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Re: 1960's LEGO Parts Packs
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Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:36:25 GMT
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http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=177349012
Gary Istok wrote:
> There is a wonderful assortment of 24 Samsonite LEGO Parts Packs on
> EBAY, whose auction ended today. It went for a whopping $810 (rather
> pricey, I would say).
>
> I bring it to everyones attention to show you all what they look like.
> The pictures on the boxes (4 different) are but a subset of the
> different 1960's box designs. In my own collection I have 14 different
> parts pack box designs (including the 3 different European Architectural
> parts packs) from this 1958-65 era (1961-65 for Samsonite).
>
> The Samsonite LEGO parts pack boxes were about twice the size of the
> European versions, and usually contained a few more pieces (example: the
> 2x2 brick boxes had 20 pieces in Europe parts packs, and 33 in the
> Samsonite parts packs).
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> The survival rate of the European boxes was greater than the Samsonite
> ones. Even though these specific designs were discontinued by LEGO in
> the mid 1960's, in Europe you could still find these well into the
> 1990's (in small town toystores), while in the USA, they were gone from
> toy store shelves by the end of the 1960's.
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> Among these in the EBAY auction is one of the most valuable parts packs
> of all -- the Esso Service gas pumps and signs (2 of each of these in
> the Samsonite version, one of each of these in the European version).
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> I find it interesting to note that the old style (50's & 60's) flat
> trees and bushes were different in the European parts packs as opposed
> to the USA parts packs. The European version had 5 different trees and
> one bush style. Here in the USA they had only 1 tree type (pine) and
> the one bush style. And these didn't have the branches painted brown
> (whereas the European ones did). That explains some of the mystery of
> my childhood LEGO flat trees and bushes. I must have gotten Trees &
> Bushes parts packs from both Europe and USA, hence the differences.
>
> Anyway, these sets are a great reminder of some of the wonderful LEGO
> Art that was produced in vibrant colors in the early 1960's. This is a
> big switch from the rather bland sets that came in the late 1960's to
> the present day polybags.
>
> LEGO reused a lot of their pictures over and over again in different
> sets and parts packs of the late 50's and early 60's. But with the
> pleasing quality of the final product, one can hardly find fault in them
> doing so.
>
> Gary Istok
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