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On 24/08/06, Nathan Proudlove <nathanberry@load.com> wrote:
> I have recently come into possesion of a set of Kiddicraft self-locking building
> bricks. It is complete and the box is intact, though the cardboard is in rough
> shape. Not surprising really, considering that this set predates the first Lego
> brick by two years. You heard right my friends, this is the original British
> toy that "inspired" Ole Kirk Kristiansen to come out with the automatic binding
> brick two years later. If there are any potential buyers out there of such an
> interesting piece of Lego history, I would love to know. I will post pics soon.
>
> Nathan
For those who are interested, Pics of the toy can be seen here:
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~lilleker/con-lego.htm
There is also a history of the Lego bricks themselves there.
Danny
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Yes, as we can see Kiddicraft was the pre-cursor to the Lego brick.
Back in 1949-50 they had only 5 colors of Lego bricks, red, white, yellow, light
green, and what can best be described as "peacock blue". By 1950 TLG was
releasing to their Danish retailers a form of "Pick-A-Brick" at their retail
outlets, and the color range expanded to an additional 5 colors of bricks...
include light blue, blue, dark green, gray and clear. So by 1951 there were
about 10 Lego colors (and still only 2 brick sizes).
The window/door colors available in the early 1950's were red, white, yellow,
light blue, dark blue and light green.
Gary Istok
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