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Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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lugnet.color
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Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:47:12 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Brian Muzas wrote:
> In lugnet.color, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> > Gray actually goes back to the 1950's. I have a 10x20 thick baseplate in gray
> > without "Lego" on the studs (pre 1957). The 10x20 baseplates first came out in
> > 1953, but I cannot confirm that they started in gray that year. The next
> > appearance of gray came with the advent of the Architectural Sets (1963-65),
> > when gray plates came out in 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 and the strange 8x11 plate
> > that was the top (actually bottom) of the plastic boxes that held these pieces.
> > The earliest of these were CA, then switched to ABS. Then in 1966 the #325
> > Shell Station came out with more different size of large plates. But regular
> > bricks didn't come out until after 1978. One of the first was the 1x1 round
> > bricks, found in the USS Constellation of 1978.
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> Gary, perhaps you could identify something for me? I have a number of gray
> 10x10 thick baseplates that appear to be the tops of boxes. I rescued them from
> a friend who was disposing of his Lego collection (!), but the boxes were
> already lost..
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> > Black first showed up in late 1961/early 1962
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> I was under the impression that black dated to 1957, e.g.
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/218_4
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> --Muze
Hello Brian,
I answered the question on the black parts in a different post in this color
thread, 1962 is correct as the begin date for black.
Those 10x10 thick baseplates you have are a USA/Canada Samsonite item. They
were never released in Europe. The only picture I can find is for set #703, but
that (and #702) have red box tops made out of these 10x10 baseplates. USA
Samsonite made a few other sets in this same general shape with the top as a
10x10 baseplate in colors other than red. They were #704 Doll set (set not in
database) and #021 Wheel set (picture not in database). I have these 10x10
baseplates in my collection in the following colors (red, black, gray, yellow).
There are a few others as well, but they are also not in the database.
Good to hear from you Brian!
Gary Istok
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