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Even if you don't want to purchase a copy of the LEGO CD, I strongly urge you to
get a free sample chapter.... because this is a very interesting chapter....
"CHAPTER 13 - LEGO SETS/PARTS NOT PUT INTO PRODUCTION"
http://geminisystems.net/lego/
(Click on VIEW A CHAPTER FROM THE CD to download a PDF file)
Just enjoy it with my compliments! To broaden your LEGO horizons! :-D
But I do have to get a better image of that Church....
Cheers,
Gary Istok
P.S. Yes it seems like a shameless marketing plug to get you to buy it, but
just enjoy it even without buying it! (You don't have to come into the showroom
or kick the tires :-)
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Gerhard Istok wrote:
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> http://geminisystems.net/lego/
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> Just enjoy it with my compliments! To broaden your LEGO horizons! :-D
I read it with interest, and noted the thing you say about flip-up garage
doors "Gray garage doors have never been found...".
I do have a gray *frame* (and base) for a garage door, although I can't find
any door (at all) right now. Was this gray frame used together with red or
white doors, or have I found something interesting?
As far as I remember, the garage I received around 1960 had only one, white,
garage door, but who can trust memories...
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/gallery/index.htm
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In lugnet.general, Anders Isaksson wrote:
> Gerhard Istok wrote:
> >
> > http://geminisystems.net/lego/
> >
> > Just enjoy it with my compliments! To broaden your LEGO horizons! :-D
>
> I read it with interest, and noted the thing you say about flip-up garage
> doors "Gray garage doors have never been found...".
>
> I do have a gray *frame* (and base) for a garage door, although I can't find
> any door (at all) right now. Was this gray frame used together with red or
> white doors, or have I found something interesting?
>
> As far as I remember, the garage I received around 1960 had only one, white,
> garage door, but who can trust memories...
Anders, (you should be getting your CD in a few days)
The gray garage frame and base were first introduced in 1966 in the #325 Shell
Station, and later (after TLG used up the inventory of white frames and bases,
circa 1967-68) the gray garage bases and frames were also found in:
1) continental European #235 Garage Parts Packs (circa 1967-70),
2) continental European #236 Garage Sets (circa 1967-70),
3) UK/AUS #435 Garage Parts Packs (circa 1967-70).
4) USA #065 2 Garage Parts Packs (1969-71).
The gray garage doors were produced only as prototypes in 1955, but never put
into production.
What was put into production in 1955 were (retirement dates are approximate):
Red and white garage bases (red retired 1956, white retired 1967).
Red and white garage frames (red retired 1962, white retired 1967)
Red and white garage doors (red retired 1971, white 1965).
The red garage doors lasted the longest, and were produced from 1955 until 1971
(along with the gray base and frame).
The 1955 introduction of the Town Plan flip-up garage parts packs and sets
actually has one of the most complex histories of all early LEGO items (hard to
believe something so simple could be so complex).
However, the #236/#1236 Garage Sets (4 digit sets produced only
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 1955-58) is probably THE MOST COMPLEX Lego Model set of
the 1950's and 1960's. There were something like 8 different box designs in 2
different major set versions (flat box with parts held in place by cardboard
cutout & included 1:87 VW Bus, and rectangular box with loose parts and no 1:87
vehicle).
This is all explained in LEGO CD...
CHAPTER 31 LEGO GARAGE/SERVICE STATIONS & ACCESSORIES (1955-85)
CHAPTER 7 LEGO TOWN MODEL SETS (1955-71) under #236/#1236 Garage sets.
I spent a lot of time discussing this with other AFOLs, as well as the Billund
Archive folks.
I think that one thing that will surprise a lot of folks who purchase the LEGO
CD will be just how complex early LEGO parts and sets really are. Even though
all the 1955-64 LEGO sets and parts packs fit onto a 2 sided 1 sheet LEGO
catalog, the variations from (continental European) country to country and from
region (UK/AUS/USA/CAN) to region... varies greatly!
Cheers,
Gary Istok
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I almost forgot....
One of the nice things about using the LEGO CD is how easy it is to use the FIND
command to find a set number within a chapter.
To use it in the PDF files, click on the EDIT button (at the top) and select
FIND. When entering a set number, ALWAYS include the "#" (pound sign).
For example if you are looking for LEGO WHEELS PARTS PACK set 400, your find
search with be like this "#400".
I decided early on that every single LEGO set number in the CD would start with
the "#"... so every single occurrence of say the 235 Garage Parts Pack will have
"#235". And there are NEVER any spaces between the "#" and the set number.
That way if you are looking for set number "1" or set number "2", you will
always get a good hit, and no page numbers or other false hits. Of course, you
may not get the #1 or #2 set you are looking for (since TLG produced duplicate
set numbers quite frequently from 1955-79), but you will always get a set
number. You may have to do a repeat FIND in that case, since many chapters
(such as the model set chapters) do indeed have 2 different sets under the same
set number.
Cheers,
Gary Istok
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