HERE I AM OFFERING UP ONE OF MY VINTAGE, SCHUCO VARIANTO BEGINNER SETS NR. 3010/0. THIS TIN CLOCKWORK (MECHANICAL) 3041 LIMO (SEDAN) IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL USUSED ACCESSORIES TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1 - SCHUCO CLOCKWORK RED 3041 LIMO (SEDAN),
1 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO BLACK KEY (WRAPPED IN TISSUE),
1 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO 3010/4 STEERING CABLE (BAGGED),
1 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO 3010/25 DRIVEWAY WITH INTERSECTION,
2 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO 3010/23 FEED IN JUNCTION RIGHT,
2 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO 3010/5 MOVEABLE GUIDE WIRES (WITH 1
SLEEVE),
2 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO 3010/7 GUIDE WIRE CONNECTOR TUBES,
1 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO 3010/3 TIN TUNNEL,
1 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO BOX 3010/0,
1 - ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR 3010/0 TRACK LAY-OUTS AND
1 - ORIGINAL SCHUCO VEHICLE INSTRUCTIONS SHEET
THE ORIGINAL BOX, THE ORIGINAL 3010/0 INSTRUCTIONS, THE 3041 LIMO AND VARIOUS OTHER PIECES ARE ALL HALLMARKED "MADE IN US ZONE OF GERMANY" (THIS EXISTED BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1945-1949). THE ORIGINAL 3041 INSTRUCTIONS ARE HALLMARKED "MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY". SO THIS SET-UP, I ASSUME WAS RELEASED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE ENDING OF THE US ZONE AND THE STARTING/BEGINNING OF WESTERN GERMANY ... VERY EARLY 1950'S I WOULD SAY.
THE ORIGINAL BOX, AS NOTED ABOVE, IS INCLUDED AND DOES SHOW A FAIR AMOUNT OF SHALF RASHING. BUT, HAS DONE IT'S JOB ADMIRABLY AS THE CONTENTS ARE ALL STILL IN UN-DAMAGED, ORIGINAL AND ALL IN SHOWCASE OVERALL CONDITION/SHAPE.
I WAS RELUCTANT TO LIST THIS AS NOS (NEW OLD STOCK) AS I DO TAKE THIS AREA VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT, ONCE I OPENED UP THE ORIGINAL BOX AND PULLED OUT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES ... NOT ONLY DID IT BRING BACK GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ... IT VERIFIED TO ME THIS 3010/0'S OVERALL CONDITION AS NOS.
I HAVE OWNED THIS 3010/0 SET-UP SINCE NEW. I HAVE A FEW OF THESE IN HOUSE AND I DO RECALL USING ONE (1) OF THE VEHICLES AS A CHILD AND WAS UNSURE AS TO WHICH ONE OF THESE 3010/0'S IT WAS! THIS QUICK INSPECTION CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS NOT THE SET I OPENED AND USED THE 3041 SEDAN AS A CHILD!
I AM THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER OF THIS 3010/0 VARIANTO BEGINNERS SET. THIS HAS BEEN IN MY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION FOR WELL OVER A HALF OF A CENTURY ...... I OWNED THIS SET-UP DECADES PRIOR TO EVEN THINKING ABOUT COLLECTING ANYTHING. MY COLLECTION IS RATHER EXTENSIVE AND BELOW IS A BRIEF EXPLANATION AS TO HOW AND WHY!
BACK IN THE LATE 40'S THROUGH THE EARLY 80'S MY DAD WORKED AT A TOY DISTRIBUTOR ONCE BASED OUT OF NYC. HE STARTED OFF AS AN OUTSIDE SALESMAN AND DECADES LATER HE BECAME THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS TOY DISTRIBUTOR.
WHEN MY DAD WAS ON THE ROAD, HE USE TO FILL UP HIS STATION WAGON WITH SAMPLES AND THE SMALLER CUSTOMERS ORDERS FOR THE NEXT DAY DELIVERIES. UPON HIS DAILY RETURN HOME, HE BROUGHT WITH HIM A SERIES OF NEW AND UNIQUE TOYS WHICH NOW, WE AS COLLECTORS, HAVE A FIERCE APPETITE FOR.
BACK THEN MY BROTHER, MY TWO (2) SISTERS AND I USE TO BE HIS .... WHAT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS, "BETA TESTERS". WE PLAYED WITH, USED, BROKE AND DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF THE THEN, NEW TOYS. THE ONES WE FANCIED AND SURVIVED, WE GOT TO KEEP. OFTEN TIMES, A FEW DAYS LATER, WE RECEIVED A NEW ONE OF THE TOYS WE KEPT IN THE RETAIL PACKAGING.
MANY TO MOST OF THE ITEMS I HAVE LISTED HERE CAME VIA MY DAD AND HIS COLLECTION.
BACK THEN AS IT IS TODAY, WHEN HE WENT TO A NATIONAL TRADE OR REGIONAL TOY SHOW, HE HELPED THE MANUFACTURES EXHIBIT AT THESE SHOWS. HERE HE WAS EXPOSED TO ALL OF THE KEY MANUFACTURES FROM AROUND THE NATION AND THE WORLD.
BEING A VERY RESOURCEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL MAN, HE OFTEN HAD HIS CHILDREN AND HIS BUSINESS AT HEART. THIS LEAD HIM TO BARTER WITH MOST OF THE OTHER EXHIBITORS TO "SEE" WHAT ELSE HE COULD POSSIBLY PROFIT/BENEFIT WITH.
OFTEN TIMES HE BUILT UP RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SALES REPRESENTATIVES AND MANUFACTURES. SOME HE GRAVITATED TO AND OTHERS HE COULD NOT DUE TO A CONFLICT.
THOSE HE COULD WORK WITH, HE DID .... AND THOSE HE COULD NOT WORK WITH HE BARTERED WITH!
THIS EXPLAINS THE WIDE DIVERSITY OF HIS COLLECTION WHICH BECAME OURS AND THEN ULTIMATELY MINE.
THE SCHUCO LINE WAS ONE OF THE LINES HIS COMPANY REPRESENTED AND THEY DID VERY WELL WITH IT. OF ALL THE TOYS I WAS EXPOSED TO AS A CHILD, I LOVED THIS SCHUCO LINE!!
I THOUGHT THEN, AS I DO NOW, THAT SCHUCO TOYS ARE EXTREMELY WELL THOUGHT OUT, DESIGNED AND BUILT.
MOST TO ALL OF THE VARIANTO ITEMS I HAVE LISTED IS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION AS A CHILD.
AS A CHILD MY VARIANTO TRACK LAY-OUT WAS SO MASSIVE, IT LITERALLY COVERED TWO (2) ROOM IN MY PARENTS HOUSE ON THE THIRD (3RD) FLOOR. WHEN I TURNED 15, I OCCUPIED THE ENTIRE THIRD (3RD) FLOOR, FOUR (4) ROOMS AND A BATHROOM, AS I CLUTTERED IT UP IN MY YOUNGER YEARS AND MY SIBLINGS HAD NO DESIRE TO MOVE UP TO ANOTHER FLOOR AND DEAL WITH THE MESS.
LATER, WHEN SCHUCO INTRODUCED THEIR "ELEKTRO" LINE (BATTERY AND/OR TRANSFORMER POWERED LINE), I INSTANTLY SWITCHED OVER TO IT. AND WHY NOT .... IT DID NOT COST ME ANYTHING TO UPDATE/UPGRADE!
THIS IS WHY YOU WILL FIND SO MANY VARIANTO ITEMS LISTED HERE AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF OTHER VINTAGE SCHUCO ITEMS!
I SEE NO ADVANTAGE TO MAKING A VIDEO OF THIS SCHUCO 3010/0 SET-UP AS THE PICTURES HERE DO A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM ME.
I DO ASK THAT YOU TAKE THE ADDED TIME TO REVIEW THESE PICTURES SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXCELLENT OVERALL NOS CONDITION/SHAPE OF THIS VINTAGE & BOXED VARIANTO 3010/0 SET.
SORRY ABOUT THE BOOK HERE, BUT, I FEEL COMPELLED TO POINT OUT HOW THESE TOYS CAME TO BE IN MY POSSESSION AS I LITERALLY HAVE AT LEAST A THOUSAND MORE TO LIST.
SO YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF ME CUTTING AND PASTING COPY AS MY LISTINGS PROGRESS.
THIS VINTAGE, BOXED, FULLY ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE SCHUCO VARIANTO NR. 3010/0 BEGINNER SET WILL BE SENT TO YOU VIA THE USPS GROUND MAIL (TO SAVE YOU SOME MONEY ON POSTAGE). IT WILL BE WELL PACKAGED FOR IT'S JOURNEY TO IT'S NEW HOME.
I PURCHASE ALL OF MY SHIPPING LABELS THROUGH EBAY (IF POSSIBLE). THIS WAY THE TRACKING NUMBER IS AUTOMATICALLY PLACED INTO YOUR EBAY SALES RECORD.
FOR MY INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS, THIS SET WILL BE SENT THROUGH EBAYS NEWLY REVISED AND RENAMED "INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PROGRAM". THIS NEWLY NAMED PROGRAM HAS REPLACED THEIR OLD "GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM GSP". IN ADDITION TO A NAME CHANGE, THEY HAVE ALSO EXPANDED THEIR ROOSTER TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES WHICH THEY NOW DELIVER TO. SO IN THE PAST, IF EBAY DID NOT DELIVER GOODS TO YOUR COUNTRY, PLEASE CHECK AGAIN FOR THEY MIGHT JUST DO SO NOW.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DUTIES, IMPORT FEES OR TARIFFS WHICH MIGHT BE COLLECTED BY YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PRIOR TO, OR AT THE TIME OF THE DELIVERY.
THIS IS A NEW STORE FOR ME AS I ONCE SOLD UNDER GEM.BROTHER.911 AND I HAVE LITERALLY A THOUSAND PLUS ADDITIONAL TOYS/ITEMS TO LIST. I HAVE TOYS FROM TECHNOFIX, BANDAI, NOMURA, ALPS, SCHUCO, MASUDAYA, TAIYO, TPS, GAMA AND SO MANY MORE!!
I OPTED TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY AND TO GET MARRIED. ADDITIONAL TIME WAS TAKEN WITH THE HOPES OF STRENGTHEN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY NEW BRIDE VS. SPENDING TIME IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER DOING EBAY SHHT. GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW THIS STRATEGY WORKED OR NOT IN THE YEARS TO COME! LOL....
SOON, I WILL BE IN A LISTING FRENZY AS IT WILL TAKE ME SOME TIME TO WARM UP ONCE AGAIN! DURING MY ABSENCE, I HAVE BEEN TESTING AND GOING THROUGH MY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION GETTING THEM READY FOR THIS DAY/TIME!
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME VIA EBAY MESSAGING AND I WILL RESPOND ONCE YOUR MESSAGE IS READ.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ABOVE NOS SCHUCO VARIANTO 3010/0 BEGINNER SET.
JOE
SCHUCO 3010/0 LOCATION: DRAWERS.