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Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:28:48 GMT
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
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> Since several of you have expressed enjoyment with my blathering about
> Lego history, I thought I would give you a 1956-65 history on the
> origins of Lego plates.
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> If anyone has info that contradicts me, please feel free and let me
> know.
The blueprints I have pictures of at:
http://194.131.104.225/~huw/lego/reference/blueprints/index.html
have been dated as 1965 by Phil Trivass. On at least one of them:
http://194.131.104.225/~huw/lego/reference/blueprints/blueprint3-01.jpg
plates are referred to as 'slimbricks', and this particular one says 'New
slimbricks in black'. Presumably this is referring to new in black, rather
than new slimbricks.
Huw
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| (...) Very interesting. This London Bus has 29 white windows (18 - 1x4x2, 7 - 1x3x2, and 4 - 1x2x2) versus the later (1975) London bus we are all familiar with which had 22 red windows (10 -1x4x2, 11 - 1x3x2 and 1 - 1x2x2) as well as 2 - 1x1x1 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| Since several of you have expressed enjoyment with my blathering about Lego history, I thought I would give you a 1956-65 history on the origins of Lego plates. If anyone has info that contradicts me, please feel free and let me know. Enjoy! Gary (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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