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Re: Brick.tube evolution?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:07:17 GMT
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:3870D948.840BCBBC@umich.edu...
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> I recently purchased a 1957 version of set #700 (with contents), the • earliest of
> the Town Plan sets. Here are some observations on some of the pieces that
it has:
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> The 2x8, 4x8, 6x8, and 4x8 (curved) white plates (only color available • until the
> mid-1960's) all have the square holed bottoms, and no LEGO written on the
studs.
Now you've got me thinking! Here in the UK, Airfix produced a LEGO-like
range through the 1960s called Betta Bilda, and the plates are exactly as
you describe them here! I thought that you might be mistaken (if you'll
excuse my insolence!), but your next note, below proves that you know your
stuff!!!
> The 10x20 thick baseplate (#700/e) also has no LEGO written on the studs. • And it
> has a flat textured bottom divided into 4 quarters.
Now I'll have to check my Betta Bilda collection more closely to see if
there's any LEGO amongst it... BTW: Betta Bilda measures up slightly larger
than LEGO (I guess imperial instead of metric?) so the only way to tell is
if the bricks fit or not...
As ever, Gary, thanks for sharing your knowledge 8-)
Jon.
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| (...) Heh-heh, thanks Jon. To confirm that these are truly LEGO, I also have a 1956 Danish Parts pack of the 4x8 curved plates (2 right curves, 2 left curves, and 1 2x8 plate) and all these pieces also are missing "LEGO" on the stud tops. My (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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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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