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Yellow slopes, was:Re: What is the deal with 1x1 Blue Plates?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:51:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
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> Jon Kozan wrote:
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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.
> > >
> > > 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
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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 ship might have some 1/2 pyramid slopes in yellow.
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> Gary Istok
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 Detective
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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