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| TLG made wavy LEGO country flags from November 1957 until circa 1973 (when they were replaced by the stickered straight country flags). And there was one flag that was produced in error (I always called it the old Yugoslavian flag in jest)... with 3 (...) (12 years ago, 23-Oct-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Rarest LEGO flag.... Faroe Islands!
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| If you were taking a ferry boat from Denmark to Iceland thru the North Sea, you would pass by an archipelago of very rugged islands called the Faroe Islands. These are semi-independent from Denmark, although currency and defense are still supplied (...) (12 years ago, 24-Oct-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | The Oldest LEGO Sets
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| In my LEGO DVD/download I show the 4 oldest LEGO boxes, all Automatic Binding Bricks boxes. Well in 6 months when I ship out my next update (free to people who already paid for or own the DVD/download)... there will be 2 additional old box images. (...) (12 years ago, 25-Oct-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Oldest LEGO Sets
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| Wow.... I cut/pasted my first post over on Eurobricks, and a Danish fellow recognized the earliest LEGO images I had posted, and found a truly rare old LEGO Retailer wooden box... that is "museum quality"!!! I never knew the existence of this box... (...) (12 years ago, 28-Oct-12, to lugnet.general)
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| Here's another set of images of the first regularly labeled LEGO basic sets of 1953-55... the LEGO Mursten sets of Denmark, Norway and Sweden... and an image of their contents from a rare 1953-54 Danish Retailer Catalog. (URL) in 1955 (the year (...) (12 years ago, 30-Oct-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Unknown Orange LEGO Windows/Doors Found....
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| Back in the 1950-55 era TLG made LEGO bricks in at least 24 colors (but only 4 sizes... 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 and 2x4). And they also made classic windows and doors, but different from the later (1956-86) classic windows/doors era. These earlier (...) (12 years ago, 16-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Re: Unknown Orange LEGO Windows/Doors Found....
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| (...) Thanks Dave! My favorite chapter is the one on LEGO Wooden Boxes... there are over 70 boxes not found in any online database! And lots of other unknown sets. People keep sending me items that I've never seen before, and I keep adding them to (...) (12 years ago, 16-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | The strange case of 1975 Eaton's Catalog Sets...
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| Hello Canadians.... Since I live only 10 miles from the Canadian border (across from Essex County Ontario)... I've always had a special affinity for Canadian LEGO... but there have been a few LEGO mysteries peculiar to Canada that I have never quite (...) (12 years ago, 17-Nov-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Rare LEGO Promotional Sets
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| TLG has been making LEGO Promotional Sets for other coumpanies ever since 1955, when the first Danish Esso Service Stations were giving out LEGO Esso vehicles. One of the most famous and interesting promotional LEGO sets was the 1592 Town Square set (...) (12 years ago, 18-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Re: Rare LEGO Promotional Sets
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| (...) Chris... like most American's, I've never had Weetabix before... I've based my entire knowledge about it on Showtime's THE TUDORS miniseries BLOOPERS clip... (starting at 3:13 in this clip).... (URL) looked like Chocolate Cream of Wheat... but (...) (12 years ago, 18-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | Re: Rare LEGO Promotional Sets
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| (...) Chris in that scene of The Tudors Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was pole vaulting over a swampy area... and the pole snapped and he got stuck underwater in the mud. They must have "pulverized" the Weetabix to give the appearance that Henry (...) (12 years ago, 20-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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gerhard, istok
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| | LEGO Magazine Advertisements Thru The Ages
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| TLG has been advertising in magazines for over 50 years. Chapter 68 of my LEGO DVD/download has many advertisements that I've gotten from many LEGO AFOLs from around the world. Some are simple designs... others are works of art. In 1959 TLG got an (...) (12 years ago, 20-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Who is that guy with his own picture on the LEGO Box??
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| This guy.... (URL) it's Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen owner of LEGO! ;-) He was at Fanwelt 2012, the Cologne LEGO Show in Germany this weekend, and this picture was taken by my good German LEGO friend Sven Köppchen. Sven and a group of European AFOLs put (...) (12 years ago, 25-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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