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| (...) I too have had very few experiences of mis-shaped bricks/pieces. I have a very large collection, and only about 12 pieces are misshapen. Of these, 5 are from a 1957 set #700 (wooden box), and these 5 are more cosmetic blemishes than actually (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Funny you should mention this. About 3 months ago I was searching for some black 2x4 bricks for a fellow builder. And I came across 11 different styles of this brick. 3 Cellulose Acetate brick varieties, and 8 ABS brick varieties. About 1/3 of these (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Dr. John, You've got my attention. I'll take 100 in each color. They make for great multi-sided buildings, and buildings of odd angles. I'll take any color they produce. But I still want classic windows.... Gary Istok "Representing the interests of (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Until LEGO Direct has its' policies and procedures in place and working, I don't think you are going to get much help from LEGO. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I look at the possitive side of these hoaxes. As a collective group they make us think!!!! We get to play detective. And there is almost always someone who says "Ah ha! This can't be real because......" For those who are well versed on LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Here are a few websites that I go to for old LEGO inspiration: Old LEGO cars (wow, what a collection) from some Swedish collector, whose name I do not know. Click on "LEGOBILAR", and you can view about 100 different cars & trucks. Also there are a (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) These are all from around 1970, and are Samsonite LEGO. If you have the boxes and brochures, then I would suggest that you sell them on EBAY. There are probably collectors that are looking for this early mechanized remote control LEGO. You (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) Another person with a LEGO room is New York producer (many comedy shows) Norman Lear. Supposedly he has a million piece LEGO building in his 3 level New York penthouse appartment overlooking the East River. This was in the 1980's, so I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Thanks Brad!!! My 15 year old dream has finally become a reality!! It is nice to see that your first initial offering has given a little bit to everyone! White 2x2 classic windows! Yahooo...ooo! And white 2x2 tiles! Excuse me while I wipe the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) USA since then? In prior years I have noticed no quality problems. Out of 1/2 million bricks (90% of USA origin), I have 12 that are defective. For those of you that are statisticians or quality assurance folks, this sounds like "Sigma 6", as (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Kevin Loch wrote in message <37BF731D.7653@NOSPMkl.net>... (...) Kevin, Your suggestion made me think a little more, and upon further discussion, it is beginning to appear that you are right! From the latest conversations, we have concluded that it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| Here is another auction item showing the Windmill Set #352. The door and windows pictured are white, and not gray as was originally thought. Check it out: (URL) was hoping that they would be gray, but they are not. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes, there are many uses for these hinges. The Medieval ones that I was thinking about are octagonal or hexagonal buildings. Examples are: the Florence Cathedral Baptistry, Aachen Cathedral Octogon, the many sided Chapter Houses (meeting (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) True enough, but my take on this is that more than likely LEGO is not going to make each of the pieces that I described in this thread as an individual parts pack (at least I would be surprised if they did). Some of these you would have to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Well, maybe, maybe not. :-) It is one of those gray areas. Do I include car windows? Such as the 2x4x1.666 (the 1 brick and 2 plates high) double sided car windshields from the 70's? And then there's the clear bricks used as windows in the #310 Esso (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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