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Re: Brick.tube evolution?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:51:52 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler writes:
> I've noticed this several times during my Lego career, but while browsing my
> stash of 2x4 bricks I noticed it again and thought I'd ask. The tubes on some
> of my older bricks have slots in them. I seem to recall realizing this years
> ago, thinking at the time that my even older bricks were not so slotted.
> Since then, they've gone back to non-slotted, with the addition of a small
> interior "panel" crossing the center of the brick's underside.
> These are terrible descriptions, I know, but I hoped Mr. Istok or some other
> Lego historian might have some insight about the evolution of the common
> brick. I'm aware that the tubes were not an original feature and were added
> later for better grip. When did these changes in the tubes take place?
> Dave!
The Ultimate LEGO Book (DK Publishing, 1999) contains a "timeline" of the
evolution of the LEGO brick. The first plastic LEGO bricks, introduced in
1949, although resembling modern bricks with the studs on top, had slots on
the sides of the brick, and were hollow inside. The first stud-and-tube
coupling bricks, introduced in 1958, resemble present bricks and did not have
slots on the sides.
According to this book, LEGO did not introduce a wheel until 1962!
The Guide is pretty interesting, and has lots of cool pictures (always a
plus), but it reads like it came directly from the TLC marketing department.
For instance, it completely omits the Samsonite-LEGO period in the U.S., which
I wasn't aware of until discovering these newsgroups.
Perhaps our resident historians will write a definitive history of the brick.
Jim
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| (...) Just back from the Holiday grind....... When the early bricks came out in 1949-52 they had the slots on the sides, and no tubes underneath. They were not called LEGO until 1953. Around that time, the slots on the sides of the bricks (visible (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I've noticed this several times during my Lego career, but while browsing my stash of 2x4 bricks I noticed it again and thought I'd ask. The tubes on some of my older bricks have slots in them. I seem to recall realizing this years ago, thinking at (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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