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Re: New "a" book? (was: Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238))
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lugnet.general, lugnet.books
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:12:55 GMT
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Mike Walsh wrote:
> "Eric McCarthy" <bendyarm@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:39AC6DAD.4651@aol.com...
> > Mike Walsh wrote:
> > > 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 idea what it • belongs
> > > to? I would assume that it came from the first Samsonite era LEGO I
> > > received as a gift from my grandfather when I was about five years old.
> >
> > 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:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0240/index.html
> > I got it in Europe, sometime between 1969 and 1973, I think.
> >
> > /Eric McC/
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> 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 looking at those
> scans sure brought back a bunch of memories from my childhood. I am now
> more convinced that there is still some more of my childhood LEGO burried in
> the depths of my parents basement. One more thing to look for next time I
> go up there. I still haven't found the two 50x50 baseplates with the road
> pattern that I know are down there somewhere!
>
> Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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.
Gary Istok
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