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Re: Set #1601 "Schmidt & Co"
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Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:34:16 GMT
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I saw a set #1601 for sale a while back. At the time, I wondered about
it, and asked for info on RTL - and got one reply - I made a post asking for
pictures of it, but nobody replied. I do appreciate your post of the
description - thanks! Would it be possible to make a color photocopies of
the instructions (at my expense)? I could scan those in, and I would love
to have at least that at this point. Here is my posts about it and the
reply I got.
Reply and post #1:
I have no info on this one in my set database. I suspect it is either a
promotional or limited release set. Would you be able to get a picture of
the
set?Grahame Reid
> <John D wrote:>
> I can not find anything regarding this old set on any Lego reference
> sites. It is set number 1601 (no name) and has a trolley and overpass. • Is
> this a promotional set only available for a short time in one place? I • can
> not find a date, but I guess late 70s early 80s. Can anyone help shed • some
> light on this for me? Thanks, John
Post #2:
A rough translation of the name for 1601 is "Expedition center" for
those adding to databases, and the year is approximately 1980. Its a non-US
set, and I am not sure what countries it was available in, although I
suspect Germany and Denmark. More news coming soon.
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Dirk Niermann wrote in message ...
> I´ve got the instructions of set #1601 from 1976, a rather big set, but I • never
> heard about before. Neither it is mentioned in any german catalogs of this • time
> nor could I find a picture or other information on the net. Maybe it is a
> promotional set as the number indicates.
>
> Unfortunately I don´t have the equipment to scan the instructions and put • it on
> the net, so I try to describe the set as good as I can.
>
> It is a complete factory or haulage company with office, garage, industrial
> chimney, manufacturing hall or warehouse with overhead crane, goods, truck • and
> workers.
>
> It is build on a green 24x32-baseplate with white marked studs indicating • the
> positions of the walls.
>
> The company´s building has yellow 1x-walls made of basic bricks and a one • brick
> high black pedestal. Even the back has a wall.
>
> The building is divided up in three parts with different altitude. The • right
> part is a garage, entrance with two red 4x6-doors (like castle #375) to the
> right, and two open "romanic" windows (with arches) to front- and backside.
> On front of the black flat roof of the garage there is a red 1x6-brick. • This
> brick has a red sticker with the company´s name "Schmidt & Co" in white
> letters.
>
> The center part of the building is a two-storied office with red windows • and a
> staircase in front of the main entrance on the ground floor. The main • entrance
> is a partial transparent red door with knob and a red door frame. Like the
> garage the office has a black flat roof. A tall yellow industrial smoke • stack
> with a black 2x2-brick on top is in a corner of this roof.
>
> The left part of the building is a manufacturing hall. A black loading ramp • in
> front leads to an entrance with two red 3x4-doors. The left wall has two
> romanic windows, the back a 5x5-opening. The hall has a black flat roof, • too.
>
> On top of the factory building two blue rails are connected side by side on • a
> yellow beam forming a railway for a huge blue overhead crane construction. • The
> corrosponding left crane railway is build on the baseplate beside the • building.
> The black crane carriage runs underneath another pair of rails, forming the • top
> of a portal construction. So the crane is moveable in two dimensions like a
> x-y-plotter and the cranes hook in three dimensions.
>
> There are also goods you can move with the help of the crane from the • loading
> ramp to a truck or somewhere else on the factory site. The red truck has
> another two "Schmidt & Co" stickers on it. The set also comes with two • workers,
> blue faceless and limbless minifigs with black peaked caps.
>
> I like the set very much for its many details and the "industrial-style"
> architecture which is quite unusual for town-sets and see it in a line with • the
> slightly older wonderful #360 gravel works or #351 loader hopper. I • remember
> functionality and playability of these sets were great and we loved them • even
> without minifigs. To my regret today town sets with "industrial themes" are • no
> longer part of the product range.
>
> I picked up the instructions in Bremen, Germany. Currently I ´m looking to • find
> the missing pieces with stickers and the baseplate.
> If anyone has red 1x6-bricks with "Schmidt & Co" stickers for trade, please • let
> me know. Any further information about this set would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Dirk
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| Hi John, thank you for the info. I´m in contact with some german collectors of old (pre 1980) lego and second-hand lego dealers, but no one had an idea of this set. Some have asked me about a color photocopy, so I will do some copies soon and sent (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Set #1601 "Schmidt & Co"
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| I´ve got the instructions of set #1601 from 1976, a rather big set, but I never heard about before. Neither it is mentioned in any german catalogs of this time nor could I find a picture or other information on the net. Maybe it is a promotional set (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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