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| In 1957 LEGO came out with the classic windows (9 different) and the classic door. In 1958 LEGO came out with the binding brick with tubes underneath. In 1962 they came out with LEGO wheels. Here's a little quiz. Out of the thousands of pieces LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What 15 LEGO Pieces are still made today?
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| (...) Yes Larry I am including those type of pieces, since it still is a 2x4. There are so many sublte as well as large changes (in some instances), but if you allowed no slack at all the actual number would probably be "1" piece, the 1x1 brick. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: OLD doors question
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| (...) OK, I spent about an hour last night looking for all the old classic doors, I still have a few dozen sitting around somewhere, but I have a large enough sample to get some idea about left versus right handed classic doors. There's the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : Rufus T. Falkenstein wrote: : > : > it might be of interest that i found one of the architecture lego boxes : > a while ago. that one had only the 1x2 plates with rectangular pips. i'm : > quite sure now that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Gloria and Mark, you are correct-omundo!!!! Yes the 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x8 and 2x10 bricks have tubes underneath now (since '58). Th 2x8, 4x8, and 6x8 plates now have round (instead of square) undersides. The 1x2, 1x6 and 1x8 bricks now have posts (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Jacob, Are you sure that a recent set has this window? In what color? And you're sure that it is not that 1x1x1 piece with a round opening on one side, which is not a window piece. A lot of people confuse these two. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1x1x1 studless corner slope?!
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| (...) I'm no expert on Tyco, but I do have a few pieces (from a red Castle set). And the only slopes that were in the set were 1x4x3 low slope roof bricks in gray. They appear identical to the Lego low slopes in gray, with nearly an identical shade (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) There are several '50s and '60s sets that had garage sign. It came as part of a parts pack from that period, or part of a garage kit - the flip door variety that opened when you press down on the plate in front. Check these out: (URL) (...) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) OK Wayne, you got 14 out of 15. The 2x2 plate didn't come into being until 1963. The item you have missing is the the one that has changed the most.... The 1x1 round brick. This brick had a pure cylinder outer facing from 1956 until circa (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi Ken, For some reason, I cannot view either of your web locations. They come back with an error message. But here's the dirt on the 700 series of sets. The were first produced in 1957, and production continued until 1964. The sets in the 700 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What is it about the brick that has us hooked?
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| (...) Bill, your words sound all to familiar for many of us AFOLs. I came out of the dark ages in 1979, so I had a head start in getting all the good '70s and '80s sets on clearance. We've all gone through that guilty feeling of perhaps being (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No, it wasn't me. My secret came out in 1987 in a news story on the Canadian news show (like 60 Minutes) called the Journal, and then in The World of LEGO Toys. And I have been out in the open about it ever since. In fact over the weekend I (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some window questions
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| (...) 1x4x2 windows have come in many sets over the years. For more information, search Deja-news for "History of Lego Windows" by Gary Istok. It was posted to rec.toys.lego about a year ago, and it is the most comprehensive (Lego) window thread (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help finding part?
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| (...) corners and 4 white inverse corners making up the midsection of the snowman. It was less than $2. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What 15 LEGO Pieces are still made today?
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| (...) Well first of all, no, I don't have a database. I use 3 things to gain this information: 1) Old LEGO catalogs. 2) Old LEGO sets. 3) My LEGO experience since 1960. 4) In the area of statistics, I have a very good memory - and this translates (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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