The first ever Lego minifigs
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So, onwards we go, next stop is Lego's first ever minifigures (or so we were about to find out).
Included in the collection were nine small plastic figurines, that until we looked into the contents of the Town Plan Set #810, we assumed were toys from another toy company. We have three male cyclists, two male motorcyclists with sidecars, two female scooter riders and two male motorcyclists.
Left to right: Motorcyclist with sidecar, Scooter, Motorcyclist and the Cyclist.
Opposite view, left to right: Motorcyclist with sidecar, Scooter, Motorcyclist and Cyclist.
Motorcyclist
Motorcyclist with sidecar
Scooter
The original Town Plan Set contained four minifigs; one of each of the cyclist, scooter, motorcyclist and motorcyclist with sidecar, so where did the others come from?
Most likely they were purchased as a separate pack.
This is how the minifigures were packaged when purchased as an additional box set (#270). (image courtesy http://bricksetforum.com/).
Further research informed us there were eight different types of vehicles shapes manufactured in the late 1950s/early 1960s:
Motorcycle - Touring (left) & Motorcycle - Racing (right).
Scooter (left) & Scooter - Touring (right).
Motorcycle with Sidecar Long - Touring (left) & Motorcycle with Sidecar Long - Racing (right)
Bicycle - Racing (left) & Bicycle - Touring (right)
The figurines were painted by hand and as a result there are many variations on colours, but only ever on the same eight different shapes.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Bicycle - Touring minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Bicycle - Racing minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Motorcycle - Touring minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Motorcycle - Racing minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Scooter minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Scooter - Touring minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Motorcycle with Sidecar Long - Racing minifig.
Examples of different paint configurations of the HO scale Motorcycle with Sidecar Long - Touring minifig.
Still in the HO scale, the collection had three police figurines, a set of traffic lights and a street lamp. This was not part of the Town Plan set but a stand-alone set (No. 271) from the late 1950s/early 1960s. It contained four policemen, the traffic lights and traffic island/lamp. Our set appears to be missing one of the policemen. These were not part of the Town Plan set and only available as a seperate set.
Left to right: Street lamp, Traffic lights and policeman in three different poses. it appears we're missing one of the figurine styles.
Stand-alone set #271 from the late 1950s/early 1960s.
Set 271 packaging.
POSTSCRIPT #1
In April, 2018 we purchased up a few different styles of the mini-figures from the Sydney Brick Show:
HO Scale, Motorcycle - Racing minifig
HO Scale, Motorcycle - Touring minifig
HO Scale, Scooter minifig
HO Scale, Scooter minifig
HO Scale, Scooter - Touring minifig
Our different varieties of motorcycle minifigs in our collection, 1 Touring and 3 Racing styles.
Our different varieties of scooter minifigs in our collection, one Touring and three basic (Scooter) styles.
In total we have 15 Motorcycle and Scooter minifigs in 10 different varieties in our collection.
CONFIRMED IN THE COLLECTION:
1. Basic Building Set #040
2. Town Plan Set #810
3. Cars included as part of the Town Plan set #810 plus additional cars purchased individually
4. Trucks included as part of the Town Plan set #810 plus additional trucks purchased individually
5. Minifigs - Policemen and accessories (included in the Town Plan Set #810)
6. Minifigs - Cyclists and motorcyclists #270 (x2 extra sets plus additional minifigs purchased individually)
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