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Re: Trivia: The First Junior Brick?
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Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:31:33 GMT
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r2 wrote:
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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.
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:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0493/0493-05.html
and in this page of the 6970 instructions:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/6000/6970/6970-05.html
As a proud owner of both of these bricks, I for one am glad these bricks
are "juniorized" POOPs. Had they not been POOPs they would have probably
been a multi-brick sticker, and it would be much harder to find them in
decent condition.
I bet the first brick which we might label "juniorized" is somewhat
older though.
One thing that I note is that VERY few pieces are actually POOPs. Almost
every (perhaps even every) POOP has a use which renders it more
satisfactory than the component bricks. The 1xYx5 columns/bricks have
advantages when printed, and have some advantages for structural
strength. A BURP is not a POOP (you can't get the hollowness by building
up with bricks, and I have seen many sets utilize the hollowness). The
inverse slope cockpit piece Lindsay mentioned is definitely not a POOP
(the interior space would not be the same if it was made of inverse
slopes and regular bricks - it would also be much weaker). Any
rectangular brick has things that can be done with it that can not so
easily be done if it was a stack of 3 plates (there are some places
where the tubes are actually fitted over a Technic pin for example,
another is if the brick is clear, a stack of clear plates won't look
nearly so nice).
So I would argue that what makes a set juniorized is not the use of
POOPs or other large pieces, but shortcutting on things. The Town Junior
buildings with no real walls, just columns. Not using car doors on a
vehicle (though a few vehicles may need a brick or 1x4x1 thinwall for
strength). Using some of the one piece car chassis (though often the one
piece chassis allows one to have a sturdy vehicle with lots of built up
detail for the body, but this generally means the use of the plate style
car chassis as opposed to the brick style).
--
Frank Filz
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