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Re: Macaroni Brick Patterns
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:51:46 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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This reminds me of the first 2 Lego sets ever produced that did not involve a
building. That was the #1300 and #1301 Mosaic Sets from 1956. These Danish
only sets contained a lot of 1x1 round bricks, 2x2 (quarter circle) and 2x4
(half circle) macaroni bricks, as well as 1x1 and 1x2 bricks. This set also
contained a 10x20 thick baseplate to build upon. Design possibilities
included something like these patterns, but on a much smaller scale. These
sets were not a great seller, and were discontinued by 1957.
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Very interesting. I did not know about those sets at all.
Both for the headlight mosaics and these macaroni patterns, one really needs a
lot of bricks of said type to make a real-life version of these. Fortunately
in this day and age of Bricklink, I was able to acquire 2,000 or so headlight
bricks at relatively inexpensive prices, and bring some of these mosaics
to life, but macaroni bricks
are still a little too rich for my blood. And I can see why sets like 1300 or
1301, with only a limited amount bricks to work with, might not yeild satisfying
results to the builder, even if they were very cool in principle. It also might
have something to do with these sorts of patterns being more fascinating to
adults than children.
-Brendan
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| (...) Very interesting..... This reminds me of the first 2 Lego sets ever produced that did not involve a building. That was the #1300 and #1301 Mosaic Sets from 1956. These Danish only sets contained a lot of 1x1 round bricks, 2x2 (quarter circle) (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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