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Hi Rufus, I have some older catalogs that may help. I have an american catalog from 1973 and a couple of british idea books/catalogs from the period when lego didn't put year of release on their material. They mention such sets as basic sets 020 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Speaking of this, I had the pleasure of meeting Gary, and he is like a walking Lego history book, with the original sets to prove it. I want to be just like him when I grow up! :) (You're a great guy, Gary!) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) hey, is there anyone interested in helping me to complete my listing of crossindexes between european and american sets from the 70's? right know i have gone back to 1976 but have no older catalogs. rufus t. (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool! (...) Maybe you can make a mechanism inside that, when it's tilted down to serve the soda, blocks the hole above at the same time. Only when you close or lift it back up does it receive another can. If you lay the cans on their sides, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I don't know about anyone else but when I see a Gary Istok post I feel the urge to grab a cup of tea and a biscut, make myself comfortable and indulge in a bit of nostalga while I read his posts. I would have said make myself comfortable beside the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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How about some of those 2X3X1 clear parts packs you showed us, Gary? :)- Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) found in Service Packs 518 (2x4 plates), 519 (2x3 plates), 520 (2x2 plates), and 521 (1x1 & 1x2 plates) which were available ONLY in the mid 1960's (so you're not gonna find these today). These sets were available in Europe and USA (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Don Heyse writes: - snip (a bunch of stuff about set 480) - (...) I just checked, it's set 358. Does anybody have instructions for this? As an aside, it would've been really handy to have that set search box available as I was (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) I vaguely remember a police station where the placement of the minifig stiffs on the cover was different for the two versions. As far as I can tell the only difference between 480 and the euro version is the catalog pics on the back. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, the 2 sets that have the most are expensive and you'll end up with lots of parts you might not want, but ... The 8479 Bar Code Multi Set has 9 1x2s 4 1x2s with the side tray 6 1x3s 10 1x4s 2 1x6s 1 1x8 4 1x10s 3 2x4s 1 2x6 2 2x10s 2 3x3s (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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