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 Posted - April 20 2019 : 5:56:15 PM
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I have said in other posts about how sometimes there are bargains to be had here in the UK.
Here is the contents including all the literature of what I think is a complete LL Cambell's Soup Train Set including the loco, 7 cars, the track, spare couplings and fishplates and the three advertising hoardings, still sealed in a packet labelled Made in Taiwan.... Best of all, not only is the original LL US Transformer included, but someone has bought and included a UK to US voltage and plug adaptor. The only thing missing is the original carton!
It was on ebay for 23GBP which is around $30 USD, but I was the only bidder! OK postage was half as much again, but what the heck. It is all imaculate!
I have often seen these sets on US Ebay, but have always been put off by the price!
I think the most apt description is HAPPY!
James
Edited by - Highwayman97 on April 20 2019 5:59:41 PM
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Posted - April 20 2019 : 6:34:21 PM
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Congratulations!!! Nice find. 
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 Posted - April 21 2019 : 12:26:14 AM
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now you needs the TYCO Campbell's Soup 62 ft boxcar!
out of this set I needs Beans, loco & caboose only
good find
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Posted - April 21 2019 : 11:36:13 AM
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Thanks Guys,
I notice from looking at E-bay that none of the sets advertised or illustrated elsewhere seem to have what I would call a proper train set carton.
This makes me think this must have been a promotional set that you had to send away for. Did you need to collect tokens from the soup cans or similar to get it?
Was it just sent is a plain box of some kind? I have a date of 1982/3 for it, derrived from the enclosed literature, but I can't seem to find the story of the set on the Internet, so if anyone can shed some light on the subject, I would be very grateful.
James
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Posted - April 21 2019 : 6:38:14 PM
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Nice find and purchase! I found a package of the billboards a couple of years ago. I like them...
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Posted - April 22 2019 : 12:29:08 AM
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Major vintage find. A beautiful set! These billboard sets
collect great interest when run at exhibitions. Very
nice! Being a OO afficiando, I, too, spend double the
money on shipping the stuff over here. What is
available in British OO on this side of the pond
is scarce.
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