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1 Gears set Primer  

This album will update the gears set article I did near on 10 years ago. I have found a few more anomolies that beg a few questions to be asked. Did Meccano limited want to launch the Gears "B" outfit in 1954? along with all the other changes in sets and parts,for example .......I will show that this may have been the case later in this gallery.... The gears set, as a standalone product, was 1st seen in 1949 as part of the postwar effort to get meccano products to market, try new products and regain some of what was lost during the war.... It went thru quite a few iterations over its 30 years as an accessory set. No less than 8 Types can be identified as either changes in the contents and/or changes to the packaging. There may be more, but that is all I can come up with at the moment!  

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01-Advertisement for new Gears sets circa 1950
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02-Type 1-The 1st gears set-1949
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03-The set inside
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04-back of stringing card
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05-close up of folds
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06-sides are folded down
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07-gears only set manual is a new thing for meccano
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08-Type 2-new label for 1951-55 period
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09-blue guarantee label inside lid
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10-new label
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11-inside of type 2 set
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12-bottom of set box
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12a-mint early 1950 set
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12b-inside the set
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12c-mint chain packaging
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12d-guarantee label
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12e-underside of card
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12f-date on manual 1949
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12g-remains of the paper wrapping
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12h-identifying label
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12i-price penciled in...
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12j-strange little window on the back
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12k-another paper wrapped A set
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12l-note the little window again
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12m-plain on top
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13-Type 2a-mid 1951?-lettering on card
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14-close look at the #94 packaging
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15-Type 2b-Korean war black period-1952?
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16-close look at black gear
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17-manuals remain the same for type 2 period 1951-55
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Charles      (at 2:04am, Tue 28th Jun, 11)

Your best primer yet, great stuff Greg!


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