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Does any one have instruction for Lego 236 Garage (1957)?
Thanks
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Lego Garage set was sort of a parts pack. Back in the 50's and early
60's many of those early sets/parts packs did not come with
instructions. Sometimes, however, they were on the box itself.
Gary Istok
Indranil Basak wrote:
> Does any one have instruction for Lego 236 Garage (1957)?
>
> Thanks
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Gary R. Istok wrote:
> Lego Garage set was sort of a parts pack. Back in the 50's and early
> 60's many of those early sets/parts packs did not come with
> instructions. Sometimes, however, they were on the box itself.
I have put together the garage from pictures on the box (1 side + 1 flap) and
an old catalog. However, I am not sure how the back wall of the garage looks
like. The sides of the garage are not exactly same(different set of windows
are used). My next project is to put together the 002 motor set, any
information will be helpful. It seems a lot of parts are missing.
Thanks
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Indranil Basak wrote:
> Gary R. Istok wrote:
> > Lego Garage set was sort of a parts pack. Back in the 50's and early
> > 60's many of those early sets/parts packs did not come with
> > instructions. Sometimes, however, they were on the box itself.
>
>
> I have put together the garage from pictures on the box (1 side + 1 flap) and
> an old catalog. However, I am not sure how the back wall of the garage looks
> like. The sides of the garage are not exactly same(different set of windows
> are used). My next project is to put together the 002 motor set, any
> information will be helpful. It seems a lot of parts are missing.
>
> Thanks
Back in the 50's and 60's not only didn't a lot of the sets not have
instructions, but some of them had instructions on the inside box top.
The Town Plan #725 and Junior Constructor #717 were two large 1961-64 sets that
were in a large heavy cardboard box. In the case of the Junior Constructor (a
model of a house), only 4 pictures of various stages of construction were
included. You literally had to guess how the back of the building was going to
look, since no precise instructions were given back then.
The Town Plan was even more ambiguous. The only instruction was a complete view
of the 9 buildings completed on the LEGO Town Plan Board. You had no idea how
the back of the buildings was supposed to look. That was up to your
imagination. Today we are spoiled by having TLG "spoon feed" us instructions.
Every brick and level of building was shown to us. Back in the 50's and 60's,
you had to use your imagination to complete a building where only one or two
sides of the completed structure were ever shown to you.
There was a change in philosophy at the company starting in the 1970's. Since
then, we get detailed instructions for each level of building. No more
guesswork.
Gary Istok
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Gary Istok wrote:
> There was a change in philosophy at the company starting in the 1970's. Since
> then, we get detailed instructions for each level of building. No more
> guesswork.
I wasn't aware of that. I have recently come across some green bricks from
50's or 60's. It seems to be made out of cellulose acetate. Only other time I
have seen green bricks from that era was in Minitalia sets. However, Minitalia
green bricks don't have regular cylinders. When did Lego start making green
bricks? Thanks.
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Indranil Basak wrote:
> Gary Istok wrote:
> > There was a change in philosophy at the company starting in the 1970's. Since
> > then, we get detailed instructions for each level of building. No more
> > guesswork.
>
>
> I wasn't aware of that. I have recently come across some green bricks from
> 50's or 60's. It seems to be made out of cellulose acetate. Only other time I
> have seen green bricks from that era was in Minitalia sets. However, Minitalia
> green bricks don't have regular cylinders. When did Lego start making green
> bricks? Thanks.
Hmmmm, the only green Cellulose Acetate bricks that I'm aware of are plates from
Samsonite LEGO (USA/Canada only, not available in Europe) parts packs (518, 519,
520, 521) from circa 1963-65. These plates would be only in sizes 1x1, 1x2, 2x2,
2x3, 2x4. I purchased a few of these as a child here in the USA (back in the mid
1960's), and still have them in my collection.
Besides these plates, the only other green LEGO bricks I am aware of, would be the
10x20 thick (regular brick thickness) green baseplates.
A few months ago I checked with some historic LEGO collector friends in Germany and
England, and they were not aware of the existence of any other green Cellulose
Acetate LEGO pieces in Europe.
So if you have any other green Cellulose Acetate LEGO pieces, that would be news to
us.
Gary Istok
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