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Re: Old style clear windshields
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 2 Mar 2000 20:34:44 GMT
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I suspect that the pieces in question were 'a plate shy of full height' (so to
speak; the same might be said of me) so that models could be made that had
windshields and came out to an even number of bricks in height, as one of
these pieces with a plate on top is two bricks in height.
-Cheese
In lugnet.general, John D. Forinash writes:
> In article <Fqt8qA.446@lugnet.com>, Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote:
> > I used one in a model of a butcher's shop (as a part of the refrigerated
> > counter) and was mildly surprised when people asked about the piece. It must
> > have been in one of the first sets I ever got, because I've had it as long • as I
> > can remember.
>
> I had a couple in my collection, as well-- They came from a Universal
> Building Set (if that gives you an idea as to the ancientness of the
> set) that was largely blue... One of the featured models was a blue
> helicopter that used three of these windows as the front windscreen. I
> suspect they've been other places, as well, but that's the only set I
> know for certain had 'em.
>
> I'd always wondered why they picked 2x2x1 2/3s as a size...
>
> -JDF
> --
> J.D. Forinash ,-.
> foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
> The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| (...) I had a couple in my collection, as well-- They came from a Universal Building Set (if that gives you an idea as to the ancientness of the set) that was largely blue... One of the featured models was a blue helicopter that used three of these (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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