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Re: The Cellulose Acetate Conspiracy!
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:40:51 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> A while ago we had a discussion about large Cellulose Acetate plates. I
> made the (erroneous) assumption that the only color large CA plates came
> in was white (the waffle bottom plates) and one occurrance of gray, the
> 1963-65 Architectural series parts packs box 8x11plate with tube
> bottoms.
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> Since that time, things have gotten more confusing. Now we know that
> LEGO also made waffle bottom CA plates.....
(ooops, make that 4x8, not 8x11)
> in gray, black and red
> (thanks Clark Stephens!!) probably Samsonite, but we can't figure out
> from where?.
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> And then there are those oldest train tracks (blue non-electric) from
> circa 1966-67. The blue track pieces are made of ABS. But the 2x8
> white (tube bottom) plates that are used as the railroad ties are....
> CA! They have that dull finish that earlier white waffle bottom plates
> have, and can be found in parts packs #150, #151, etc. And yet they are
> from 1966 and later! This is years after ABS was introduced.
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> To muddy up the waters even more, I just got some old CA plates from an
> old ESSO Service Station (50's and early 60's). I know they are
> original to this set because they have that hand painted red stripe down
> one side of the plate (the red accent along the roofline of the top of
> the building). See LUGNET database:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/310_5
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> Well all the CA white plates I received were part of an Esso Station
> .... and they all have a tube bottom!!? The plates are all 4x8, 6x8 and
> 4x8 right and left curve. I must have about 50 of the right and left
> curve plates (from both sides of the Atlantic), which were only produced
> from the 50's to late 60's. And these new ones are the first ones I've
> ever seen without the waffle bottom.
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> So now it looks like CA was sold to as late as '67 or '68, even though
> ABS LEGO came out in '63, and you can find tube bottom plates in CA as
> well as ABS, and you can find CA waffle bottom plates in other colors
> (from the mid 60's).
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> I'm so confused........... :-)
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> Gary Istok
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> P.S. Clark, please EMAIL me, I get UNDELIVERABLE when I try to EMAIL
> you.
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| Hello, can I make it bit more confusing for you In the early 1960's Lego had a clone in the UK Lego Style Kits by the Airfix company, Called "BETTA BUILDER" And they have the same plates as Lego as discussed here, I have a catalogue that I'm willing (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| A while ago we had a discussion about large Cellulose Acetate plates. I made the (erroneous) assumption that the only color large CA plates came in was white (the waffle bottom plates) and one occurrance of gray, the 1963-65 Architectural series (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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