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Re: Larger type of old style train wheel?
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:03:21 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Clark Stephens wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote:
> > Just looked at these recent pictures of train set boxes on Brickshelf:
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=116917>
> >
> > Looking at the pictures for 7750:
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1101725>
> > (both inset pictures) and
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1101727>
> > (bottom left picture)
> > These pictures appear to show a larger train wheel, presumably a prototype for
> > the large wheelset shown in the other pictures. There isn't a larger old style
> > train wheel listed on either Bricklink or Peeron.
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> Mark,
> Those train wheels were never released to the public, although they appear in
> lots of vintage photos. They have been mentioned before:
> http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=49892&t=f&v=a
I know about the never released SMALL 12 spoked trainwheels, used in lots of
vintage photos, and discussed several times here. But I have never seen photos
of these LARGE 12 spoked trainwheels before, as seen on the rear of the box from
set 7750. (I never had a 7750, so I have never seen the box up close).
It is known now that LEGO used rare unreleased parts in photos in the sixties
and early seventies, but I haven't seen such being done in the eighties, until
now.
Mark, thanx for bringing this up! This is interesting.
Niels
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