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Do any of you oldtimers remember exactly when the bases of the various
tile parts changed, to have the groove/indent around the edge? Were all
the tiles changed at once, or did it take a while for everything to get
into the groove?
Awhile ago, Kevin Bane went to the trouble of making new LDraw files for
the grooved tiles (current LDraw tiles are grooveless). It would be
nice (very nice!) to be able to sort the different patterned tile parts
out, and put some groove into the newer tiles.
If anyone has specific examples of patterned tiles in either grooved or
grooveless style, it would be good to know about that as well.
I'll post a list of the tiled parts in a bit.
Any information or insight on this topic would be ... groovy.
Steve
(sorry about the groovy puns)
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| (...) Below is the list of part files which could potentially be affected by this change. So far, we've only got grooved versions of the 1x1, 1x2, 1x2 grille, and 1x4 tile part files. At least the 2x2 and 2x2 round tiles could also be regrooved, and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: When Did Tiles Get Their Groove?
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| (...) I am fairly sure none of the printed tiles had the fingernail grooves. The grooves have been there for a long time; probably over 20 years old I would say. I think that the use of printing on tiles is significantly more recent. I have a few (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) The hears of my yellow castle 6075 horses are grooved 1x2 tiles. My set was bought year 1981. The set was available here (france), year 1979. In those times lego group has used rare printed parts and many stickers. Damien (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) The only decorated tile without a finger groove that I know of is the 2x2 with a large black disk (3068P17). This came from the Homemaker set 263 dated 1974. I've no idea whether this _also_ exists with a finger groove. Chris (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I've also noticed the 1x2 tile with grille (#2412) comes in grooved & non-grooved. I have black & grey in both styles, but unfortunately they've all been integrated into my collection & I have no info on what sets they came from. 8?( (...) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: When Did Tiles Get Their Groove?
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| (...) I have heard reliable reports of recently opened MISB sets from 1973 and 1976 without and with grooves, respectively. I think that narrows down the time frame for the addition of the groove (to nongrille tiles). It would be good to narrow it (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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