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Subject: 
Light Blue LEGO not made in sets since 1980?
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Date: 
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:25:55 GMT
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Grahame Reid wrote:

> Eric Brok wrote:
> 
> > snip
> > 
> > > I just looked through your photos of the "German" section.  Fantastic • photos
> > > and captions, by the way.  Why oh why won't they make some sets with a • bunch of
> > > those brown bricks?!  And some of those gray pieces in that industrial
> > > factory?!  Man, that thing is absolutely awesome.  And the light blue • (cyan?)
> > > warehouse bricks.
> > 
> > An employee told me LEGOLAND has had light blue as a regular color from the
> > beginning, because they needed it for the airplanes of Maersk air, the
> > Danish company.
> 
> 
> If you go to Huw Millington's promotional set database at:
> 
> http://nt1.pncl.co.uk/huw/psd/index.html
> 
> and search for set number 1651, you will be able to see a container lorry from
> the Maersk Line that uses the light blue bricks. This set is from 1980.
> 
> Grahame Reid

Does this mean that Orange LEGO could become as rare as the light blue LEGO that
was made in a promotional set (like the Target Store Orange Buckets) for Maersk
Line Airlines (Danish)  in 1980, and hasn't been seen since?

Gary Istok



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  Re: Light Blue LEGO not made in sets since 1980?
 
Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message 36AE24D3.73F5E078@umich.edu... (...) It could but I think some other new sets for 99 use orange too (but I admit I can't think of a single one right now). Plus, a couple of the throwbots use light (...) (28 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Light Blue LEGO not made in sets since 1980?
 
(...) The Starwars Snowspeeder has Orange pieces, so hopefully not. :) Also, Did you notice that the Trailer has a 1x6x5 Window? With Shutters? You can add that to your "History of Windows", Gary. Jeff (28 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Why oh why oh why! (was Re: Advice for trip to Billund?)
 
(...) If you go to Huw Millington's promotional set database at: (URL) search for set number 1651, you will be able to see a container lorry from the Maersk Line that uses the light blue bricks. This set is from 1980. Grahame Reid (28 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)

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