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Set #148: Scales in Transition This message is about Lego set #148, (URL) set from 1975 is interesting because it has a mix of scales. It was made during a time when the regular sets represented many different scales, as if the Lego company were (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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(...) hehe... except for the time cruisers! ;-) Personally, back in the ole' times when I played with Barbies as frequently as bricks, I used to make the minifigs as the Barbies' babies... :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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(...) Sort of. The themes combined in Time Cruisers are all minifig-scale, not different scales. Also, one could argue that Time Cruisers are a theme in their own right. (...) This is similar in concept to the bendyarm figures with minifig babies. (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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(...) Great Job Eric!! Yes 148 (Central Station) is one of my all time favorite sets. I was lucky to find several of these sets in Germany in the 1980's. It has a wealth of white windows, and both types of older doors. Universal Building Set #400 - (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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Set 365 Wild West Scene combines those two types of doors also. But, I'm sort of confused by the way you are classifying scales. Forgetting about door size for a moment -- neither the tower nor the over pass are even big enough to hold a minifig. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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Mark, I think that LEGO was undergoing a philosophical change in building designs. Prior to the 70's, all LEGO Town buildings had 4 walls and no interior access. After the 70's all LEGO buildings had 3 walls with the 4th being open for access for (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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Excellent point, Gary. So, really, scale is not the issue here. I think that is what I was trying to get at, but I could not put my finger on it, like you did. :) TLC, does not seem to be concerned with scale, and I don't think that is the crux of (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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Gary Istok wrote: [snip] (...) "stiffs" is a good name. <smirk> Are you sure stiffs and 1x3x4 doors were produced at the same time? If they were, then one would think set 361 would have a stiff, since it has a 1x3x4 door. But it doesn't have a (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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I think Gary may have been mistaken. I think that the "stiffs" did not actually debut until 1975. "Eric McCarthy" <bendyarm@aol.com> wrote in message news:391996E9.B4B7ED...aol.com... (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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Well you guys caught me. Yeppers, 1975 was the year. Here is the 1974 catalog (German) shows lots of sets with the new doors, but not a stiff in sight (from Horst Lehner's wonderful catalog website): (URL) is strange though, that they would produce (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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In fact, this page even features the 1x3x4 door as a new element (in 1973). (URL) like they originally had the Universal sets in mind for that door. Apparently, the buildings in those sets were intended to be more play oriented, and they thought (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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(...) I agree, the changing philosophy was the driving force, and the mix of scales is a consequence of that. It is interesting that the changing philosophy was not carried through consistently (e.g., with redesigned doors that the figs fit through) (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition
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(...) I think that the bigeret fault by TLG ever is that the minifigs are selectivly compressed. (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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