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Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:54:34 GMT
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Remy Evard wrote:
> gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <3879FD58.50B7BAB1@umich.edu>:
> <snip>
> > And then there is another variation for the first year of LEGO windows -
> > 1957. Windows made that year had complete studs on top (with LEGO
> > imprinted on top). After 1957, the studs had the "crater" look that they
> > still have today (with LEGO at the bottom of the depression). The 1957
> > LEGO window variety is very rare today.
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> Speaking of which - when did the 1x1 cylinders switch from having
> complete studs to the crater look style? In the cylinders of course,
> it's not actually a crater, it's actually an open hole.
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> The 1975 sets I have all had solid studs, but after that I'm not sure.
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> And why, I wonder? Certainly you can use the hole to push tubes
> through, but that's not done all that frequently, and you could make
> the same argument for having holes in the studs of bricks...
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> I'm reconstructing a lot of my older sets, and trying hard to find the
> cylinders with solid studs to use on them where indicated. The 565
> space landing,for example, has around 20 white cylinders, and
> these are by far the hardest parts for me to locate. (In contrast,
> I have handfulls of extra white cylinders with the hole through
> the stud.)
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> If anyone has any extras of these in any color, let me know... :-)
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> -r'm
The date they switched from the Type 2 cylinders (without hole) to Type 3 was
circa 1980. Someone with an intact Yellow Castle should check the yellow
cylinders to see if they have the holes or not.
The switch from Type 1 to Type 2 (remember Type 1 were the cylinders without
the tapered base, and without the hole on top) took place in the mid to late
1960's. I have a 1966 set 325 (Shell Station), and it came with the Type 2
cylinders, but I would have thought that the switch happened a little later.
Anyone who has a bunch of Type 1 bricks will remember them as not stacking
together very securely.
Gary Istok
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 | | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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| Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:387B5239.D3AADA...ich.edu... (...) was (...) I don't have mine handy, but I'm fairly certain that I recall the yellow cylinders in this set having hollow studs. This makes sense; hollow studded (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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| gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <387B5239.D3AADAD3@umich.edu>: <snip> (...) Just popped the tower open on mine to check - they're solid. Type 2s. And also, the 1x1x1 bricks with holes on the side are the older style with square holes, not the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <3879FD58.50B7BAB1@umich.edu>: <snip> (...) Speaking of which - when did the 1x1 cylinders switch from having complete studs to the crater look style? In the cylinders of course, it's not actually a crater, (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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