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Re: Inventory--021 Wheel Set
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lugnet.db.inv
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Wed, 29 Mar 2000 04:03:00 GMT
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In lugnet.db.inv, Jim Hughes writes:
> Scholars have long debated exactly where the 021 wheel set fit into
> Samsonite history. As I'm sure you are aware early scholarship viewed the set
> in a rather harsh light. Was it an accessory set or a model set in its own
> right? However several recent scholarly articles, particularly the paper in
> the Journal of Early Plastic Building Block History (J Plas Block His 27:1149-
> 1161 (1999)) suggest a reevaluation of this set. As Peregrine Hunicutt M.C.S,
> cofounder of Plastic Brick with Small Round Stud Quarterly states-the 021
> is "perhaps the best Lego Wheel Set of the late 60's"
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> This set was still sealed when I opened it so I thought it would be
> interesting to inventory it by tray, although I seriously doubt that the
> contents of each tray were consistant from set to set. I picture some worker
> in Denver spending the morning riveting handles on attache cases, then after
> his union-mandated break, throwing about the right amount of small plastic
> pieces into trays on an assembly line, thinking all of the time about the
> greivence he is going to file. So consider this a snapshot of a 30 year old
> set.
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> All of these are the older style elements. Although ABS, they are clearly not
> the Bayer Novodur used today.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is great. I asked about an inventory of
this set a couple of months ago and I was losing hope anyone could come up
with the exact contents.
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| Scholars have long debated exactly where the 021 wheel set fit into Samsonite history. As I'm sure you are aware early scholarship viewed the set in a rather harsh light. Was it an accessory set or a model set in its own right? However several (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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