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On February 7, 2000 the bobcat company announced the purchase
of Sambron S.A., a manufacturer of telescopic material handlers
based in Pont château, France.
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In 2001 the first scale model was introduced at a dealer
meeting on the Bauma fair in Germany.
this model was the T2556.
The T2556 model was manufactured by Clover a company based
in China.
It featured all wheel steering , telescoping and lifting
boom.
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The T2556 also came with 2 attachments: a pallet
fork and bucket, witch could easily be changed.
Inside the operator cab there where details like: steering wheel,
operator seat, joystick handle, dashbord switches... even the
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The model came in a new style box with the company colors:
red, black and white.
This box layout was the first to set the path for other scale
model boxes to follow, as you may know, later on the G-series
skid steer loaders came out with similar box layout.
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On the box there is a picture of a versa handler with only
black decals, this is the way the versa handlers where first
introduced in the European market.
The decals on the models changed in June 2001 when the bobcat
company introduced the versa handlers in North America
The 2556 was scaled down to: 1/25
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