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Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:16:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
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> Mike Walsh wrote:
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> > "Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote :
> > > Are there any other pieces which don't seem uncommon BUT are hard to
> > > come by?
> > 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
> > tiles.
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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.
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> That got me to thinking about what pieces are rare. Yes there are rare slopes
> and arches such as any corner slope in yellow (low, regular, steep), and the
> half arches in red or yellow. But what about more common pieces? One item
> that I found out was quite hard to come by was the WHITE classic 1x3x2 window.
> This white window is hard enough to find, but the ones without the window sill
> are really rare. I didn't have any in my collection of classic windows
> (thousands), so a German collector friend sent me one of the 2 he had. Another
> rare window is the 1x4x5 large window in yellow. Other rare items include 2x2
> clear tiles, white 2x2 inside corner regular slopes, and gray 2x2x3 corner
> steep slopes.
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> The list goes on and on.
Gary -
Any source for 2x2 45 degree apex slopes ... in yellow?
-Jon
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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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| (...) 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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