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 Posted - August 07 2007 : 5:34:49 PM
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Here are some pictures of my TYCO light Ups collection.
These are from the 60's-- blinking microwave tower / mercury streetlamps(have blue bulbs in them)
Mobil sign & blinking traffic light
70's era packaging through 1982
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Posted - August 07 2007 : 6:22:15 PM
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Oh cool! I bet those mercury street lights look awesome[:P]. Are they hard to find?
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Posted - August 07 2007 : 7:10:20 PM
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quote:Oh cool! I bet those mercury street lights look awesome[:P]. Are they hard to find?
-cheez
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Yes. A set just sold for over $15.00 (8-7-07) same pkg as mine. These were available also until about 1982 in the brown / white pkg
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Posted - August 07 2007 : 10:00:54 PM
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| Cool...you just helped me identify a mercury streetlamp that I have in a junk box I got at last weekend's swap meet[;)]...AND a stop light casting I just tossed out.[V]
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Posted - August 08 2007 : 12:49:06 PM
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Those TYCO Lighted Accessories certainly seem to hot numbers recently on eBay...especially in carded new condition. Am always still surprised at what I see them go for at times.
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Posted - August 11 2007 : 3:34:56 PM
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Wow! I have a bunch of mercury streetlights that someone gave me loose in a junk box. Wasn't sure who made them.
Unfortunately the only "mint carded" Tyco light-up stuff I have, is this:
Will those work with the others shown above? Even the brown-cards, or just the 60's stuff?
I do have some "unopened on crappy card" A&P Grocery signs, made by Life-Like.
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Posted - August 12 2007 : 10:17:41 AM
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What I find amazing (at last to me) is this.
In the picture that Brianstyco posted of the 70s brown card stuff
there is a item to the right of a 4 light floodlight tower.
That tower is a dead on match for a O gauge version that is currently
offered by MTH The O version is just larger.
I wonder if Tyco made the HO version originally (or was it subbed out)
and they just packaged it.
One thing for sure MTH copied it from someone.
Bob
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Posted - February 19 2009 : 7:12:10 PM
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quote:My Tyco Fluorescent lights. 
Originally posted by walt-February 19 2009: 7:07:41 PM
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Wow. 
If those are still going for $15 packaged, you have a little under $650 worth of Tyco lights there.  
    
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Posted - February 19 2009 : 7:12:45 PM
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Tyco Blinking Traffic Light Ups. The paper with number 17 is to remind me what box they are out of. 
Walt
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Posted - February 19 2009 : 7:17:05 PM
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A few other Tyco Light Ups I have
Walt
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Posted - February 19 2009 : 7:32:29 PM
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Tyco Rare ESSO sign, First Series Billboard. I got all 3 of these items in the same Ebay auction.
Walt
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 Posted - February 19 2009 : 10:08:49 PM
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It took quite sometime & $$$ to get all of these!
Originally posted by walt-February 19 2009: 7:07:41 PM
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Wow.
If those are still going for $15 packaged, you have a little under $650 worth of Tyco lights there.
Originally posted by MM 1498-February 19 2009: 7:12:10 PM
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Posted - February 19 2009 : 11:55:47 PM
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I remember those Tyco-town mercury streetlamps. I had them on my first layout. IIRC, the bulbs didn't last too long on my MRC Throttlepack.
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 Posted - February 20 2009 : 12:09:21 AM
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Hey Nelson! I wonder about bulb life on my Fluorescent Lights. I dont know of any "long bulb' replacements. The good thing about the Mercury poles is about any small bulb will work for replacement!
quote:I remember those Tyco-town mercury streetlamps. I had them on my first layout. IIRC, the bulbs didn't last too long on my MRC Throttlepack.
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Posted - February 20 2009 : 01:23:28 AM
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The key is to run the lights at below their rated voltage. I don't remember if I had those streetlights on the 16V AC or 12V DC outputs, but whichever it was they were too bright. It's much better to use a wall wart or an old trainset transformer so you can adjust the brightness. They'll last a lot longer that way.
I know I replaced those bulbs, but they didn't have the blue coating that gave them that cool mercury vapor look.
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Posted - February 20 2009 : 01:41:53 AM
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I have noticed, on some of the Brown/white packaged Mercury lights thru the 70s... Did not have the blue film on the bulbs.. They were just a clear bulb..
quote:The key is to run the lights at below their rated voltage. I don't remember if I had those streetlights on the 16V AC or 12V DC outputs, but whichever it was they were too bright. It's much better to use a wall wart or an old trainset transformer so you can adjust the brightness. They'll last a lot longer that way.
I know I replaced those bulbs, but they didn't have the blue coating that gave them that cool mercury vapor look.
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Posted - March 27 2009 : 11:28:46 PM
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neato collection!  I think that Esso signs would look good on the Esso gas station dunno if there was a Mobil station tho 
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Posted - March 27 2009 : 11:55:56 PM
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Hey Ben The Tyco esso sign doesn't show up on Ebay very often. I don't think it is in many Tyco catalogs if I'm right. Seems like a really early item that may have been discontinued.
I bought that sign, to go along with the Life-Like ESSO gas station that also is not on ebay very often.... I havn't bought the Station yet...
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 10:18:59 AM
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Walt--wow--nice collection of Tyco lights
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 11:37:32 AM
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I remember having the Mobile sign as a kid and it melting from running it on the Accessory terminals of my power pack..
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 2:29:49 PM
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| Thanks Brian!
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Posted - March 28 2009 : 8:31:19 PM
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| buy some O scale lightups such as Exxon or some gas company & use them for Highway signs You know how TALL the real ones are along the Interstates!
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 5:11:42 PM
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Theres a Tyco Blinking Traffic Light on ebay right now for one more day.
auction # 160335505104
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 6:38:05 PM
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*still wants some lightups*  well IF I find a neato O scale Lightup will post it
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 1:16:49 PM
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NOS on older card Tyco A&P light up pole on Ebay. Auction #260414615819...
Walt
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Posted - July 30 2010 : 11:44:28 PM
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Revised an older posting tonight, Sept 29-10 -- I won these two packs on ebay #160463680790 a couple nights ago. I wanted to have 100 of these light poles. Before these two I had 42 cards and 10 loose. Last night I tested the 10 loose and found one that did not work. So I have 97 working lights and need 3 more, or a couple of blister packs.. 
Walt
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Posted - September 29 2010 : 10:44:15 PM
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| Walt - Awesome collection - and wow
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Posted - September 29 2010 : 11:07:36 PM
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That is a huge batch of streetlamps, Walt. So did you buy them to use them, or do want to keep them as collectibles?
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Posted - September 29 2010 : 11:21:24 PM
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| *still wants a few*
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Posted - September 30 2010 : 12:28:55 AM
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Brian, Thank You!
Nelson, Yes, these were purchased to be used along a large section of 4 lane slot car track on both sides of the highway. I'm not certain exactly how many I will use but I figured some extras will be needed...
Microbusss, I believe your middle name should be "I wants"
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Posted - October 02 2010 : 08:16:43 AM
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| Very, very impressive collection!
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Posted - October 02 2010 : 7:38:35 PM
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Thanks, Coach!
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 Posted - November 05 2021 : 9:15:19 PM
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Brings back memories.
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Posted - November 06 2021 : 02:14:48 AM
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| I love the Tyco and Life-Like light ups. Still buy the Tyco Fluorescent poles when reasonably priced on ebay, which lately they have been priced at extremely crazy prices... I have 86 Tyco fluorescent poles on my layout and just about as many extra replacement poles.
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Posted - November 06 2021 : 09:32:07 AM
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But are they selling at extremely crazy prices? Or are they sellers
just trying to gouge?
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