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Re: I have these sets but can't find them in the set listings. Help!
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Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:32:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Susan Hoover writes:


Hmm.  That answers my question of which one came with set 125, but
leaves me with a puzzle: where did my 1x2x3's come from, then?  The
only sets I got as a child in the 70's were 125, 410, and 420.  All of
the rest of my collection has been obtained since 1993.  I did get some
random parts from a co-worker's son, but that kid was born in the 80's.

Heh.  I just looked at <set:148> and it appears to have both the 1x2x3
and the 1x3x4, in addition to minifigs that don't fit thru either size
door!  Is it possible that set 125 had both?

--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX

Wow. This was my first trip into the lugnet group. I posted my little message,
and it turned into a study of doors. Pretty cool. Anyway, I was disappointed
to find that my set 125 is actually a combination of sets 125,145 and a 450
piece samsonite gift set that got all mixed up by my young cousins sometime
during the 70's. Therefore I can't add much about what the 125 originally had.
All the doors look the same though. And what's up with all the 2x4 bricks?
Like almost every brick in there is a 2x4.
One interesting note: the samsonite bricks stand out because their color does
not match the lego legos. They appear to be made from different material or
at least a different process. I am aware of some of the plastic changes that
lego Denmark made, but wasn't that before they were shipped to the US?



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  Re: I have these sets but can't find them in the set listings. Help!
 
(...) Samsonite bricks were Celulos (sp?) Acetate, while the current ones are from ABS (stands for Abrasive Brick Substance ;-) (j/k). Dunno when the switch was made, though. -Shiri (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: I have these sets but can't find them in the set listings. Help!
 
(...) OK, a couple of things..... 1) The 2x4 bricks were the mainstain of LEGO in the 50's and 60's. And the predominant colors were red and white. Back in those years buildings were mostly 2 studs thick. No "1x" buildings back then. The 1x1, 1x2, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: I have these sets but can't find them in the set listings. Help!
 
(...) Hmm. That answers my question of which one came with set 125, but leaves me with a puzzle: where did my 1x2x3's come from, then? The only sets I got as a child in the 70's were 125, 410, and 420. All of the rest of my collection has been (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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