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Re: Fence colours
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 05:59:05 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> 
> 3) 2x3 - fence doors.  These are very rare, and came in old train sets from the
> 70's.  They were used the same way as in the Thatcher Perkins Locomotive, but
> since the LEGO train locomotives were smaller than the huge Thatcher Perkins,
> they were only 3 bricks wide instead of 4 bricks wide, due to the smaller
> scale.  These opened and closed the same way as the 2x4 fence doors.  A few of
> the ones I purchased in German LEGO dealer train accessories, came with 3 long
> lattice top, but with a 4 long immovable base, hence a 1 stud gap in the fence
> opening.  I'm not sure if LEGO intentionally sold them that way, since I'm not a
> LEGO train expert, or if the German dealer put odds and ends together that may
> not have belonged.  I know of these 1x3's only in red and black.

Hm, I have at least one in red, what kind of trade value does it have?  I
am looking for 1x16 lattice in grey.



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  Re: Fence colours
 
Ah yes! The proverbial lattice fence pieces. Others have already described the 2 different styles. Actually there are 5 different Lattice styles (that I'm aware of) since they first came onto the scene circa 1968. For the 1x4 and 2x4 sizes Joshua (...) (28 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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