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Subject: 
an old strange plate 8x4
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 28 May 2000 14:08:29 GMT
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I discovered in my LEGO collection a very strange plate: a plate withuot
tubes!!

I know the first LEGO plate was made in 1962 when the stud-and-tube system
was already used, so the question is: why is this plate wihout tubes?

view plate pics at:
http://www.geocities.com/domenico_f/lego/plateup.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/domenico_f/lego/platedown.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/domenico_f/lego/logo.jpg

Thanks

Domenico



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  Re: an old strange plate 8x4
 
"Domenico Franco" <acubens@tiscalinet.it> wrote in message news:Fv9wF0.I7A@lugnet.com... (...) It is a baseplate, I'm not sure but I think that a plate like this came with <set:318>. I don't know why they didn't put tubes in these small baseplates, (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: an old strange plate 8x4
 
(...) Hi Domenico It is a long time I am telling you to not throw away the box and the instruction of your sets! Now you do not remeber anymore where they come from! What a pity! :) Marco (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: an old strange plate 8x4
 
Domenico Franco skrev i meddelandet ... (...) 1960(?), I can clearly see plates :-) (URL) don't know why the plates looks like this (square holes instead of tubs), but that's how the first(?) plates looked. My old plates look the same. 4x8, 6x8 and (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: an old strange plate 8x4
 
Domenico, The first plates were available long before 1962. Here is a catalog scan from Horst Lehner's site from 1957 that shows the plate that you have. (URL) Franco" <acubens@tiscalinet.it> wrote in message news:Fv9wF0.I7A@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.general)  
  Re: an old strange plate 8x4
 
(...) Well I read everybody's reply to this thread over the past few days, but I had PC problems (Windows N/T install), and and couldn't send reply's for a few days. Here's the story: These plates have been around at least since 1956. I have a 1956 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)

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