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Re: Non-textured slopes.
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:47:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Stembel writes:
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> 2x2x2 Slopes have been around for a looong time. Like, since the late '70s.
> They originally came in clear and trans-blue. Long before Tyco made Super
> Blocks.
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> Jeff
Riiiiight; but my point here was that a Tyco example I have dating from the
mid-eighties precisely matches a LEGO example from the late-nineties, down to
ejection scars and imprinted part numbers. I'm not saying that these pieces
are not made by TLG, nor am I saying that they are somehow inferior to other
LEGO bits. Also, this only holds to the 2x2x2 UNTEXTURED slope; I don't have
any of the textured ones to compare.
-Cheese
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| (...) Chances are, Tyco somehow acquired old Lego molds. (...) It has never *been* textured. I looked at ones from 1980, 1990, and 1999. Except for the single digit inside, they are all the exact same. The digits inside are 1, 6, and 6, but the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 2x2x2 Slopes have been around for a looong time. Like, since the late '70s. They originally came in clear and trans-blue. Long before Tyco made Super Blocks. Jeff (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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