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Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates?
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Date: 
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:25:07 GMT
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Jon Kozan wrote:

> In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Mike Walsh wrote:
> > 
> > > "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.
> > 
> > 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 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.
> > 
> > The list goes on and on.
> 
> Gary -
> Any source for 2x2 45 degree apex slopes ... in yellow?
> -Jon

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
ship might have some 1/2 pyramid slopes in yellow.

Gary Istok



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  Yellow slopes, was:Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates?
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Gary - Any source for 2x2 45 degree apex slopes ... in yellow? -Jon (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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