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Hi all,I've put this old pic (I'm very fond of it) on brickshelf gallery. www.brickshelf.com/g...pedia0.jpg It is a lego train layout from the seventies,that was on an old encyclopedia of mine (since its name) . I really like it,because it's like I (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's so cool. Check out that mountain! How many pieces in that??? And the station's a winner too!!! Some of the older stuff is really good, as it predated this morbid facination of juniorisation that TLC has developed. With less specialised (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you have more information as to the source of the picture? Do you mean it was pictured in an encyclopedia (like Brittanica)? (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sorry,no informations are available. Yes,it was on an italian encyclopedia at the voice "toys". It seems to feature official Lego sets,so maybe it's an official Lego picture. Bye Gianluca (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmmmm - towards the bottom left of that picture is a small house with a red roof and an arrangement of black and white tiles in front. Anyone happen to know what set number it is? It's one of my favourite sets from the seventies - but I've so (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's set 344 (in Pause (URL) ) I have posted a same mail via my newsclient over 5 hours ago, but it didn't appear so now I post it via the web. If the other post also comes through later then my apologies for the double posting. -- Frank (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Note the bridge, it's made out of blue rails. We have seen several AFOL creations that do that, but I had no idea there was a precedent for it. Cool ++Lar (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah. Set 344, Bungalow. Thanks, Frank! That explains why all my former attempts to find it using search terms like 'house' and 'chalet' failed :) Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) There are other precedents for this sort of bridge. See (URL) particular, pages 79 and 86. This is my favorite train idea book. It also has a roller coaster on page 88. /Eric McC/ (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the pointer, that is a cool idea book. But I am left wondering, are those bridges really strong enough? The brigde on page 86 is pretty short, but the one on page 79 is fairly long (3 tracks). Just wondering out loud. Thanks, Chris P.S. I (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool (...) What a feast for the eyes! Check out the architecture to the rear of page 69 and the MonoRail on page 94. Jon (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Anybody notice page 89's simularity to Man and his World, Expo 1967 in Montreal Canada? I was 8 then, but clearly remember standing on top of the inverted pyramid overlooking the park and watching the monorail and hovercraft. Don't know why, but I (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After showing the picture to a collegue, it doesn't exist anymore and I wasn't born yet, the inverted pyramid was "Katimavik" the canadian pavillon, other building like in front of the picture with the top floor at 45º angle look like the (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wonderfuuuuuuuul!!!! Many of the stuff in these pages is also in my picture... look on page 70: the station is very similar to the one in my picture ,and, what's running under it? A Santa fe f7 (quite primitive,but it's a f7). And look at the (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Also the 1968 LEGO catalogs (for different countries) show a tressle train bridge using blue rail pieces on the front cover. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Did you notice all the grey bricks used for the mountain. I don't recall grey bricks being available at the retail level in the 60s, there were only grey plates, weren't there? Michel Magnan (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Yes gray bricks were not available during the 60's, only gray plates. But that doesn't mean that LEGO didn't produce them for their models. They still do it today with bricks and pieces that are not produced for the general public. Just go to a (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Go to LL and try *not* to notice the bricks that aren't available! Their numbers are vast-- the emotional response is an interesting one. Something like: "I wish I had access to that element in that color in that quantity". Maybe soon (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) See if you can?? You mean try NOT to spot any :-/ That's what got me about 1/2-1 hr with a Model Builder at the LLC Grand Opening weekend - my grousing about all the parts in pink, light blue, green, and brown that just weren't purchasable. I (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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