Vintage set of the week: Conveyor Station
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 545 Conveyor Station, released during 1973. It's one of 28 LEGOLAND sets produced that year. It contains 173 pieces.
It's owned by 108 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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That's one big specialized part... Too juniorized for me!
I don't think I want someone dumping bags of clubs into my golf cart from that height...especially if I'm in it!
@MCLegoboy said:
"That's one big specialized part... Too juniorized for me!"
Except its not one part, its a lot of parts making that conveyor... My buddy has one of the sets with the red version of that Conveyor, I was envious.. Until BL and I could get my own parts to build one of those!
@VintageDude said:
"An absolutely lovely set!
I own the European Version from 1971,
351-1 Loader Hopper with Truck.
Those conveyor belts look amazing!
A good set to end the year wirh.
Happy New Year!"
BL seems to include a granular tree for this set’s main picture. Something is fishy.
I remember good old grandma finding this for me at a yard sale and bringing it home (well, to be fair, that was 37+ years ago, so it could have been one of the handful of other, similar, sets)
@MeisterDad said:
" @VintageDude said:
"An absolutely lovely set!
I own the European Version from 1971,
351-1 Loader Hopper with Truck.
Those conveyor belts look amazing!
A good set to end the year wirh.
Happy New Year!"
BL seems to include a granular tree for this set’s main picture. Something is fishy."
Yes, BL photos are quite often inaccurate. e.g. 347-1 picture is missing the tree and 345-1 is missing a macaroni brick from the end of the fence. They appear to be from catalogues for retailers, with comments like 'Packed 4 per carton', rather than customer catalogues.
This was my very first set. I got it for my sixth birthday in 1972, so 50 years ago this year.
Till that day I didn't even know what Lego was. I loved it and got many more sets until my last set in 1980 set 8860 . Then the dark ages started.
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"why does remind me of model railroading?"
A similar type of conveyor station was often used to load coal into the coal tender wagon behind a steam locomotive, so I'm sure a number of model railroads have one.
An upscaled version of this build would be perfect for a layout that has the Emerald Night!
Just crying out to be Powered Up!
That belt actually works I guess? So cool.
@VintageDude said:
" @sjr60 said:
"Just crying out to be Powered Up!"
Or, even better: Power Functions!
That can't be done with these older conveyor belts"
Anything's possible with an angle grinder and a blow lamp!
"Back in my day, we didn't have specialized parts."
@cluening said:
""Back in my day, we didn't have specialized parts.""
Back in my day, there were only a few specialized parts in a given set, and I treasured them for their uniqueness and in the way they spiced up the LEGO brick model. Nowadays, it seems like every set is mostly specialized parts, and the basic bricks/plates are now the minority...