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Gary Istok wrote:
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> Frank Filz wrote:
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> > Shiri Dori wrote in message ...
> > > In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> > > > scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> > > > represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> > > > (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> > > > also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> > > > 48x48).
> >
> >
> > > Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
> >
> > 1976 or 1977
> >
> > Frank
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> Frank, I don't remember ever having seen a 48x48 (or 50x50) baseplate in
> anything other than all gray. The only exception to this (AFAIK) was a 50x50
> 1970 Samsonite only LEGO green plate with a curvy "T" shaped roadway on it.
> Since this roadway had no markings, and was somewhat light blue (rather than
> gray) in color, it could be used for water as well as roadway. Could this
> one be it? It was totally flat though. Otherwise I don't remember any other
> variations to the large plates.
Well, there is another exception of course, but it's rather current...
The Soccer baseplate, 48x48 green...
This was a flat baseplate, with printing, I don't think it had any
unstudded area (i.e. not a custom mold). It could easily have been a
non-TLC printing on a standard LEGO grey baseplate, or it could be a
custom order (even if the kit wasn't sold by DACTA or whatever). It most
definitely was NOT the Samsonite road plate (the non-studded area on
that just would not have worked with the excercise).
Of course it could be totally non-LEGO at all...
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Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> Gary Istok wrote:
> >
> > Frank Filz wrote:
> >
> > > Shiri Dori wrote in message ...
> > > > In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > > In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> > > > > scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> > > > > represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> > > > > (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> > > > > also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> > > > > 48x48).
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
> > >
> > > 1976 or 1977
> > >
> > > Frank
I think this soccer base plate did have printed lines on it - white lines for
the soccer pitch markings?
> >
> > Frank, I don't remember ever having seen a 48x48 (or 50x50) baseplate in
> > anything other than all gray. The only exception to this (AFAIK) was a 50x50
> > 1970 Samsonite only LEGO green plate with a curvy "T" shaped roadway on it.
> > Since this roadway had no markings, and was somewhat light blue (rather than
> > gray) in color, it could be used for water as well as roadway. Could this
> > one be it? It was totally flat though. Otherwise I don't remember any other
> > variations to the large plates.
>
> Well, there is another exception of course, but it's rather current...
> The Soccer baseplate, 48x48 green...
>
> This was a flat baseplate, with printing, I don't think it had any
> unstudded area (i.e. not a custom mold). It could easily have been a
> non-TLC printing on a standard LEGO grey baseplate, or it could be a
> custom order (even if the kit wasn't sold by DACTA or whatever). It most
> definitely was NOT the Samsonite road plate (the non-studded area on
> that just would not have worked with the excercise).
>
> Of course it could be totally non-LEGO at all...
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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