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		Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
Ah ha!! ABS Plastic was introduced in 1963!!! The World of Lego Toys says 1961! I always thought that there was way too much Cellulose Acetate Lego around for the change to have taken place in 1961. And it said that the first sets with instructions (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: 50x50 baseplate (was: Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library)
Frank, you never know what old stock you're gonna find in a Toy Store. 11 years after the London Bus (#760) came on the scene in 1975, I picked up a large quantity of them in 1986 at a suburban Detroit toy store chain. Ditto for the Lear Jet (#455). (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: 50x50 baseplate (was: Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library)
(...) Here is an eBay picture (that's a switch, isn't it, of a LUGNET item referencing an eBay item) of one of the rare 50x50 plates with a roadway on it. I recently purchased it in eBay. Scroll down to the bottom of the eBay listing for the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		What is Samsonite Lego?
OK, someone recently asked me what Samsonite Lego is. LEGO, as we all know was founded in Denmark. By the mid 1950's, it was sold throughout the Scandanavian countries of Europe. In 1956 it started selling in West Germany, Europes largest market. By (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
Hey Tom, Thanks - I've been trying to remember the toy store name where I got the large number of London Bus and Lear Jet sets back in the 1980's. It was KB Toys, the toy Liquidator! (I don't think they have Detroit area stores any more.) That (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
Thanks Beth, All additional folks are welcome to add their name to the letter. I am still rewriting it, and "toning down the rhetoric". So far I have about 30 signators to the letter. I will be sending out another request for more signators after (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
(...) Nuernberg (Nuremburg) Toy Fair .... isn't that Europes largest toy fair? And my cousin (who owns a Teddy Bear factory 60 miles north of Nuremburg) always goes to that fair every February ..... hmmmmmmm, I wonder if she could take me along (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
I can understand Marks perspective, and I can understand why he would like it all to go to Australia ..... (to replentish the old Lego supply that those not too smart LEGO Australia folks destroyed). But rather than leaving it sitting in storage for (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: 10x20 green baseplates
Well, there were a lot of sets in the 1970's that had those 10x20 green (1 brick thick) baseplates with the tubes around the bottom inside edge. Several sets come to mind immediately - 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 148, 149. Back in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
I'm sure there are a lot of nuances that went into this decision. The Danish company was only into its' 8th year of exporting it's product when it entered the US market. As to whether tariffs were a consideration, I'm sure they were. Even the sets (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
Adam, right now, only Name, # of sets, and # of pieces. I am going to do a followup request after September 1 when a lot of people return from vacation/holiday. So far I have about 25 names. I have gotten a lot of pointers on changes to the letters. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: GLMA proceeds --> Turkey (was Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
(...) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: 10x20 green baseplates
Hmmm, Let's see, I have sets 148 (Central Train Station) and 149 (Shell Refinery). They both came out in 1975, and both have the green baseplates with the tubes underneath. That would place the conversion date prior to 1975. I also have a 1970 US (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		The fabulous - Building Idea Book #1
(Reprinted from RTL.LEGO) I've been wanting to get the very first Lego idea book posted here for some time ..... Ah! Someone else beat me to the "publishing" punch. (URL) fabulous book shown at this website is the "BUILDING IDEA BOOK #1", (Lego (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
(...) Richard is right. We do whine a lot...... BUT Americans do make sure their elected representatives HEAR them (whining). When USA taxes are raised, the usual result is someone in government gets booted out of office. Lower taxes are the norm. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: The fabulous - Building Idea Book #1
Back in the 1960's Lego was not just geared to children! (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: The fabulous - Building Idea Book #1
As you can see, in the 1960's Lego was not just for children! (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: 10x20 green baseplates
Hey thanks Bill! That makes perfect sense to me. I always think of 1972-73 as a milestone in LEGO History. They changed the LEGO logo, TLG bought back the lisencing from Samsonite (KKK came to the USA to help open TLG USA), the first of the Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
(...) I'll split that lot with Larry, if he lets me... :) (...) Let me know when you want to let some go. Seriously. (...) Agreed, all doors should be paired. (...) I hope Dave Simmons doesn't read this, but again if you're looking to unload some, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
No Scott, we did one better, we went to the Cathedral! And Lar took some pictures of it. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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