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Re: What 15 LEGO Pieces are still made today?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:44:03 GMT
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:28:10 GMT, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote:
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> > > In 1957 LEGO came out with the classic windows (9 different) and the
> > > classic door. In 1958 LEGO came out with the binding brick with tubes
> > > underneath. In 1962 they came out with LEGO wheels.
> > >
> > > Here's a little quiz. Out of the thousands of pieces LEGO makes today,
> > > only 15 have been around since 1957. Name them. (Hint: some pieces
> > > have undergone some changes, but they are still the same basic pieces).
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> > Clarification please? would you count the 2x4 brick as the same? I wouldn't.
> > Adding tubes is enough of a radical difference to not be the "same". Ditto for
> > the 2x8 plate, changing from that squarish pattern to the current short tube
> > and pin approach is a big change.
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> > But it's your quiz, what did you mean?
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> > ++Lar
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> Yes Larry I am including those type of pieces, since it still is a 2x4. There are
> so many sublte as well as large changes (in some instances), but if you allowed no
> slack at all the actual number would probably be "1" piece, the 1x1 brick. ALL
> other pieces have undergone at least some changes.
And if you really wanted to get technical, it would be 0. The 1x1 brick used to
be side injected, but is now top injected. This means no more unsightly
injection point on one side of the brick.
> So let's say how many pieces have "evolved" but are still in production 43 years
> later. :-)
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> Gary Istok
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| (...) Yes Larry I am including those type of pieces, since it still is a 2x4. There are so many sublte as well as large changes (in some instances), but if you allowed no slack at all the actual number would probably be "1" piece, the 1x1 brick. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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