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Re: Help with Macaroni history
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:59:36 GMT
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There is a "new" Dacta pack (can't remember the #, it is a "green tub" pack that TCS
has/had) that has 8 yellow macaroni.  I bought the whole pack just for those parts,
and soon after got some in a bulk lot (go figure), and have since gotten many more.

Doesn't it always happen that way when you are trying to get a rare piece?

Gary Istok wrote:

> You weren't into LEGO in the 1960's or early  1970's were you?  (Were you even
> alive then!)  The parts pack #224 had them (there were packs in white, red,
> blue, yellow, black and clear).  There were 20 in a box in the European version,
> 33 in the USA/Canada Samsonite version.  But this was from 1957-65, with much of
> it made from Cellulose Acetate.  Later there was a parts pack that had a
> combination of macaroni and 1x1 round bricks in the same pack with 2 colors
> (red/white, blue/yellow, black/gray).  I have to check my late 60's early 70's
> catalogs for the parts pack number, but it was in the 9xx range.  This is
> probably the pack that Mike Walsh found in Spain.
> 
> Gary Istok
> 
> Mark Sandlin wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Today I was chatting with some folks, and I mentioned that I have 8 yellow
> > macaroni bricks. I don't remember where I got them.
> > 
> > It was suggested that I might have received a Dacta set, but all my LEGO was
> > store-bought.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
> > --
> > Mark's Lego(R) Creations
> > http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego

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You weren't into LEGO in the 1960's or early 1970's were you? (Were you even alive then!) The parts pack #224 had them (there were packs in white, red, blue, yellow, black and clear). There were 20 in a box in the European version, 33 in the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)

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