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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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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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... (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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