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Re: Weekly What's This Part?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:58:50 GMT
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Sean Harrington wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Kevin Stephens writes:
> > Trans-Clear brick 2x4 champange tint with two metal holes on side for 4.5V
> > pins, no bottom. Inside has two flat holders & what looks like a fuse. Fuse
> > says 4.5V with other writing illegible.
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> > Thought it was a train fuse, but saw a Lightbrick (set #245) on eBay. Does
> > anyone have that lightbrick? Does the filament look like an old straight
> > glass fuse? Or is there a 4.5V set (probably train) with a clear fuse brick?
> > I'm not brave enough to plug it in & see what happens, although the filament
> > looks intact.
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> > I got it in a 4.5V lot (one train set dated 1967) that included some CA • bricks.
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> > Pic available via email.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
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> Yep, it sounds like a vintage light brick. Check out DK's The Ultimate LEGO
> Book towards the front where the timeline starts. Somewhere in the 1960's
> you'll see a picture of the light brick. You've described it exactly.
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> - Sean
If that brick has a "ruffled" look to the 4 "wall" brick surface (can't remember
if the texture is on the inside or outside) then it indeed is a #245. I have
this set from the first year it came out (1957), and yes it has a small bulb that
looks like a fuse, but looks more like a small white christmas light (of the
"twinkle" variety). This set was made from 1957 to 1965 as #245. Then in
1966-68 it came out under the new number #485 (and # 486 was the number for
replacement lamps). In 1969, it came out again under a new number - #985 (but no
replacement lamps). By 1970, it was replaced with a more modern lamp set totally
different from this one.
Gary Istok
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| Right on, Gary! My brick does have ruffled walls on the inside. Your year info makes it available in the same time frame as my lot (1967). Looking up Lightbrick on Lugnet didn't show bricks that late, only the 1958 set #248. The two later bricks (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) bricks. (...) Yep, it sounds like a vintage light brick. Check out DK's The Ultimate LEGO Book towards the front where the timeline starts. Somewhere in the 1960's you'll see a picture of the light brick. You've described it exactly. - Sean (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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