Another golden year for LGB and the Stainz train sets would see 6 new versions of train sets added to their line:
LGB 20150
LGB 20150 - Courtesy of Only Trains |
LGB 20528
This set was made for The Schweiger Toy company, the biggest toy dealer in Nuremberg and still existing today but with a rather small inventory/offer regarding LGB stock. Back in 1985 they were one of the big players in the LGB game and got their own "150 years German Railway Anniversary" train set in a yellow version. There were two set versions, one with a completely black steam chest, the LGB 20528-1
LGB 20528-1 - Courtesy of worthpoint.com |
And the LGB 20528-2 with a golden steam chest - see set in the middle, below:
LGB 20528-2 - Courtesy of worthpoint.com |
This set had an edition for Schweiger of 1,000 and was sold by Schweiger Toys exclusively.
LGB 20531
This was a train set with an LGB 2010 and 2 container cars. The containers were originally white/grey and were custom-labeled for 16 different companies. The editions ran anywhere between 25 and 100 sets per 'special-edition' company. There were the companies that ordered their special LGB 20531 edition:
Abele. Breuninger, Daufth, Hinsche, Eberhardt, Kurtz, Panne, Reimann, Schinacher, Schnabel, Schumann, Schueler, Sindel, Thommes, Zinthaefner. Below are some examples we found:
LGB 20531 Breuninger - Cortesy of Worthpoint |
LGB 20531 ? - Courtesy of liveauctioneers.com |
LGB 20531 Kurtz - Courtsey of grootspoor.com |
LGB 20531 in blue for Schumann Co, advertising a soft drink - Courtesy of lgb-much.de The cars in the upper section do not belong to the LGB 20531 set |
The LGB numbers LGB 20531Y and LGB 20531-Z refer to some of those clients' train sets.
LGB 20532
Another client based set was the LGB 20532 made for the Bundesgartenschau Berlin, (Quote:)"which is a biennial federal horticulture show in Germany. It also covers topics like landscaping. Taking place in different cities, the location changes in a two-year cycle." (Quote end. By Wikipedia)
This set is often misnamed as the orient Express set which it is NOT.
LGB 20532 incomplete, Courtesy of reynaulds.com |
++++++++++++++++++++++ to be continued...