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1. Re: 1969 Sears Christmas Catalog Lego Pages

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · December 2017 · Home› Collecting

   @Cyberdragon ..... Well ordinarily I would say 003 Master Mechanic Set.... which has both gears and a motor... but it was not re-released. So his is a difficult question, because I don't always agree with the Samsonite dates in all the online databases.... but my guess would be the fall 1965 releas of the 671 piece... 004…

2. Re: [US] New Discounts at Amazon

   

   Comment by applejuice · November 2013 · Home› Shopping USA/Canada

   Also found on a different forum LEGO Bricks & More Deluxe Brick Box #5508 (704 pieces) $36.99 is currently lower than TRU and Target http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-Deluxe-Brick-pieces/dp/B002UD8P4S

3. Re: FAO SCHWARZ - USA Luxury Toy Store closing their last (famous flagship) Toy Store

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · May 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   OK.... now for something a bit more challenging... time to play LEGO Sherlock Holmes! :) One of the regular USA/Canada Samsonite LEGO sets was called the #004 Master Builder Set. This set was sold in all toy stores in USA and Canada, even in Sears, Eaton's and FAO Schwarz. It was a 671 piece set that was just a large…

4. Re: Auction Pet Peeves

   

   Comment by Istokg · April 2012 · Home› Buying & Selling Topics

   The most absurd price I've ever seen for a LEGO set on Ebay is $7,200. It was for a USA Samsonite #704 Master Discovery Set of 1966. He had a MISB example of this set, and went to the silly trouble of having it "encapsulated" in hard plastic (like rare coins often are). He said it was the highest rated example of that set…

5. Re: Ridiculous eBay Auctions

   

   Comment by Istokg · November 2016 · Home› Buying & Selling Topics

   Any grading service for LEGO is like throwing your money down the toilet. Grading and encapsulation services are fine for rare sports cards (1952 Mickey Mantle Rookie Card) or rare coins (Mint State 66 1893-S Morgan Dollar, 1 known at this condition, none higher). But for LEGO... you are just throwing your money away. I…

6. Re: Having Lego ukg/afa graded

   

   Comment by Istokg · May 2015 · Home› Collecting

   As a former coin collector, grading services are an important part of very rare coins. One of the important features of coin grading services is that it provides a type of "rarity" feature... where the services would return an encapsulated coin with the "Mint State" rating where MS70 is a perfect blemish free coin. MS60 is…

7. Re: 001 Gears?

   

   Comment by Istokg · June 2011 · Home› Collecting

   The 001 Gear Set was released at Christmas 1965... my next door neighbor got it then, and we played with it for many weeks. It was sold by Samsonite (although designed in Denmark). It was sold in the USA from 1965-72, and in Canada from 1965-74. Due to the very long production run, it can be purchased for a reasonable…

8. Re: 001 Gears

   

   

   Comment by Istokg · January 2016 · Home› Collecting

   Yes this Samsonite LEGO set was produced starting in the fall of 1965, and was discontinued in 1970 in the USA, and 1973 in Canada. Even though it was a Samsonite set, it was designed by TLG in Denmark. Here's some images from my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide (computer desktop download)... the chapter on LEGO…

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