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Subject: 
Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:38:31 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Gary R. Istok writes:
> Yes clear do exist.  I have "several".  If you want to know which set had the
> most, here it is (thanks to Horst Lehner's cool catalog website).  This is the
> reverse side to the 1961-62 USA Samsonite Catalog, where the parts packs are
> located.  Check out parts pack 224, which was available in gray.
> 
> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/us6x/US6x-2.JPG
> 
> The biggest decade for clear macaroni bricks was the 1960's.  The USA #725 • Town
> Plan set had about 20 of these.  The Esso Service gas station set (#310) also • had
> 2, but was never available in the USA (this set was never available in the • USA,
> but the parts/parts packs were available here).
> 
> Gary Istok
> 
> 
> Aaron Hines wrote:
> 
> > <SNIP>
> > 
> > > Do clear macaroni bricks really exist!!???  What set?  I'd like to check it • out
> > > on Brickshelf.
> > 
> > Yes, I believe I have ONE clear macaroni brick in my collection...unless I
> > traded it already.  I think Zonker got a couple clear bricks in trade when I
> > wasn't paying much attention. =)  Of course I got a Majisto and Dragon • Master
> > knight in trade, so it was okay.
> > 
> > Aaron
As Gary has said, yes they do exist. I used to be able to (once in a while)
play with my Uncle's collection, which included clear macaroni bricks, and a
neighbor friend of mine was lucky enough to have (what I considered at the
time) a masive collection, when I was a young child.

Rich.



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  Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
 
(...) As a kid growing up in Detroit in the early 1960's, whenever I got 50 cents or a dollar together I used to go up to the neighborhood bicycle shop, which also carried LEGO. I ended up buying the macaroni brick parts packs in every color (...) (27 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
 
Yes clear do exist. I have "several". If you want to know which set had the most, here it is (thanks to Horst Lehner's cool catalog website). This is the reverse side to the 1961-62 USA Samsonite Catalog, where the parts packs are located. Check out (...) (27 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)

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