01-04-2015, 09:57 PM
Joe
It is my understanding that the Tropic models were intended only for export. The stickers most still have on the back and/or inside state, in French, "Built expressly for export."
That said, however, I believe that some may have been sold in the USA - clandestinely or not. The oldest Tropic I have, a 39-770T, appears to have spent most if not all of its "life" in NY until it was ultimately purchased by a collector in eastern PA, and then later sold to me. It even has a sticker in the back from an NYC repair shop.
I really don't think that all of the Tropic sets that have turned up in the past 20 or so years were brought back with immigrants. I do feel that a few must have been sold here.
That's just a guess, of course; there is no way of knowing for sure. All of the principals from the time these were being made are long gone, and dead men tell no tales.
It is my understanding that the Tropic models were intended only for export. The stickers most still have on the back and/or inside state, in French, "Built expressly for export."
That said, however, I believe that some may have been sold in the USA - clandestinely or not. The oldest Tropic I have, a 39-770T, appears to have spent most if not all of its "life" in NY until it was ultimately purchased by a collector in eastern PA, and then later sold to me. It even has a sticker in the back from an NYC repair shop.
I really don't think that all of the Tropic sets that have turned up in the past 20 or so years were brought back with immigrants. I do feel that a few must have been sold here.
That's just a guess, of course; there is no way of knowing for sure. All of the principals from the time these were being made are long gone, and dead men tell no tales.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
