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1. Re: STEAM 2017 (Oct 7-8th, UK)

   

   

   Comment by cheshirecat · October 2017 · Home› Community and Events

   ^^ sure although the lights are spoiling it slightly. 396 baseplates. 101,376 bricks.

2. Re: More "Monumental" Windows for sale (Great Condition Classic Windows)

   

   Comment by Istokg · December 2011 · Home› Marketplace

   You mean like the addition of 4 additional near mint red spoked wheels (390+396) to augment the 396 (that uses the 1119 rod/piston set), and the addition of a scarce single black locomotive wheel used at the front of a 396? OK... P.S. Back in the 1980s I used to plunder the toy stores of Germany when visiting relatives…

3. Re: 396-2 NY World Fair promo

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · June 2021 · Home› Collecting

   Here is the only known (so far) large New York 1964-65 World's Fair 397 set. I know they have the 395 and 396 Fair sets mentioned in the Billund LEGO Archives, but I need to find out if the 397 set is mentioned there as well. I was not made aware of this set by the Archive folks several years ago. The front of the box...…

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4. Free Thatcher Perkins Locomotive model parts with orders...

   

   Discussion by Istokg · February 2012 · Home› Marketplace

   I'm having a Bricklink store sale... $50 in orders gets either a set of 1970s mint large and small spoked wheels (enough for the 396 Thatcher Perkins Locomotive).... or a #1119 Rod and Piston Service Pack used in the #396 Thatcher Perkins. A $100 order gets both. Note: only have 1 rod/piston set, but 3 sets of the spoked…

5. Re: Which sets make for nice pieces of art? best for display?

   

   Comment by Istokg · January 2012 · Home› Collecting

   This was an easy question for me... the only LEGO item I display as art.... the 396 Thatcher Perkins... a true classic (both historically and LEGO wise)...

6. Selling Legendary 396 Thatcher Perkins Locomotive Hobby Set "Parts Pack" with Rare Items

   

   Discussion by Istokg · July 2011 · Home› Marketplace

   I've sold 3 of these on Bricklink in the last 2 weeks and have 1 left over... I call it the 396 Thatcher Perkins "Parts Pack".... which contains (all Mint with 1 exception).... the main rare parts for building this very beautiful Hobby set of the 1970s. Ironically this USA 19th century locomotive model was never sold in…

7. Re: LEGO Promotional Sets you've probably never heard of...

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · February 2021 · Home› Collecting

   TLG only ever made promotional LEGO sets for one World's Fair... the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Here is the Danish Pavilion at the fair, where 2 special LEGO sets were sold. The 2 unique LEGO sets (with a handle for easy carrying around the fair) were... The small #395 Set... And the large #396 Set... Based on the…

8. Re: Favourite set on display

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · October 2018 · Home› Collecting

   For me it was the mid 1970s #396 THATCHER PERKINS locomotive Hobby set. It had always sparked interest from non collectors, and was build of just bricks, slopes and plates... none of all the newer fancy parts...

9. Re: Odyssey No.918

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · June 2020 · Home› Collecting

   Very impressive!!! I love it... I once was going to make a European version of the 396 Thatcher Perkins hobby set... European in that it didn't have a "cow catcher" up front, and use different colors (green and orange). I always wondered about the 390-398 Hobby sets... and what the 397 would have been, had TLG ever…

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10. Re: What's your favorite LEGO set?

    

    Comment by Istokg · April 2011 · Home› Collecting

    Without a doubt, it would be the 396 Thatcher Perkins Locomotive Set, one of the (surprisingly) unpopular Hobby Sets of the 1970s. It was sold everywhere, except USA and Canada. It's the ONLY Lego set that I have on continuous display at my house, keeping it on a bookshelf.

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