote:
> It's been a dull week on the net.......
> Someone recently asked me which service/parts pack was the most
> valuable. I had to really think about that one for a while.
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> I guess "rarest" and "most valuable" service packs can mean 2 different
> things.
>
> Now for a trivia question, what would be considered to be the most
> valuable service pack? (There surely will be many answers).
>
> I have 2 candidates for this honor in my collection.
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> One of the candidates is the very obscure 1977 #1119 polybag pack (never
> available in North America), which although technically is for a train
> locomotive, is actually for a model builder set (or could be used for
> that purpose). Any of you who are familiar with the 1975 Thatcher
> Perkins Locomotive #396 (one of my favorite sets) would recognize set
> #1119 as the "rod and piston" (not sure if this is correct train
> terminology) parts pack. This pack has the 6 parts unique to this set.
> I was lucky to find a hoard of these in Germany in the 1980's, and sold
> most of them off over the years. With the Thatcher Perkins going for
> over $350 in auction, this parts pack becomes even more valuable,
> because it enables you to build a Thatcher Perkins without owning the
> set. All other pieces are available elsewhere. (Only the stickers are
> missing). The last one I sold of these was for $50, and that was not at
> auction!
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> There are other candidates for most valuable parts packs. (Hint:
> Samsonite made US parts packs with more contents (they had larger boxes)
> than their European counterparts.)
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> Maybe there are some rare and desireable packs in the train system.
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> Any other guesses?
>
> Gary Istok
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