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| (...) It certainly is interesting following this thread..... I was a secret "AFOL/ALE" from 1980-86. No internet, no knowledge of any other adult who even cared about Lego. I was in the proverbial "Lego Closet" for all those years. Then 4 things (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: More esoteric Lego history
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| (...) Here (on Eric Strand's excellent website) is a picture of KKK's younger sister, not sure if this is Gunhild or the late Hanne. This is taken from a circa 1960 Lego dollhouse brochure: (URL) Eric, show them a pic of the 1958 (twin towered) Town (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego vs. Tyco: Legal Battle of the Clones
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| I just came across this on the interenet. It was a legal battle between TLG and Tyco Industries, which produced (up until about a decade or so age) the best Lego clones ever. (URL) looks like TLG lost, case dismissed. Gary Istok (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Rarest Blue Lego Windows/Door
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| Here on a Swedish web auction is a very interesting 1955 Lego set #700/1. If you scroll down, you will see blue classic windows in the box of Lego. Next to them are red classic windows. The red ones are modern (late 50's thru 80's. But the blue ones (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rarest Blue Lego Windows/Door
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| (...) And in case you have never seen how these rare old windows/doors fit into the slotted bricks (1949-57) here are two examples from German collector Karl-Heinz Vogt's brickshelf gallery: (URL) The top one is a 1x3x3 white window of the 1954-57 (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: More esoteric Lego history
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| (...) Ya know, Eric told me about this a while ago. And with Jim mentioning the 4 sons of Ole Kirk Christiansen again. Well it got me to wondering about the family twist to TLG. I mean here we have Ole Kirk, who died in 1958 leaving his 3rd oldest (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hallo Ben! A couple of things..... The exchange rate in 1968 was about DM 4,00 = $1.00. I know that very well because I was 15 years old visiting relatives in Germany in 1968. I still have a pair of Hummel figurines that I paid DM 90,- (from (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Stores
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| (...) Figures, 30 Million people in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario, and not one store...... Gary Istok (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Want to be famous?
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| (...) Ya know I was wondering why someone from Australia had "america" in their email address? Maybe it's Melinda.Carter@austr...a.lego.com ? Just wondering.... Gary Istok (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: More esoteric Lego history
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| (...) Hey Jim, Got some more info from a Danish collector from a nearby Danish town, on the event that almost changed Lego history... (and KKK was not behind the wheel)... ----- "I know Hanne died in a car crash. Some years ago I talked to a woman (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More esoteric Lego history
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| (...) SNIPPAGE (...) Well I just got another email from my Danish collector friend, who continued: "Hanne was the youger sister I belive. The official story, is that the accident happened when the three kids where on their way to a movie theatre in (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Sets That Were Never Produced
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| A while ago I mentioned that some early USA and Canada sets from 1961-62 were probably never produced. I think I can pretty much confirm it now. The 1961-62 USA and Canada Samsonite Lego catalogs show some pretty impressive sets: (URL) Here is the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Sets That Were Never Produced
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| (...) Ooops! I forgot to show what was probably produced in 1961-62. To do that, one has to look at the 1963 catalog (all these set versions with the same set numbers were actually first produced in 1961, with the exception of the tall box version (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legowiki
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| (...) OK, I have a question.... what will a Legowiki provide us that we don't already have in Lugnet, Peeron, Bricklink and Brickshelf? I am not sure that we need another reference guide. Of course I am speaking with bias here cuz I'm coming out (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Flemish Text on old Belgian Lego boxes from 1950's.
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| (...) Thank you Saskia, Here are the languages (by country) written on each country's Lego boxes from 1955-58: Denmark: "System i leg" Norway: "System i lek" Sweden: "System i lek" Germany: "System im Spiel" Austria: "System im Spiel" Switzerland: (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Our Lego wedding creation
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| (...) I almost forgot.... WOW! Custom Printed Bricks, what a great idea Tommy & Payton! I have about 100 of the old 1x6 and 1x8 printed bricks from 1955-72, mostly either scuffed or as is often the case warped (they were Cellulose Acetate from (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Our Lego wedding creation
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| (...) Good Luck Jeff! Back in 1978 TLG came out with an interesting set with the big people (you know those big heads that show up in boxes of Lego at garage sales)... That set was #205 Wedding set. The bride has auburn hair, the groom a mustache (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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