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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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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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(...) Well... There was a smiley there :) I'm talking about the Lego of my youth, which is basically the 1980's. During the (early part of) the 90's, I was busy having my Dark Ages :( Jasper (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) 1x1 Round Plates first appeared in 1980, quite a bit before 1990. 1990 is about the time that they started to be separated from sprues, though. Originally, they all came on sprues. The first use of them was as headlights for Trains. They were (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Actually (according to the catalogs - I've not seen it in person, and always wondered how well it worked), the prism had a taller stud that would go through the hole in the support brick and stick out like a regular stud, onto which the round (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I was just using some of these last night (due to running out of newer ones) and they are weird: they stick _onto_ another brick _better_ than th enew ones, but the top stud on them must be slightly undersize beacuse anything placed on top of (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) It works pretty well ;) Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ouch, yes. That's embarassing. Teaches me to speak from memory. You are indeed correct (I'm going from brochure photos as well, but the 1981 German Trains brochure shows it very well). The prism held the round plates, rather than the holes in (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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