1000 series features

The 1000 series is made up of 15 packs measuring 13 x 9.5 x 2 cm, containing subjects in HO scale, with catalog numbers from 1001 to 1015.

The 1000 series is characterized by three themes distinguished by as many specific symbols and colors; blue for the "Legends of the west", yellow for the "Heroes of the west" and red for the "Indians of the west".

Note that the images of the 1000 series packs are the same as those used for the 1100 series, 2050 series, 1060 series and 1200 series.

The 1000 series was produced, from January to April 1975, in two graphics, called first edition, and international edition, including catalog numbers from 1001 to 1006, whose main characteristics can be summarized as follows:
- cover with wood-colored background, symbol of the theme contained and the words "History of the west"

   for the first edition, yellow symbol formed by the union of two icons of the first edition (heroes of the west

   + Indians of the west) and the words "Far -West Story "for the international edition.
- back of the package with a more or less complete list of the catalog numbers of the series, the symbols

   that characterize them and historical notes on the subject contained.

Subsequently, from June 1975, the 1000 series was produced in a second graphic format, called the second edition, also including the catalog numbers from 1007 to 1015, whose main characteristics can be summarized as follows:
- cover with the symbol of the theme contained and the words "Far-West Story" on the background of

   the specific color of the theme to which it belongs.
- back of the package with a more or less complete list of the catalog numbers of the series, the symbols

   that characterize them and historical notes on the subject contained.

The "second edition" was initially produced in a first graphic format which did not show the wording "made in Italy" on the back of the packaging, a wording added only later, effectively forming two different editions called "second edition type A" and " second edition type B".

The second edition was also produced in 2 further editions for the foreign market:
one called "second international edition" and another called "second French edition", whose packaging intended for the French market shows on the back a "wording" in which the importer, Claudie Berthier Services of Lyon, guaranteed its compliance with the most rigorous standards across the Alps.

Of the "second international edition" two further graphic guises are known:
one which shows on the back in addition to the wording "made in Italy" the addition of the wording "plastic non toxic", called "international edition type A", and another with the further addition of the "wording" of conformity to international standards , called "international edition type B."

Instead of the "second French edition" four further graphic guises are known:
three of these are the same previous versions (second edition type A, secon edition type B and international edition type A) which show the conformity wording at the top of the back of the package, respectively called "second French edition type A1", "second French edition type A2" and "second French edition type A2", a fourth edition which it shows it on the right side of the back of the package, called "second French edition type B".

It should be noted that, prior to the production of the "second French edition", some packages were marketed in France with a "sticker" bearing the "wording" in which the importer, Claudie Berthier Services of Lyon, guaranteed its compliance with the most rigorous standards beyond the Alps.

A "Spanish edition" was also produced of the 1000 series, specially made for the Spanish market, marketed by gd (Grupo Distribucion) based in Madrid.

This edition has the gd logo added on the cover, the initials GRUPO DISTRIBUCION, address and telephone number of the same, for the rest it has the same characteristics as the second edition except for the Italian language replaced by the Spanish one in the historical notes on the subject contained, placed on the back and on the cover.

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