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I seen one of these selling on e-bay, but was amazed how high it went for. I went for almost $100. This is a truly rare set, and I wish I had bought it when I was younger. I remember the toy store that sold it...at the local shopping mall, very (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) just wanted to follow up on this post, since no one has responded to it. I am not currently interested in purchasing it in the near future, may be in 6 months or so, when some of the sets I really want...(like finishing up the 9V train series, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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I have just received a MISB copy of set 1656 from a seller in The Netherlands. Be prepared to pay 70 plus for a great set that never made it to this part of the world back in 1991. Grahame (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Where are you from Grahame??? I saw the (actually a whole bunch of this) set on the shelves in the local toy store where I lived when I was growing up...(St. Catharines, ONT) they had a whole bunch....what happened to them all is a good (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Grahame's from New Zealand as I am. I also have a 1656. I got it MISB from overseas and made it up. But I can't remember who from, when, if it was a trade or what? Allan (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's cool, and explains the limited number of sets in that particular region...but still doesn't explain the striking non-availability of the set (and also the old bank). I remember plain as day when I was younger (13 or 14) seeing those (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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