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Re: What is the rarest Lego Train set?
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Date: 
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:29:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
In lugnet.trains, Brendan Coughlin writes:
Hi there!  I have never posted on the Train part but I was just curious, what
is the rarest Train set out there?  Can someone please e-mail me what they
think?  Thanks a lot.  :-)

Brendan
Duck360198@aol.com


Rarest train sets (my opinion a s a collector)

118
119
722
116
113
167
7750
7760
7730
7740
..
4564
...
4547
..
4558

As you may see: the older the set is, the harder to find. And of course it's
the market: 4558 has been sold worldwide in a big amount: so it's easy to get
(ok, needs some bucks). But try to find a 119, a 722, a 113 set: that's hardly
to get.

Regards,

Ben

Ben, don't you have some even rarer sets?

You know, very old ones that not even Lego knew about back in the 1960s?

All joking aside, the rarety of a set does not represent it's worth, either as
a model or as a desirable set - hence the 4558, plenty about, not rare in real
terms, not even as 'realistic' as some of the 12v sets....but everybody wants
one.

Including me!

(As suggested elsewhere, a tankful of petrol is a fair price).

Jon



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: What is the rarest Lego Train set?
 
Hi, It is not unusual to find some of these older sets, especially partial sets. But to find a working 118 with the whistle, is in my opinion, the hardest and rarest one to find as well as the 139a which was the electronic unit only. I wish to find (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: What is the rarest Lego Train set?
 
I can't speak to the 4.5V sets, but having watched 12V sets being sold on Ebay for awhile (US and Europe), I'd definitely rate the 7810 locomotive and the 7727 cargo train as being rarer than the 7740. I think the 7740 is somewhat like the 4558 in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: What is the rarest Lego Train set?
 
(...) Rarest train sets (my opinion a s a collector) 118 119 722 116 113 167 7750 7760 7730 7740 .. 4564 ... 4547 .. 4558 As you may see: the older the set is, the harder to find. And of course it's the market: 4558 has been sold worldwide in a big (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)

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