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Re: 1x1 round plates in station
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:58:51 GMT
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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:12:54 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:
> Groups set to l.build as well as this is a more general topic
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> Simon Robinson wrote:
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> > But anyway, one of the things that I noticed were the little
> > round 1x1 plates in it actually came in pairs - joined together
> > by little plastic blobs that you pull them off. I've never seen
> > that before for those bricks. Is it something that used to be
> > common, or just a feature of a couple of particular sets?
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> It is my belief that this formerly was common practice as the 1x1 round
> plate was just about the smallest part TLG made other than flowers which
> also came that way. I have seen this done in several older sets that I
> was lucky enough to get new. I can't say which ones for sure, though. I
> seem to recall it as more common on the transparent than non transparent
> parts.
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> Note that when this was done, there was not an extra 1x1 round supplied,
> as the combination of two plus a "sprue" (1) was of enough mass to not
> require the "extra part" technique used now. (see past discussion on how
> the bags are filled... it's a weight driven process)
Just the other day, I received an older (from 1992) set, which had some
of each. The trans-red 1x1 rounds were on a sprue, but the grey 1x1
rounds were not, and there was an extra grey part.
Steve
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| (...) Extra grey but not trans red confirms my theory, I feel... The sprue increases the weight and obviates the need for a "spare".. Thanks, Steve! (25 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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