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Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:03:02 GMT
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
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> 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.
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
cylinders started appearing as early as 1977 (the same year the modern
minifig
debuted) in town sets, particularly in transparent colors.
> 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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