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Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:25:07 GMT
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Jon Kozan wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
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> 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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