mhuffman
23.02.2010, 19:53

#371 Motorized Truck Set

Over 10 years ago, I posted this on LUGNET:

http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=18305

Which a few people felt that it was maybe a fake or an April's fools joke. Well recently, I managed to picked up a set with box & instructions from an auction web-site... I posted some pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/pho...ets/72157623116680880/

I just wanted to share these pictures with fellow collectors.

Enjoy,
--Mike.


ThomaS
23.02.2010, 20:18

Re: #371 Motorized Truck Set

Hallo Mike,

thanks for the great pictures! The set is in fantastic condition!
Do you know something about the last owner? Did he/she knew that this is an rarity?

» Which a few people felt that it was maybe a fake or an April's fools joke.

Thanks to Billunds LEGO archive this set was already prooved some years ago.

Thanks again for sharing
Thomas


Jojo
23.02.2010, 20:20

Re: #371 Motorized Truck Set

Hello!


» Over 10 years ago

Darn. We are getting old. However, you're all getting older than me, huahuahua!


» Well recently, I managed to picked up a set with box & instructions from
» an auction web-site... I posted some pictures here:
» http://www.flickr.com/pho...ets/72157623116680880/

That's a great find, congratulations. Pitty the battery box is corroded, though.
I remember we used to have the 317-discussion here on 1000steine, too. And I admit I was leaning towards the "it's not original" side. So now I stand corrected.

Thanks for sharing!


Jojo


Conectix
23.02.2010, 23:47

Re: #371 Motorized Truck Set

erinnert mich an Weihnachten 1973. :blink:


mhuffman
24.02.2010, 05:28

Re: #371 Motorized Truck Set

» Hallo Mike,
»
» thanks for the great pictures! The set is in fantastic condition!
» Do you know something about the last owner? Did he/she knew that this is
» an rarity?
»
» » Which a few people felt that it was maybe a fake or an April's fools
» joke.
»
» Thanks to Billunds LEGO archive this set was already prooved some years
» ago.
»
» Thanks again for sharing
» Thomas

You're welcome! Unfortunately, no, I don't know anything about the previous owner. I won it in an on-line auction web-site, sponsored by a thrift store... I'd imagine someone was cleaning out their attic and gave it to their local thrift store.

I've been curious about the LEGO archive; I've wondered in the back of my mind how much of the early Samsonite sets they do/don't have.

--Mike.


mhuffman
24.02.2010, 05:51

Re: #371 Motorized Truck Set

Jojo,

» » Over 10 years ago
»
» Darn. We are getting old. However, you're all getting older than me,
» huahuahua!

I know I'm getting old! What's your secret? ABS injections?

» » Well recently, I managed to picked up a set with box & instructions
» » from an auction web-site... I posted some pictures here:
» » http://www.flickr.com/pho...ets/72157623116680880/
»
» That's a great find, congratulations. Pitty the battery box is corroded,
» though.

Haven't had the time yet, but I'm hoping I can clean it up some, and see if I can
get it operational again. I'll post to Flickr if I get it working again with
video.

» I remember we used to have the 317-discussion here on 1000steine, too. And
» I admit I was leaning towards the "it's not original" side. So now I stand
» corrected.
»
» Thanks for sharing!

You're very welcome!

--Mike


Ben®
24.02.2010, 18:47

Re: #371 Motorized Truck Set

» Over 10 years ago, I posted this on LUGNET:
»
» http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=18305
»
» Which a few people felt that it was maybe a fake or an April's fools joke.

Dear Mike,

thanks for bringing this topic back to our mind! In fact I was doubting on this very set strongly when "someone unknown" brought it to our attention first.

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And I am amazed about the memory of the web. I always had the impression it was lost, but now I recovered my first posting in the German LEGO-Forum ever - rtl and Lugnet had been in use earlier and are luckiely still in operation....

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Thanks for sharing your latest pictures with us + "LEG GODT"


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