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Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:21:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> Eric,
> (There are no ignorant questions!!)
Spoken like a man who's never worked in Tech Support. :D
> Most people are unaware of the Architectural Sets, which were produced from
> 1963-65.
I had heard of the Architectural Parts Packs, but not the main Architectural
Sets.
> The Lugnet Database has the 750, 751 and 752 sets displayed:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=752
<squint>
I'll have to take another look at a terminal where I can change the
resolution... or download it and blow it up.
> Using only plates and bricks (they didn't have any arches, railings or other
> specialty architectural pieces back in 1963) it limits what you could build. • What
> is displayed in the boxes is more like "modern Scandanavian" structures, • rather
> than historical buildings.
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> But I agree with you, it would be great to have historical architectural • themed
> sets today.
Sigh. Oh, well. If they were looking for a direction to go in aside from
"Town Jr" and more firestations/police stations for Town, I thought this would
be a good answer. I'm sure if they designed the sets right, and made the
buildings generic enough, the sets would be guaranteed multiple sellers as
people would want to expand their "street" with MOCs.
eric
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 | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| Gary, Only one small thing I'd like to add. The early Samsonite 1x2 plates (and I think, but would have to check that i have models with 2x2 cellulose acetate plates and 1x2 ABS plates) had a small rectangular pip on the bottomisde, between where (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| (...) Eric, (There are no ignorant questions!!) Most people are unaware of the Architectural Sets, which were produced from 1963-65. They are not as exciting as they sound. The sets consist only of plates and bricks - no windows or doors (clear (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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