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Back in the 1950-55 era TLG made LEGO bricks in at least 24 colors (but only 4 sizes... 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 and 2x4). And they also made classic windows and doors, but different from the later (1956-86) classic windows/doors era. These earlier (...) (12 years ago, 16-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The 236 Garage... the simples and yet most complex LEGO Set...
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(...) Dave, I'll console you a little bit... the really valuable 1:87 scale cars were mainly only sold in continental Europe. Britain had a very rare black Jaguar (#670), but the USA had just basically common color vehicles, and only a Bedford Esso (...) (12 years ago, 16-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) Well then, he or she will miss all the fun! (...) That. Blows for the organizers (...) I've seen fans go out the door with skids piled high at least now there's no incentive to do store runs. Go if you want. Might be better in the long run (...) (12 years ago, 16-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) (URL) JOHN (12 years ago, 16-Nov-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) All speculation may end right here because we have the words straight from Kevin in my inbox... this has been cut from a very long letter explaining why and what will continue and what will not continue... "THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NO LONGER (...) (12 years ago, 15-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The 236 Garage... the simples and yet most complex LEGO Set...
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(...) You're lucky. A long time ago (long before the internet), I bought a collection off a retiree that basically doubled my LEGO collection at the time (now it might make a dent, but not much). Anyway, whilst sorting it I came across a few (...) (12 years ago, 15-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifig-scale Hawk?
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(...) What about a flipper, a 3x3 corner plate and a 1x2 'shoe'/'beak' part? It's a bit big, and maybe looks more like a kite, but at least it looks like it could fly... (12 years ago, 15-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The 236 Garage... the simples and yet most complex LEGO Set...
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(...) also *had* some of the cars, but none of them survived my childhood. A bicycle, two mopeds/Vespa and a motorcycle did survive, though, and are displayed in my 'Historical Lego' shelf... (12 years ago, 15-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The 236 Garage... the simples and yet most complex LEGO Set...
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(...) <snip> I actually own a few copies of this set (sans box) Dunno how, over the years, I acquired them, but they are pretty cool! Dave K (12 years ago, 15-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Minifig-scale Hawk?
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Does anyone know of a minifig-scale rendition of a hawk? Or other similar birds. I've been looking at the farm birds included in medieval market set for inspiration, but I haven't been able to come up with anything that really flies. Unfortunately, (...) (12 years ago, 14-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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