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 Posted - August 04 2010 : 12:05:43 PM
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 Do not know about these vehicles But they either are or not HO scale
would like to find more of these too  Anyone got any info on The Lindberg Line?
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 12:43:11 PM
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Hey Ben, I used to buy the "Mini Lindys" back in the 70's. They're a cool line of little cars & trucks. I don't know what scale they actually are. I liked the Mail Truck and their semi truck that I did use on my layout back then..
Whatever scale they fall under, my opinion is they are a neat group. Kinda expensive to buy these days if they are new in the box... They are small kits that you have to assemble that come in a small decorated box with picture.
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 6:17:40 PM
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well I got the yellow bus for about $4 & traded the chassis for the Kiddie Kollege bus Yes used to go to one here course it was a preschool
Thanks for the info walty
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 9:02:24 PM
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quote:
As a previous poster said, they're from the '70s. The scale varies, just like Matchbox and Hotwheels, the trucks are closer to HO, the cars are more like S gauge / 1/64th, because of the 3-inch standard size they made all vehicles to back then. I have a Gremlin mini Lindy, cost me $14 and it's partly broken. They are rather sought after, so you won't often get them cheap, except maybe the trucks or damaged examples. The cars are very popular with collectors, and finding mint plastic cars like these is tough. The trucks should be cheaper, though. $4 was a good deal. Search Ebay obviously, mini lindy is a good search term to use.
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 10:18:33 PM
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In the words of Jay Leno; Mini Lindy is a good search term because , THAT"S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED!!
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 10:23:56 PM
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Micro-Ben, Who'd ya buy the Kiddie Kollege bus from, Michael Jackson??
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 10:56:38 PM
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| Cool. I've never seen these, but I'm headed to a garage sale tomorrow morning that's advertising "70's toys" in the paper. One more thing to look for.
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Posted - August 04 2010 : 11:32:49 PM
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I really like these cars & trucks. The only thing bad is (if I remember correctly) you can get some really weird color combos mainly on the trucks. Like gettting a yellow, or red mail truck... etc..
However, a great bunch of cars & truck & memories...
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Posted - August 05 2010 : 01:35:55 AM
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quote:| Micro-Ben, Who'd ya buy the Kiddie Kollege bus from, Michael Jackson?? |
honestly idk Might of gotten the Kiddie Kollege bus sans wheels from the local toy show Not sure but like I said I switched the frame from the yellow bus Cause I wanted my KK bus to have wheels since it didn't originally
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 Posted - August 05 2010 : 05:07:22 AM
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Hi All,
I had not heard of these until the last year or so. I have 2 in good shape and 1 ready for the junk yard. I think they are very nifty little cars. I try to stick to Matchbox cars but every now and then a Linberg, Hot Wheel, Playart, Tootsietoy, Tomica, Lone star, Corgi, Maisto, Yat Ming or other gets in, LOL!
I was going to post pictures, but as usual, it was more of a PAIN than it is worth. Too many hoops to jump thru to get a stupid picture posted.
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Posted - August 05 2010 : 11:02:47 AM
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Was just checking some items on eBay and this had just ended. Not much for a Boxed item. Have seen them go for more I have a few somewhere. I have the greyhound Bus and some other items. Carl
http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-Lindberg-No-13-39-Mini-Lindy-Mail-Truck-Kit-/280541449607?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item415192cd87
Could only find the Greyhound Bus Kit.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/vintageho/20100805143020_Mini Lindy Greyhound Bus.jpg
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 01:01:02 AM
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I like that Mail Truck and when I said expensive, I think $25 may be about top dollar for certain models. That's not really a large amount but considering we used to buy these for 39 cents! The mail truck is small but a neat model...
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 08:52:38 AM
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| SEE why I wants moar of them!?
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 08:55:19 AM
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this is the range i believe ken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Lindy
http://87thscale.info/lindberg.htm
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 4:45:36 PM
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Boy, those bring back memories. We used to vacation at Indian lake the Adirondacks when I was a kid, and the local store had Mini-Lindys, so I bought and built a few of them, like the Ford pickup. I generally wasn't allowed to have glue and paints with me, so the fact that they were snap together was a plus.
Darn, now I have a yen for a sack of Gold Rush Gum.
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 6:26:26 PM
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Here's another picture with more models in it , including the Postal truck. Doesn't show the Gremlin or the AMX, though.
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 6:31:34 PM
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oooo VW microbus van *steals!* Also used to know of a real Chevy van just like that one Was there for years Only this week it disappeared 
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 6:33:20 PM
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Here's the Gremlin, found a pic in my Gremlin folder ( it's huge ). Not my favorite color, yellow, but it's ok.
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Posted - August 06 2010 : 10:57:38 PM
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Yes Microbus the VW is cool. My favorite is the pre 1968, 23 window models. Ebay sold one a while back, gorgeous Ceiling Wax Red & Beige Gray for $58,000.00 I gotta have one in the future...
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