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Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:44:01 GMT
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I asked my little brother about the gears. He knows we still have them but
they're buried somewhere deep in the recesses of Knobhead. This sounds like a
job for Johnny Thunder...
It's entirely possible that it's from a European set. My aunt, if I recall
correctly, bought my first official brand new set (and she's the one who gave
us the suitcase of old ones) from Germany. It was the "Space Shuttle" with
the little classic white space guy. It's still the most awesome set ever as
far as I'm concerned. But that's because of intrinsic value. :O)
Markus
In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
>
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> Markus Wolf wrote:
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> > That's it! That's so cool. You really made my day. Thanks Erik. (Plus • the
> > bonus is that I can download some plans to use them)
> >
> > Markus
> >
> > In lugnet.general, Erik Olson writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Markus Wolf writes:
> > > > YOu know, I have some gear type things in my legos that I'm not sure are • lego
> > > > or not.
> > >
> > > Like the ones in <set: 800> ?
> > >
> > > Check out the historic gear sets:
> > > http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=gears
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> Wait a moment, Markus
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> If your LEGO is USA LEGO, then you are talking about set 001 - the USA/Canada
> Samsonite LEGO gears set (circa 1968-70). The largest sizes were red and • blue,
> with yellow and white the smaller sizes of gears. These gears could be • attached to
> the wheels of that era (the red wheel with gray rubber and white axle • bricks), or
> to 4x4 turntable bricks (which have existed at least since 1964).
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> The European sets 800/801/802 were a different gear type. These are not • compatible
> with the Samsonite LEGO gears. They had special axles and axle bricks (with • lots
> of holes) that were not produced in the Samsonite sets. These European gears • were
> also different because the large gear was yellow, and the smaller ones were • blue or
> red. I don't even remember a white gear in the European sets.
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> My 2 cents,
> Gary Istok
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