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Re: Brick.tube evolution?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:21:15 GMT
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Jon D Hayward wrote:
> Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
> news:3870D948.840BCBBC@umich.edu...
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> <snip>
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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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> <more snip>
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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.
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> 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!!!
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> > 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.
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> 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...
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> As ever, Gary, thanks for sharing your knowledge 8-)
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> Jon.
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 collection starts with pieces from 1956-present (nothing older). And among
all these, only the early white plates and early 10x20 baseplates (textured
bottom similar to regular sloped bricks, with the word "LEGO" in large letters
embossed in italics with "700e" in one of the 4 quadrants) have no LEGO on the
studs. Note: the 10x20 baseplates with the many little "craters" on the bottom
(one for each stud on the top) and also with the 4 quadrants to the bottom --
these baseplates came later circa 1958 or 1959 thru circa 1970. These are the
most common of the classic baseplates and they DID have LEGO on the studs.
Gary Istok
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| Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:3870D948.840BCB...ich.edu... <snip> (...) earliest of (...) it has: <more snip> (...) until the (...) studs. Now you've got me thinking! Here in the UK, Airfix produced a LEGO-like range through (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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