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Re: LEGO Facts and Figures (A repost from Pause archive, by Jeff Crites, 1995)
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"Suz" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:ICFEqA.1yuy@lugnet.com...
> Return-Path: <crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu>
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:16:53 -0500
> From: "Jeffrey T. Crites" <crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu>
> 
> 
> from LEGO's own publications:
> 
> LEGO `FACTS AND FIGURES'
> =======================
> 
> Here's some great information from `LEGO Facts & Figures',  Jan
>      94 by LEGO Group (Puveyor to Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark). The
>      following  information was taken  without permission from the above
>      mentioned source; 18th edition.  The first edition of Facts and
>      figures was published in March 1981.
> 
>      * 4.9152 cm3(cubed) is the volume of an 8-stud LEGO brick.  It
> measures 9.6x32x16 mm.


One BIG snip.

> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- • --
>   ** Again,  the following  information was taken  without permission from
>      the January 1994 `Facts & Figures', 18th Edition, LEGO Group, Puveyor
>      to Her Majesty  The Queen of Denmark.   This booklet  was produced by
>      Information & Public Relation, LEGO Group, as part of a series on the
>      LEGO Group and LEGO products. Other titles in the series: `Developing
>      a product',`A product - an idea',`Toy safety',  and `The LEGO product
>      and the environment'.
> 
>      The names LEGO, LEGOLAND,  FABULAND, DUPLO, and  SCALA are registered
>      trademarks of the LEGO Group.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- • --
>      For any of the informational booklets mentioned directly above you • may
>      contact LEGO System A/S, DK-7190 Billund, DENMARK; Telephone: (+45) • 75
>      33 11 88; Telex: 60 787 lego dk; Fax: (+45) 75 35 33 60.
> 
>  __<>__                       Jeffrey T. Crites • __<>__
> (______)                     crites@cc.purdue.edu • (______)
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>  | // |                                                               | // • |
>  |    |      "Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."       | • |
>  | // |                 Edward Young / Night Thoughts                 | // • |
>  |    |        "Particularly they who do not build with LEGO."        | • |
>  | // |               Jeff Crites / Synopsis of Oneself               | // • |
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Some very interesting facts and figures there, thanks for posting.

Does anyone have any updates on these for 2005? Especially for element
numbers etc.

Gaz.



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