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Re: 1x1 round plates in station
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:14:52 GMT
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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:12:54 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
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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.
Hmm... Remembering back to the olden days - pre 1990 :), I seem to
remember that when the headlights on small cars (which were most of my
lego) switched from 1*1 trans plates to round 1*1's, this happened. I
_think_ but I'm not sure, that before that, there just was no such
piece as 1*1 round, or possibly it wasn't believed sturdy enough for
headlight use.
Jasper
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| (...) Actually the latter is probably true. There were 1x1 rounds available since the advent of modern LEGO (1958), and they were always available in (regular) clear color. The earliest 1x1 rounds (with no recessed base like today's 1x1 rounds) had (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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