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| As my journey from the Dark Ages continues, I have noticed some variations in the basic brick... o Old CA bricks have the plastic 'tear off' (aka the umbilical) on one of the short ends of the brick. Newer bricks (ABS) have the 'tear off' on one of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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| Hi Jojo, <Eric said:> (...) <Jojo replied:> (...) Similar here. I didn't buy a single new set this year. All I bought so far was multiple copies of old (pre 2004) sets and old-colour bricks at BL and Lego S@H. On the sunny side, my CD collection (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Old Brick box 226
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| Hi, I got this box a few weeks ago from a Lego fan, who went to a little toy shop in the neighborhood. The owners are closing down the shop, and found a verry old original Lego box on the attey with the original bricks in it. The box has number 226 (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: Brick versions over the years
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| (...) I even have quite a few transitional ABS bricks with the old font, or at least a different type of stud decoration. (...) These are the years I was ignorantly calling "vintage". Sorry if I gave you the impression that I was talking about (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: DB InterCityExpress (ICE 3) train set
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| (...) The new lamps are really cool, especially in being LED. They can be a bit bulky compared to the old light bricks though. Plus they're permanently paired. (URL) I believe the bottom of these are compatible with the old 9V connectors. The (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Trains...
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| "Jon D Hayward" <JonDHayward@Yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:GCEE0s.110@lugnet.com... (...) gulp! (...) sorting (...) more (...) Best bring a big wad with me then! Interestingly most of my want right now are just plain old-fashioned bricks - (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Old Lego colors
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| (...) Tore, It is quite possible that by the time LEGO made black bricks, they started producing the ABS plastic bricks. It's possible that maybe none of the black bricks were made of Cellulose Acetate, which warped over time. Even Cellulose (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Current Auction Goodies?
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| Hi, just a quick note to lego fans that I currently have the following auctions running: (URL) New Pirate parts (URL) Old printed bricks (town,lighting bricks etc) (URL) Old gears (pre technic - blue,red,yellow) (URL) MISB Paradisa 6417 Regards, (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Best "practical" use of LEGO?
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| (...) LOL! I use stacks of bricks for a few of my old windows as well... but in a slightly different way. I also have a very old home, with old double hung windows on pulley systems. A few of the cords have snapped with age, so getting the window to (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Peeron inventory corrections
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| May 18 384-1: London bus / Double Decker Bus inventory is correct 316-2: farm tractor: 3062a Black 1x1 Round with solid Stud should be 3062-old 3004 Bricks 1x2, black, blue and red should be with no center stud 7049 White Brick 2x4 with Wheels (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Bulk old light gray showing up at PAB
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| I was in Los Angeles CA yesterday, and found old light gray 1x2 bricks in stock at the Ontario Mills outlet mall location. there where also 1x2 plates and 2x2 corner plates available at the Legoland location in Carlsbad CA. All the best, Darren (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Textured bricks that look like bricks?
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| (...) I am very curious to see more of this technique. Actually, this type of building (diorama scale architecture?) is one of my favorite areas. I'm just now looking at what colors and bricks I need to be able to create some of the buildings I have (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: That old set FEELING...
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| <snip> (...) Tim, you better stop making me feel old. Sometimes I think it's these ABS bricks that make me feel younger than I really am... (granted, I'm not as old as some of the folks (Like Larry), but I'm up there with most of em, I'm sure... (in (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Row Houses
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| Jason, You already know how enamored I am with your row houses... so enamored I had to build some! (URL) are slightly different not due to any great need to change your design.. just because it is so easy to vary this design. perhaps my favorite (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Ghetto Lego?
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| Thats what I use the old lego from my childhood for. Most bricks have teethmarks, the white bricks are yellowed, and some even have chips (I now regret the abuse I gave to my Lego as a kid) run down, dirty bricks for run down dirty buildings. Silas (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | New Megabloks molds!
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| Today I discovered that Megabloks has started using new molds, at least for its 2x4 bricks. A few days ago I built set #9762 Destroyer. Somehow the bricks felt different. I'm still not sure why, but closer investigation has revealed: 1) the logo is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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