SCHUCO RARE VARIANTO 3010K ELEKTRO SET. COMPLETE & PERFECTLY WORKING W/BOXES!!

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HERE I
AM OFFERI
NG
ANOTHER ONE OF MY SCHUCO VARIANTO SETS. HOWEVER, THIS SET THE 3010K ELEKTRO SET IS ONE OF THE RAREST 3010 SETS SCHUCO PRODUCED. WITH THE SET I AM PRESENTING HERE, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MISSING AND ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES ARE ORIGINAL AND IN PERFECT WORKING SHAPE/CONDITION! YOU EVEN HAVE THE ORIGINAL ELEKTRO BOXES AND ORIGINAL STEERING CABLES (IN THEIR ORIGINAL PAPER BAGS) INCLUDED. IT IS AS I RECEIVED THIS FROM MY DAD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. EVEN THE WHITE ELASTIC STRING FOUND IN THE INSERT IS ORIGINAL TO THIS SET!!
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I HAVE HAD THIS STASHED AWAY WITH A FEW HUNDRED (TO THOUSANDS) OR SO ADDITIONAL MODELS THAT I HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE PAST 5 DECADES OR SO.
AS I MENTIONED
, I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS
3010
K
ELEKTRO SET. I HAVE A
BOUT 10 COMPLETE AND DIFFERENT VARIANTO SETS (2-4 OF THE 3010K SETS) MOST OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LISTED HERE ON EBAY.
HAVING HUNDREDS OF MODEL CARS TO CHOOSE FROM, MOSTLY PORSCHE AND CORVETTES, I HAVE DECIDED TO START LISTING SOME OF THESE HERE ON EBAY. 95% OF THESE ARE ONE-OF-A-KINDS LISTINGS AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO SHOW YOU AN ARRAY OF PICTURES AND DESCRIBE THEM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. THIS COMPLETE, SCHUCO 3010K ELEKTRO VARIANTO SET WITH ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE
!
AS YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL BOX IS HERE AND IN
VERY GOOD
OVERALL CONDITION/SHAPE.
THE BASE
AND LID ARE 100% ORIGINAL
. YOU
HAVE
NO ADDED TAPE OR GLUE USED ON THIS BOX OR IT'S LID. YOU DO HAVE SOME SLIGHT DISCOLORATION AND FADING, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY VERY COMMON WITH THESE PAPER WRAPPED BOXES. THE BOXES INSERT IS 100% COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL...TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE ORIGINAL WHITE ELASTIC STRING.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY PICTURES, YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL "SCHUCO
-
VARIANTO 3010/K"
INSTRUCTIONS.
PICTURED
WITHIN THIS CATALOG ARE THE VARIATIONS OF THE TRACKS THAT YOU CAN
DERIVE
FROM THIS SET. AS WELL AS SOME OF THEIR OTHER, LARGER SETS. YOU ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL ELEKTRO INSTRUCTIONS WHICH FEATURE BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES CONTAINED WITHIN THIS SET.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS VARIANTO LINE IS THAT BOTH, THE ORIGINAL CLOCKWORK VERSION AND THIS, THE NEWER ELEKTRO (BATTERY OPERATED) VERSION, IS THAT THEY ALL PLAY WELL TOGETHER ... UNLIKE OUR CURRENT POLITICAL PARTIES!! LOL ..... HERE YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH TRACK SECTIONS TO MAKE UP THE DESIRED LAYOUT. OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE ADD-ON'S LIKE THE SHELL RECHARGING PETRO/GAS STATION WILL BE USELESS WITH THE CLOCKWORK VERSION, BUT THE VEHICLES WILL STILL RUN THE TRACK.
THIS 3010
K
ELEKTRO SET HAS THE COMBINATION OF THE
PICK-UP TRUCK
AND THE VAN
. THESE VEHI
CLES BOTH HAVE "ON/OFF" SWITCHES. SOMETIMES THE BATTERIES NEED HELP TO FIT. FOR EXAMPLE, I DO NOT USE "AA" BATTERIES AS THEY WILL CRACK THE PICKUP TRUCKS DELICATE PLASTIC BED/BATTERY COMPARTMENT WHEN INSTALLED. HERE I USE "AAA" BATTERIES AND THEN I ROLL UP A SMALL PIECE OF TIN FOIL AND CUSTOM FIT IT TO MAKE UP THE SIZE DIFFERENCE. EVEN THE TOP PART OF THE BATTERY HAS GOTTEN SMALLER OVER THE DECADES .... THE POSITIVE (+) END THAT IS.... THIS TOO WREAKS HAVOC IN THE VAN AS THE SMALL CONNECTOR BAR (THE "ON/OFF" SWITCH IS JUST TOO SMALL FOR MOST OF TODAYS BATTERIES. SO AGAIN, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WORK ON THIS TO POWER UP THE VAN. THIS IS THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR KEEPING AND USING VINTAGE TOYS WHICH ARE 1/2 OF A CENTURY OLD!! ANY FOOL CAN CRAM IN TWO (2) SIZE "AA" BATTERIES INTO THE PICK-UP ... AND GET IT TO WORK! BUT, THE END RESULT WILL BE A BUSTED PLASTIC BED AND A FEW SMALL PLASTIC AND BRASS PIECES IN YOUR HAND. SO LET'S TRY AND NOT GO THAT ROUTE ... IT'S WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN TO USE CARE AND FINESSE!!
TH
IS
SET
BROUGHT BACK SO MANY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES WHEN I JUST TESTED IT! TO THIS DAY, IT'S A GREAT "STARTER SET".
THE
VEHICLE'S BODIES ARE
IN EXCELLENT TO SHOWCASE CONDITION/SHAPE. YES, THERE ARE SOME VERY SLIGHT PLAY MARKS FROM USE, MOST OF WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE
BODY
.
THE FINISH
ES ARE
BRIGHT AND SH
I
NY.
THIS SET WAS/IS MADE IN "
WESTERN GERMANY
" AND ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES FROM THE BOX LID TO THE SMALLEST SECTION OF TRACK ARE SO MARKED! HOWEVER, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE PICKUP TRUCK WAS/IS MADE IN THE "
US ZONE OF GERMANY
". THAT WOULD DATE THIS SET BEING MADE AROUND 1950 AS THE US ZONE OF GERMANY ENDED IN 1949 AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THEY HAD A BUNCH OF THESE ELEKTRO PICK UP'S IN STOCK!
SIMPLY PUT, YOU WILL BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO EVER LOCATE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE 3010K ELEKTRO SETS IN THIS CONDITION AND THIS COMPLETE (UNLESS IT'S FROM ME)! ALL OF THE TRACK SECTIONS ARE PERFECT WITH NO CRACKS OR CHIPS. THE START/STOP SECTION WORKS PERFECTLY. ALL OF THE SPRING LIKE WIRES/CABLES ARE IN PERFECT SHAPE/CONDITION WITH NO PULLS OR ELONGATIONS FOUND ON ANY OF THE
SECTIONS. YOU ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL
CONNECTORS WHICH HOLD TWO OF THESE SPRING TRACK SECTIONS TOGETHER. BOTH OF THE ORIGINAL STEERING CABLES ARE IN THEIR ORIGINAL BAGS, AS NOTED ABOVE.
I TAKE PRIDE IN MY MODELS THAT I OFFER HERE IN THE EBAY WORLD. I DO HAVE OPTIONS AND I CHOOSE TO OFFER ONLY THE VERY FINEST THAT I HAVE AVAILABLE. I TEST EVERYTHING PRIOR TO LISTING THEM AND ONCE AGAIN PRIOR TO SENDING THEM OFF. I DO THIS SO WE WILL BOTH BE VERY HAPPY WITH THE END RESULT, IT'S THE ONLY WAY I DO THINGS! THIS
SCHUCO
SET 3010
K
ELEKTRO SET WILL NOT NEED TO BE RE-TESTED AS I DO KNOW ITS WHOLE LIFE'S HISTORY AND I AM 100% SURE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY PROUD TO OWN THIS MODEL AND WITH JUST A LITTLE
DILIGENCE
EXERCISED YOU WILL GET AS MANY YEARS OF
USE AND PL
EASURE O
UT
OF THIS MODEL AS I HAVE!
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT
MY
PICTURES AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DESIRE ADDITIONAL PICTURES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME VIA EBAY MESSAGING AND I WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE!
THIS
VINTAGE, SCHUCO ELEKTRO (BATTERY OPERATED)
,
TIN
CAR
/SET, 3010K ELEKTRO,
IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A MODEL AND A TIME THAT HA
S
PASSED US BY.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW STORE FOR ME HERE ON EBAY, BUT, I COME WITH A WELL OILED AND POLISHED TRACK RECORD! I AM CURRENTLY (NOT ON THIS ACCOUNT ... YET!!) A GOLD T/RATED P~SELLER WITH OVER 8 YEARS OF THIS STATUS BACKING ME. I SPECIALIZE IN PRIMARILY THE AUTOMOTIVE FIELD AND I CONCENTRATE WITH/ON PORSCHE, BENTLEY, AUDI AND "
PORSCHE DESIGN
" ITEMS/ACCESSORIES. AS OF THIS LISTING, I SHARE THE SAME ACKALAIDS WITH BOTH OF MY EBAY STORES.
I HAVE A UPS ACCOUNT AND MOST OF MY OFFERINGS HERE SHALL BE SENT THAT WAY. I PACK EACH AND EVERY ITEM MYSELF AND DO SO AS IF I WERE RECEIVING IT. ALL OF MY DOMESTIC SHIPMENTS WILL BE INSURED FOR THE SELLING PRICE. I ENTER THE SHIPPING DATA DAILY INTO BOTH EBAY AND PAYPAL (IF USED). THIS
SCHUCO
VARIANTO SET 3010
K
ELEKTRO SET
WILL BE SENT VIA THE USPS AND WILL BE FULLY INSURED.
FOR MY INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS, THIS WILL BE SENT VIA EBAY'S "GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM" (GSP) AS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED A FEW UNSCRUPULOUS BUYERS HERE ON EBAY WHO DO NOT PLAY BY THE ESTABLISHED RULES AND I HAVE FOUND THAT EBAY PROTECTS "WE THE SELLERS" BETTER IF YOU PLAY WITHIN THEIR DESIGNATED PLAYING FIELD.
PLEASE NOTE
: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TAXES, IMPORT FEES, DUTIES OR ASSESSMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE LEVIED OR ACCESSED FROM ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. SO PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THIS ON YOUR END!
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THIS IS A NEW AREA FOR ME (HERE ON EBAY) AND I DO TRY MY BEST TO DO AS GOOD AS I CAN. THIS HAS BECOME A FULL TIME BUSINESS FOR ME AND I REALLY ENJOY DOING IT. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TILL IT BECOMES A BURDEN AND I CAN NO LONGER ENJOY IT. I WILL BE ADDING TO THIS STORE WEEKLY (OR TRYING TO) AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE THAT I DO EXACTLY WHAT I SAY AND DO SO IN A VERY TIMELY FASHION.
THIS WILL BE OFFERED IN THE BUY-IT-NOW FORMAT AND IS AA TRUE ONE-OF-A-KIND LISTING.
IT IS MY INTENTION TO LIST ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT MODELS EACH AND EVERY DAY (IF AT ALL POSSIBLE), OR UNTIL SUCH A TIME WHEN I GET BURNT OUT FROM DOING SO. IT MIGHT BEHOOVE YOU TO CHECK IN WITH ME OFTEN AS YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN AND IF I WILL OFFER THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING THAT WILL ROUND OUT OR COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION!
THIS IS WHERE I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN READING ALL OF THE ABOVE.
I HAVE JUST ADDED THE "STORE" FEATURE THAT EBAY OFFERS WE SELLERS TO USE (AT A FEE OF COURSE) AND THIS IS TO ASSIST YOU, THE BUYER, TO VIEW ALL OF MY OFFERINGS. IN ORDER TO VIEW MY LISTINGS IN A CONCISE AND ORDERLY FASHION, ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO LOCATE THAT SMALL "
RED
" OR "
BLUE
" DOOR A TOP THIS PAGE, OR THE "VISIT STORE" LINK, THIS IS LOCATED JUST BELOW MY SELLERS ID AND FEEDBACK TALLY. ONCE LOCATED, A SINGLE LEFT CLICK ON IT WILL IN TURN "
OPEN
" THE VIRTUAL DOOR TO MY STORE HERE ON EBAY!
IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE YOUR SEARCH FURTHER, ONCE YOUR IN MY STORE, IN THE CENTER YOU WILL SEE A "SEARCH" BAR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE JUST MY MODEL CARS, JUST TYPE IN "MODEL CAR" AND JUST MY LISTED MODEL CARS WILL POP-UP. ... IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SOME LP'S ... YOU GOT IT ... TYPE IN "ALBUMS" . I THINK YOU GET THE JIST OF THIS NOW!
I HAVE A LIST OF CATEGORIES THAT WILL ASSIST YOU IN STREAMLINING YOUR SEARCH AS WELL. I HAVE JUST ADDED A NEWER CATEGORY "ANTIQUE/VINTAGE TOYS" TO HELP KEEP SOME OF THESE MODELS SEPARATE FROM MY OTHER LISTINGS HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS ON THIS
VERY MUCH LOVED
, EVER-S
O-
LIGHTLY
USED,
SCHUCO
VARIANTO SET 3010
K
ELEKTRO SET
WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL
ACCESSORIES
, LITERATURE, PACKAGING AND BOXES
AND FOR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE GIVEN ME IN THE PAST......
JO
E
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
PLEASE NOTE
: THAT I AM CURRENTLY TESTING THE EBAY'S "GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM" (GSP)". IF YOU, AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUYER, FIND THIS TOO COSTLY ... PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY VIA EBAY MESSAGING AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHICH METHOD OF SHIPPING WOULD BE PREFERRED (AN POSSIBLY LESS COSTLY FOR YOU).
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS
..... PLEASE NOTE: I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE  FOR ANY TAXES, TARIFFS, IMPORT FEES, DUTIES OR MONIES WHICH MAY BE ACCESSED (AND/OR OWED) BY ANY FOREIGN OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT(S) PRIOR TO, OR UPON, DELIVERY HEREOF.