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1605-2 LEGO Samsonite Wheel Toy Set
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1605-2 LEGO Samsonite Wheel Toy Set
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LEGO 1605-2 Wheel Toy Set was a 178 piece Samsonite set released in 1963. This version of the set was a Sears exclusive in the United States and Canada and could be purchased directly from the Sears catalog. The set came in a cylinder canister.

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605-4 Wheel Toy Set

Theme / Subtheme Samsonite / Basic Set
Year 1963
Pieces 180
Availability Retired
605-4 LEGO Samsonite Wheel Toy Set
Retail $5.95

Sets in Samsonite / Basic Set

615 Samsonite Gift Set

Theme / Subtheme Samsonite / Basic Set
Year 1963
Pieces 615
Availability Retired
615 LEGO Samsonite Gift Set
Retail $14.95
Value $434.61
Growth  +2807.1%
Annual growth 5.7%

450-2 Deluxe Building Set

Theme / Subtheme Samsonite / Basic Set
Year 1963
Pieces 450
Availability Retired
450-2 LEGO Samsonite Deluxe Building Set
Retail $10.95
Value $437.04
Growth  +3891.2%
Annual growth 6.2%

905 Doll Set

Theme / Subtheme Samsonite / Basic Set
Year 1963
Pieces 266
Availability Retired
905 LEGO Samsonite Doll Set
Retail $4.84
Value $509.38
Growth  +10424.4%
Annual growth 7.9%

1905-2 Doll Set

Theme / Subtheme Samsonite / Basic Set
Year 1963
Availability Retired
1905-2 LEGO Samsonite Doll Set
Retail $4.95
Value $447.79
Growth  +8946.3%
Annual growth 7.7%

705-3 Medium Basic Set

Theme / Subtheme Samsonite / Basic Set
Year 1963
Availability Retired
705-3 LEGO Samsonite Medium Basic Set
Retail $4.95
Value $327.99
Growth  +6526.1%
Annual growth 7.1%

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About Samsonite Basic Set

Samsonite was an American manufacturer of LEGO sets which introduced the very first USA LEGO catalog for Christmas of 1961. LEGO and Samsonite created a partnership to produce and sell LEGO in the US. The result was a 9-year license for exclusive North American distribution rights. Samsonite began marketing sets under the name LEGO by Samsonite in the US in 1961 and Canada in 1962.

Basic Set consists of 82 sets that ran from 1961 to 1975. As of today, 080-2 Ambassador Set is the most valuable Basic Set set with an estimated new/factory sealed value of $3,217.
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Build hundreds of toys that really move... boats, scales, revolving windmills... as well as trucks, cars, and everything else on wheels! All plastic blocks and rubber-tire wheels snap together; all fit the blocks of Lego sets sold above. 189 -pc set.

Make movable toys .. a crane, an engine, trucks, trailers, jeep or windmill .. axles and wheels plus interlocking blocks make rolling vehicles possible. Children of all ages find joy in building .. especially with a quality high impact set such as this. Plastic.
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