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Hi all, Today I received a package from Sonnich Jensen in Estonia (Thanks Sonnich!) containing four of the Classic Space trans-dk-blue 6x5x2 inverse 33 1/3 slope "buckets". I love these pieces, but it got me thinking: they're borderline POOPs in (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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The 1x2x5 columns would fit this criteria. I would have to check when they first showed up in Fire or Police stations. Rose Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) [ Heavy snipage ] (...) [ More snipage ] (...) Well, I'm no Lego historian, nor do I play one on TV. But, wasn't the 2x4 brick one of the first pieces produced? Technically, its a POOP since it can be made from two 2x2 bricks. And of course, (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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Toll, Kim wrote in message ... (...) a (...) How about this; a piece that Lego creates to replace a configuration that previously (in a set) was constructed of individual pieces. Rose (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I'm no expert but for as far back as I can remember (and was around in the online LEGO community) the first POOP that people REALLY complained about was the infamous BURP[1]. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the BURP acronym (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm pretty sure Castle Walls and one-piece horses (both 1984) have those beat by a long while. Kim Toll again: (...) I think the general notion would be that a POOP is a piece that can be constructed (to a reasonable approximation) with (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The 1x6x5 bricks are quite old, as early as 1978. See the printed bricks in 493 and 6970. Seen in this page of the 493 instructions: (URL) in this page of the 6970 instructions: (URL) a proud owner of both of these bricks, I for one am glad (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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