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| | Re: Glueing old lego
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| (...) For the blue track, yes it will be cheaper (assuming it's not the electric). Check out Peeron parts 3228a (straight blue track), 3229a (outside curve track) and 3230a (inside curve track). There are Bricklink sellers that have it in inventory (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.105) |
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| | 1957-65 Lego Spare Parts Packs
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| I was working on the Lego CD, and I decided to count the different spare parts packs that were available in the 1957-65 era, when spare parts packs were king. The count includes the different packs (under the same pack numbers) used in continental (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.105) |
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| | Re: Early Lego 1x6 & 1x8 Bricks with Names
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| (...) And speaking of rare 1x6 and 1x8 beams with names, I just saw a German Bricklink seller selling a 1x6 "ANNO 1762" named beam from the #309 Church set of 1958-62, for $36.75! This particular named beam is not part of the #226 named beam parts (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4.5 foot tall clock tower
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| (...) Jonathan, One word, Magnificent! I love it! It has a look that is reminiscent of several famous buildings: 1) Old US Post Office tower in the Federal Triangle in Washington DC, 2) the tower of Chicago's famous Wrigley Building on Michigan Ave. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.105) |
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| | If you could wish for new Lego elements......
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| If you could wish for new Lego elements for TLG to produce, what would they be..... here's my choice: ___...___ 1) a 3x3 low slope inside slope (double concave). This would make it easier to make low sloped roofs in more varieties, like the regular (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.105) |
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| | Re: Help identifying 2x8 brick with single hole
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| (...) Thanks for the info Christian, I always thought it was part of the Car Steering Gear Axle assembly found in truck sets of 1967-74. This was where you could turn a 1x2 brick (with "LEGO" embossed on one side of the brick) on top of the cab of a (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.104) |
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| | Re: Inventory for set 725 Lego Town Plan
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| (...) When I first read the contents on Peeron, my jaw dropped, because I thought that this was the first time that an early version of the #725 Town Plan set had actually been located: (URL) when I contacted Indranil, it was confirmed that the set (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.103) |
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| | The most valuable Lego sets
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| In my upcoming Lego CD I mention what I consider to be the most valuable Lego sets. Until recently most AFOLs probably thought that the #398 USS Constellation was the most valuable Lego set. Well there are a few sets that are more valuable (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.103) |
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| | Re: new pictures from the Lego archive Billund
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| (...) Thanks for the great pictures Jan! A lot of AFOLs won't be familiar with some of these, so perhaps I can shed some light a few of them. 1824(.jpg) This appears to be refills to the Danish (only?) retailer brick boxes. These are unknown to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.101) |
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| | Re: new pictures from the Lego archive Billund
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| (...) This picture shows the same clear plastic garages I discussed. And most Lego catalogs for Europe of that era show the garage doors in red, and the garage base in white (it looks gray in some catalogs that show the red door, but they were (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.101) |
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| | Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| First off, I wanted to say thanks for the folks (in reply to my post about the rarest Lego set) that mentioned the rare and very valuable gold Bionicle mask. Jeeeeesse I wasn't going to even include Bionicles in my Lego document, but now it looks (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.099) |
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| | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) Yes I knew there would be a lot of very rare printed items. And there are a lot of items only found in 1 set. With Lego, there are so many rare pieces, that it becomes nearly impossible to say what is the "rarest" part. However, here are two (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.099) |
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| | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) When talking about the rarest Lego pieces, it kind of reminds me of something I red about the cathedrals of Europe and North America, namely "the number of cathedrals claiming to be one of the 6 largest in the world numbers at least 20". :-) (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.099) |
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| | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) Thanks for the info Bill! I'll make that task a little easier, and just go over the more obvious errors in the Lego Timeline on pages 12-23. Page 13: 1955 First Lego trees. Yes that may have been the year, but the trees shown are those from (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.098) |
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| | Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
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| OK, someone brought this to my attention from a Bricklink post. But there is a new 4679 Creator set tub with 1000 pieces (for $19.99), with an extra 500 pieces that looks like they're emptying the rare colors bins at TLG. I just checked the hollow (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.098) |
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| | The excitement of a new Lego color!
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| "Yes I remember very well the excitement of finding out that Lego came out with a new color. My hands were trembling when I saw it right there plain as day in the toy store window. I was giddy with excitement at the prospect of getting a new color (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.098) |
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| | A Set within a Set.
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| Well I was looking at an old wooden box set I found in Germany 20 years ago, it was #712. I don't think I have seen it anywhere else (EBAY or ??) since. But what intrigued me about it was it came with the very collectible #238 -BUILDING IDEA BOOK #1 (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.096) |
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| | Re: A Set within a Set.
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| (...) The #238 Idea book that I was talking about in this thread also has an very interesting sidebar, namely the very first time a "MAERSK" Lego item has been seen in Lego. Click on the picture of the ships in section 6. The largest ship at the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| gerhard, istok (score: 2.096) |
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| | Re: A Set within a Set.
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| (...) Thanks Ronald, The easiest way to tell them apart is in Section 5 - Trains. The use of wheels, black bricks, and plates on the trains makes this the easiest way to tell them apart. I have a 1960-61 version USA Samsonite (USA Lego started in (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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