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Re: Old LEGO
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 May 2000 22:52:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
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> I have been thinking about this topic for a very long time. My take on this • is
> that in lugnet.general, the most people will be exposed to the history behind
> LEGO. If we were to make say a lugnet.history, or a lugnet.classic, perhaps a • lot
> of people will miss the topics. I know that there are a lot of other areas of
> LUGNET that I rarely venture to.
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> The one area I agree on is pictures. We do need to get more pictures into it.
> Until now, I have been extensively referencing other websites, such as Horst
> Lehner's and Joe Lauher/Bill Katz Catalog websites. But there are plenty of
> others.
What you really need is a detailed description of each set. I have done this
for all of the Technic sets (~250 to date), and it makes for a rather large
site:
http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/index/index.html
but I am sure that there is enough interest for a project like this (I am very
intrested!) and I'll bet that there is collectively enough information to get
nearly everything. I am currently scanning all of my old 60's stuff (which
admittedly is not all that much)
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> John makes another valid point. The old sets (50's and 60's) are not pictured • very
> well in the old catalogs. This is especially true of early European catalogs.
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> Here are some of the things I think we need, and a LUGNET location is ideal:
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> 1) a pictorial history of the old 1950's & 1960's parts packs. These are
> (pictorially) very beautiful boxes. I have 19 different, but I know there are
> more. Today's parts packs are very uninspiring polybags compared to the • beautiful
> artwork of the 1956-65 timeframe.
All current lego packaging is uninspired compared to the 50-60's illustrations
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> 2) a pictorial history of old 1950's & 1960's regular sets, and when • applicable,
> the parts list (these were included in early sets, instructions were on the • box
> only).
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> 3) a complete catalog reference site, that has USA/Canada, German, UK, Danish,
> Swedish, and all other European catalogs from the early era (1956-1972). This
> should include TLC and Samsonite LEGO catalogs.
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> 4) a Town Plan History. Before there was Train, Technic and all other • systems,
> there was the Town Plan (1957-65). I have the old/new Town Plan boards, as • well as
> the resources to build all 9 different Town Plan city scapes. I would like to
> build and photograph/document all the different Town Plan layouts, from the
> earliest 1957 layout to the later USA/Canada and UK variations. And talk • about
> some of the specialty pieces (old oil drums from the Danish Esso Service, the
> Cyclists/Motorcyclists in the European Town Plans, the very rare Policemen set • from
> the early European era that somehow never got listed in any period catalogs, • and
> the old trees & shrubs, road signs, street lamps, and Esso Signage/Pumps that • were
> the mainstay of the Town Plan).
Scan all of the pieces!
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| Here are a few websites that I go to for old LEGO inspiration: Old LEGO cars (wow, what a collection) from some Swedish collector, whose name I do not know. Click on "LEGOBILAR", and you can view about 100 different cars & trucks. Also there are a (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have been thinking about this topic for a very long time. My take on this is that in lugnet.general, the most people will be exposed to the history behind LEGO. If we were to make say a lugnet.history, or a lugnet.classic, perhaps a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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