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DRUGGISTS'SERVICE COUNCIL 'HALLOWEEN' GENERAL SET (SPECIAL PROOMOTIONAL SET)
The loco in the 'Halloween' General Set has a unique number (1882) and unique color (black boiler, orange cab) compared to the regular Generals with Red cab and grey boilerThe passenger coach is also a unique number (1885) and color (blue with brown roof)The 1866 baggage was the came as uzed with regular General Sets. The 1877 horse car has unique yellow fencesIt is commonly thought this set was made for Sears, but that is wrong; 6700 were produced for the Druggists's Service Council and distrubuted to er durg stores as a free prize in a promotional drawing at Christmas; hence none were sold to the publicThe set also inlcuded a Plasticville Frontier set which is a log cabin in a uniquie box labeled "lionel frontier set' but otherwise identical to the regular Plasticville 903-1 Frontier Setloco had a 2 position E unit, no smoke or magnetraction; passenger cars were not iluminated,For more details, see Authoritative Guide to Lionel's Promotional Outfits, 1960 - 1969 by John W Schmid,Project Bear Publishing, Winfield Il, 60190; ISBN-13-978-1-933600-03-1 |
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