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| | | "Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:qs47vs4seuc5ij1...4ax.com... (...) You are correct, they are hard to come by. So are 1x1 blue tiles. It took me about three months of watching eBay and BrickBay to locate some 1x1 blue (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | Dude, two blue 1x1 plates are coming your way. (I also threw in some purple low slopes. Ate a LOT of McDonalds last year.) (Obviously I haven't mailed the package yet) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Gary Istok
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| | | | | (...) Yes those are hard to come by. And Mike is right, those 1x1 blue tiles are very scarce. I didn't think I had any until I found 12 in an old box. That got me to thinking about what pieces are rare. Yes there are rare slopes and arches such as (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | (...) And I am the one that should lighten up? =) But seriously, let's see this list, Gary. Do you have a text online with some or all of these comments you make from time to time? I'd certainly like to read it... -- Richard (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Gary Istok
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| | | | | | | | (...) Richard, you can find some of what I've written on the lugnet.general page near the bottom under "Links & Resources" - and click on "Gary Istok's History of LEGO Series". This is a rather unstructured series of articles that I've written. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | (...) Clear tiles? I've never seen those. When were they last released? (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | | They only came in 6590, I believe, one on top of the camper. I own about 5-6 now ;-) BTW, 1x1 blue tiles aren't THAT hard to come by - I must have dozens (I need to sort them out of all of my bulk, though, and they AREN'T for sale). StarHawk II had (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —James Powell
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) They must have come in more than that. I have a bunch (like 10-20 or so) that I am using in the Class 25. James (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Well, if you find out what else the 2x2 clear tiles were available in, let me know, so I can keep a lookout for them ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Gary Istok
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) <snip> Tom, that would be like me saying "blue regular slope outside corners aren't that hard to come by, I must have 150." :-) It all depends on what sets you bought in quantity in the past! Gary Istok (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Ronald Vallenduuk
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| | | | | | | | | Seen that Chevvy on the cover of the Ultimate LEGO book? It's got 1x4 clear tiles on top of the windscreen. I'd love a few of those, but I guess they're LEGO modelmaker only... Duq "James Simpson" <jsimpson@rice.edu> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Tobias Möller
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| | | | | | | | | | It makes you think... Think about the possibilities for the LEGO modelmakers! I bet they can have as much of a piece they want, in any color they wish! (2*4 trans-red bricks... *drool*) --tobias (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | | (...) The only set that have a clear tile (2x2) is one of the camper van sets, most probably 6590. The other, older camper van set 6694 has 2x2 clear plates which is also rare I think, at least not in any 1980+ sets. Selçuk (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | (...) I have one 2x2 clear plate from Ambulance 6680, which I'm pretty sure came out in the time frame of 1980 - 1982. (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | Right - that's a clear PLATE, we are talking the clear TILE. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | (...) Right. Notice that Selcuk said that 6694 has a 2x2 clear plate, and that it is rare in 1980's sets, and I responded that the 6680 1980's era set also has a clear plate. I understand that there is only one set with a clear tile. James (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | | (...) Gary - Any source for 2x2 45 degree apex slopes ... in yellow? -Jon (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Gary Istok
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| | | | | | (...) There is a Town set, a house with a sloping yellow roof (I can't remember the number). This might be a European only set, but I cannot verify that either. That is the only set I can remember that even had yellow apex bricks, although a pirate (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Yellow slopes, was:Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Heather Patey
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| | | | | | (...) took (...) blue (...) slopes (...) the (...) window. (...) sill (...) Another (...) That's either <set:6388> or <set:6592>. There's 1 yellow half-pyramid in <set:6285>, according to Margo's inventories. Cheers, Heather Pirate Wench / Brick (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Yellow slopes, was:Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | | (...) No 2x2's anywhere though :-( -Jon (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Jon Kozan
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| | | | (...) Sorta current sources for 1x1 Blue Plates: 7181 - 2 6544 - 4 1775 - 4 Sorta current sources for 1x1 Blue Tiles: 6079 - 2 6544 - 3 -Jon (240 sets inventoried and counting) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Chris Leach
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| | | | (...) There are also 5 in the jetport set(6396)(i just opened that set plus have another on the way) (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "Chris Leach" <cleach@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:G39Lp6.DxJ@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... lots of snippage ... ] Another part that seems to be fairly rare - the 1x1 tile with the top clip in red: (URL) had a need for these recently and only (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | (...) I have a list of 1740 parts which are sole sourced (by the sets I've inventoried, most of which are current sets). Naturally, 99% are decorated or some unique color or shape. The Red Clip-top Tile is a strange one though. I only have it as (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | "Jon Kozan" <jauction@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G3B1tB.99n@lugnet.com... (...) clip (...) see (...) ... (...) earlier (...) Looks like 6517 Water Jet (a complement to 6334) also had one. It is an odd one (the rareness 1x1 red tile with top (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | | (...) For what it's worth, I was playing with my inventory database, and discovered - to my interest, and perhaps your's too - that the 'current' set with the most parts variety was... 6456 Mission Control. (Who would have thought?) Its 478 parts (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Mark D. McKean
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| | | | | (...) I have two. After flipping through a dozen instruction books (I was sure they were from a Ninja or UFO set), I've finally figured out that they came from 4002 Riptide Racer. Definitely not a common part. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —James Simpson
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| | | | (...) This part is also found in the new Shell promotional set #2540. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "James Simpson" <mitchjacko@cs.com> wrote in message news:G3KvFw.DJL@lugnet.com... [ ... lots of snippage ... ] (...) clip (...) see (...) ... (...) I have found that it also appears (x2) in 1269, the white Ninja. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates? —Kim Toll
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| | | | (...) This part can also be found in the following sets: 2 in 2539 - Shell Promo: Batwing Flyer - #5 2 in 2540 - Shell Promo: Fright Knight's Catapult - #6 2 in 4002 - Boat: Riptide Racer 1 in 4552 - 9V Train: Cargo Crane 2 in 5315 - Accessories: (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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