We are quite fortunate in Canada and Quebec to have toys or packaging made exclusively for our market. The LEGO UNICEF #106 is one such example. It consists of 54 pieces, including a UNICEF Truck, a mini-figure, a shovel, and a walkie-talkie.
It comes in a bilingual Canadian box with a bilingual instruction booklet and an advertising sheet for UNICEF Canada.
Produced in 1985 for the Samsonite company, originally, 300 Lego #106 sets were given across Canada to reward the efforts of volunteers in the 1985 UNICEF fundraising campaign.
It is also recognized that a few copies were sold exclusively at some of the then Toys « R » Us stores in Canada. Indeed, according to Wikipedia, Toys « R » Us Canada opened its first store in Canada in 1984. It can be assumed that in 1985, only a few stores were open. It also seems that it was possible to order copies directly from UNICEF Canada. Needless to say, only a few sets have survived.
This set is considered one of the most expensive LEGO sets, piece by piece, of all time.
