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Subject: 
Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.books
Date: 
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:30:44 GMT
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"Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:39AC159F.79F7454E@umich.edu...
> I just got a hoard of old 1960's LEGO from a USA Ebay Auction over the
> weekend.  Among the lot, I was expecting a tattered copy of the very
> first Lego idea book, the Building Idea Book 1 (LEGO reference #238).
> This book was produced from 1960-68 in several different languages and
> editions -- USA Samsonite, UK, German, Danish, Swedish, etc, as well as
> an International version without writing (only the pictures).   And they
> are very difficult to come by in good condition, because they were
> rather delicate, and kids were kind of rough on them back in the 1960's.


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> 
> Gary Istok


Gary - I have an Idea Book (or something similar) from my childhood that has
a lower case "a" in the lower right hand corner.  Any idea what it belongs
to?  I would assume that it came from the first Samsonite era LEGO I
received as a gift from my grandfather when I was about five years old.

Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com



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  New "a" book? (was: Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238))
 
(...) I'm not Gary, but... *Lower* right hand corner? I haven't seen that one. What else is notable about it? Is it on Brickshelf? I've got a book with "a" in the *upper* right hand corner. It can be seen on Brickshelf: (URL) got it in Europe, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)

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  Building Idea Book 1 (#238)
 
I just got a hoard of old 1960's LEGO from a USA Ebay Auction over the weekend. Among the lot, I was expecting a tattered copy of the very first Lego idea book, the Building Idea Book 1 (LEGO reference #238). This book was produced from 1960-68 in (...) (26 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)

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