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Rose Home
(No.S354K)
(No.01354)
At least the early production run of this Life-Like kit in the Buildems packaging was made in Taiwan.
Below you'll find Life-Like's announcement for the Rose Home and its companion models. This
Typically "Suburbia" HO House Kits was a section in a Life-Like Landscaping and Scenic Materials catalog that did not include
the HO-scale model trains themselves.
The Rose Home is last seen in Life-Like's 1980 catalog. The kit does return in the mid-'80s
as the Contemporary Ranch House release.
Rose Home
(No.S373F)
The 1973 Life-Like Landscaping and Scenic Material catalog features a section of Assembled Buildings.
Among the offerings are the three suburban house kits, plus the Hamburger Stand and the Convenience Store kits. All
carry a $7 retail for 1973; the kit counterparts that year were going for $3 each. Life-Like's catalog states, "Now
full color package shows the consumer these beautifully detailed buildings. Assembled, ready to use, fully decorated
buildings open up entire markets." To date, I have not found a surviving example of this pre-assembled version of these
Life-Like kits.
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