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    Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Gary Istok
   I just got a hoard of old 1960's LEGO from a USA Ebay Auction over the weekend. Among the lot, I was expecting a tattered copy of the very first Lego idea book, the Building Idea Book 1 (LEGO reference #238). This book was produced from 1960-68 in (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
   
        Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Eric Joslin
     (...) Well, *I* would like to know what it is. eric (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
   
        Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Frank Buiting
      "Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:39AC159F.79F745...ich.edu... [snipped a lot] (...) Hmm, it's not available at Brickshelf... I'm curious what kind of "idea's" are in #238 How does it compare to a book like #241 (URL) ? #241has (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
   
        Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Anders Isaksson
     Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <39AC159F.79F7454E@u...ch.edu>... (...) Lucky you! (...) I think everyone needs a little 'upset' from time to time, and when _you_ talk about FOTY it must really be something (180 degree macaronis by the pound?) (...) (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
   
        Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Scott Edward Sanburn
     Gary, (...) Hmm.... to much of a leader here, my friend. Tell now! ; ) Here's my guess, I happen to find 30 Galaxy Explorers or something. Wait, he found the entire town range from 1978 - 1996 buried in his basement. : ) Scott S. -- Systems (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Gary Istok
      (...) No Scott, that was last years FOTY :-) (not really). It is not all that great, but (and this was 3 weeks ago) I bought from a German seller what was advertised to be "over 500" of the smaller size classic windows (the ones smaller than the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Scott Edward Sanburn
      Gary, (...) Wait, he (...) I never know with you, Gary. : ) BTW, did you finish your basement yet? (...) German (...) windows (...) out to (...) Wow, that is nifty! (...) Better be careful, Gary, or the Justice Department might go after you for (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Stephen F. Roberts
     (...) ...Well, if it will make you feel better, you can send a few thousand of them to me :-) -- ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Mike Walsh
      "Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:39AC159F.79F745...ich.edu... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Gary - I have an Idea Book (or something similar) from my childhood that has a lower case "a" in the lower right hand corner. Any (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
    
         New "a" book? (was: Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238)) —Charles Eric McCarthy
     (...) I'm not Gary, but... *Lower* right hand corner? I haven't seen that one. What else is notable about it? Is it on Brickshelf? I've got a book with "a" in the *upper* right hand corner. It can be seen on Brickshelf: (URL) got it in Europe, (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
    
         Re: New "a" book? (was: Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238)) —Mike Walsh
      "Eric McCarthy" <bendyarm@aol.com> wrote in message news:39AC6DAD.4651@aol.com... (...) has (...) belongs (...) I was going from memory and I was wrong - I have the same book although mine is incomplete. In fact, mine is missing a lot of pages but (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
    
         Re: New "a" book? (was: Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238)) —Gary Istok
      (...) The old LEGO book ranges are 238 (the first one 1960-68), followed by 239, 240, 241 and 242. 241 and 242 are similar. 241 is more for trains, while 242 (The LEGO Motor) is trains, planes, rockets and ships. 239-242 came out around 1968-72. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
   
        Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238) —Daan Bargerbos
   (...) <SNIP> (...) Hello Gary, yesterday I found my copy of the idea book #238 and went searching the LUGNET news-database and stumbled upon your message almost 2 years ago. I'm not sure if you have any respone upon your question about other (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
 

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