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Weird, Small Bricks Found
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:00:36 GMT
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A while ago, my wife came across a small bag of LEGO pieces that are
unlike any others I've seen. They're about 3/4 size compared to
regular bricks, and are in a variety of earth-tones: tan, brown,
white, mustard, deep red. Most of them have the LEGO logo on the
pips, but some have instead a single "M". In all other respects, they
look just like normal LEGO.
Since she found them in an abandoned desk at SRI International, I'm
tempted to suspect they're the result of a secret military
matter-shrinking experiment. But I thought I'd check around to see if
there's another possibility before I call the Weekly World News.
Has anybody seen these before?
Thanks,
-H
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| (...) Those are probably Modulex system bricks. That was a special system, smaller but otherwise identical to the standard system. They came in a number of unusual colors and were sold in the 60's. They were for architects to design scale models of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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