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Re: Weird, Small Bricks Found
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:51:31 GMT
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Yes, Kevin is correct. The "M" on some of the brick studs confirms this.
Gary Istok
Kevin Loch wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Harold Poskanzer writes:
> > 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
>
> 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 buildings. Someone had a bunch of them up on Ebay a year ago.
>
> KL
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