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Scans of 1960's ads —Jim Hughes

Hi: I just finished scanning all of my 1960's Lego ads (well all 5 of them!) and thought that they came out good enough to post. Temporarily they are secretly embedded in my Technic site at: (URL) finally figured out how to properly tile multiple (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general) !!

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Todd Lehman

(...) I find the text on the elephant page historically interesting, BTW! :) (URL) actually say: "Give your child enough Lego® and his imagination may get carried away." and: "It would take about three thousand boxes of Lego to build a giant (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Matthew Miller

(...) [snip] (...) Interesting question. Maybe that one just slipped by their lawyers. :) It's interesting to note that this supports the "Lego as plural noun for Lego" camp (ie most diehard online Lego fans). Since current documents say that Lego (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Jim Hughes

(...) I'll bet that the change came when Lego reacquired the Samsonite License in '73 and decided that they needed to more carefully control their trademark. (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Nick Goetz

Neat. It is interesting to note that the builders/designers of the time (if there were any at tht time) did not even attempt to curve the legs or top of that elephant. Even the tusks are composed of several rectangles instead of a consistant curve. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Matthew Miller

(...) That's partly a stylistic thing -- take a look at buildings designed in that era. (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Nick Goetz

True the building were more "blocky" but an elephant? I guess in a time when human faces were nothing more than a 2x2 block, the elephants were thankful they even got tusks! <g> -Nick Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Alan Gerber

(...) I think they're trying to simulate something like the kid shown would make. Look at the coloring of it. If it was made to look as good as possible, it would probably been one color, and could have better curves. Alan (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —John Gerlach

(...) Thanks Jim, these are nice! I like how the 1961 ad suggests that adults play with Lego too... JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Tore Eriksson

Really nice scans! I hate to promote myself, but have you seen my scans of Lego ads? (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Fredrik Glöckner

(...) Actually, the red rally car from 673 was one of my fav LEGO cars in my childhood: (URL) who complain about the level of juniorization of today's town cars: Look at this ad! Not only do these cars have no opening doors -- You can't even put a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Tore Eriksson

(...) That has never bothered me. I think minifigs overall are the worst form of juniorization. I've always hated their foolish grin, yellow skin, and their stupid stud on top. My Lego people have always been invisible and they have no problem (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Tore Eriksson

(...) If there is an ad anyone really wants in its original environment (second hand Swedish Disney magazines), I can try to hunt for it next time I go to Stockholm. Prices vary, but usually they charge approximately: * early 60's: $4.50 - $7.50 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Matthew Miller

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Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Tore Eriksson

(...) Me too - when I run Netscape 4.51, but it works fine in Explorer 5.0. I have no explaination... The direct picture links work fine in both browsers, though (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Matthew Miller

(...) Huh. That's worth complaining to them about. Thanks for the direct links. (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Gary R. Istok

(...) Thanks Tore! I had your old site in my bookmarks, so now this is replacing it. One of the things I like about these old ads from Sweden is that they show dates at the bottom (2 of 3 do). One of the things I don't like about early LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Anders Isaksson

Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <390854BB.BC64B96C@u...ch.edu>... (...) Well, not very distant - about 60 km (Neighboring towns). We've almost met, only problem was that I download mail rather seldom, so I was one day off when Tore had suggested that (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Sheree Rosenkrantz

Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:3905A9C6.330EB2...pnet.se... (...) Lego ads? (...) Thank you for scans! They are all wonderful, but my favorite is: (URL) is always a treat to see more Fabuland. Feel free to (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fabuland)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Gary R. Istok

(...) Nice collection Jim. I too have the November 1962 Samsonite Saturday Evening Post ad. LEGO ads are a nice sub-topic of LEGO printed collectibles. Gary Istok (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

Re: Scans of 1960's ads —Mike Steele

(...) it embodies the spirit of Lego building concisely: "Lego is imagination. Expression. Experiment. Creating." The next to last line makes me weep about inflation: "Enough Lego to build a town in the big $25.00 set." --Mike (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)