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| (...) Very interesting.... and here I thought that TLG was REDUCING the number of new parts so as to cut their red ink. TLG has so many new parts that they no longer have much of a semblance of the "System of Play" that they started out with in (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Yellow Castle/Knights Tournament Sale
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| OK, I still have some of these in duplicates. I had these since I bought them back in the 1980's.... For Sale (all empty boxes include all inserts): Yellow Castle #6075 Empty Box: Excellent Condition $30 Yellow Castle #375/#6075 Instructions: Mint (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Very Rare (1957-60) USA Lego Flag?
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| I hope I don't confuse people.... "USA flags" and "USA Lego flags" are 2 different things. The dates listed are the offical USA flag dates. The actual USA Lego flag dates are unknown to me (except the 1957 date of first Lego USA flag sales). Gary (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Very Rare (1957-60) USA Lego Flag?
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| I am just finishing up the Lego CD Chapter on Lego flags, and I came across something that I found very interesting which may never have been discussed on LUGNET. If you check Clark Stephen's awesome rare Lego parts site, it shows the Lego wavy (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Skyscraper MOC: David Stott Building
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| Great work Jim!! Although I haven't been involved with the Michigan club, I had the pleasure of meeting Jim last August when he was on tour of Downtown Detroit's Historic Theatre Tour, where I was a guide. A great guy! Jim has also done a (...) (18 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Very Rare (1957-60) USA Lego Flag?
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| Well I found the 48 star flag! It is in Building Idea Book 1 (known as #238) from 1960-68: Here is a 1960-61 variation of this book showing all the Lego specialty parts sold in 1960 (from Eric Strand's Excellent website!). (Bottom right of picture (...) (18 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Catalogs That Span 2 Years
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| Just checking to see if anyone still reads lugnet.general.... Since 1955, I have discovered that there are 3 Lego catalogs that span 2 years. 1956-57 Lego catalogs - In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Germany (all the countries that sold Lego (...) (18 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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| Opps, that Danish parts pack link is bad, and the dates are actually 1957-58 for this type of pack: www.misbi.com/vintag...-type1.jpg This pack design had overlapping years with the German ones shown. I am just hoping that one of these designs in a (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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| Hello Portuguese AFOLs! I have a question for you folks in Portugal..... According to TLG, the first sales of Lego to Portugal was in 1957. (Also the first years for Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and Belgium.) From 1955-58 TLG made Lego sets in (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Re: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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| (...) Thank you very much Nuno! Your English is wonderful!!! (Much better than my Portuguese!! ;-) TLG said that Lego sales started in Portugal in 1957. (Along with Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Belgium) Here is what the writing is in all (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Re: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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| Nuno, You have a #210 Small Shop set (produced 1955-65). What is the name on the Named Beam in that set? I have seen 3 variations on that sign for Germany (TABAK, WUERSTCHEN and BACKER). I was wondering what variation was sold in the #210 sets for (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Re: First Lego Sales In Portugal in 1957?
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| Nuno, A "named beam" is (usually) a white 1x6 or 1x8 brick with writing on it. Common ones are 1x8 bricks with "GARAGE" or "ESSO SERVICE" writing on one side, or a 1x6 brick with "HOTEL" or "CAFE" writing on one side. Did that #210 set have a brick (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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