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Re: Fence colours
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:08:05 GMT
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Mark Koesel
koesel@umich.edu
Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
36DAC4A2.3A677305@umich.edu...
> I was browsing thru some of may old fence pieces, and came across an old
> parts pack from 1982, small set #1209 (in clear plastic bag) which I
> purchased in Germany. It was sold with the train accessories, and contains
> 6 red (2x4) pieces and 1 red (2x4) gate piece.
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> There are 2 other parts packs (one from 1970 (Samsonite), the other circa
> 1975), that also contained red fence pieces. I don't really ever remember
> seeing fence pieces in any other color as ever being in a parts pack.
Hey Gary, check this out:
http://www.kl.net/scans/catalogs/1991/s91uk/s91uk-02.jpg
Would you believe that they put red 2x4's in the same pack as black
2x3 gates? I fail to see the logic in that. But anyway, there is (or
rather, was) a source for the repotedly rare 2x3 gates in black.
BTW, I find it intriguing to look through all the old european
service brochures -- there were lots of cool things available. Has
anyone ever inquired through busy bee (et. al.) as to the
availability of these. I remember someone syaing a few months
back that busy bee still had the Lego storage containers (also from
this era), for example.
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| Thanks for the info Mark, I guess those 2x3 black gates aren't as rare as I originally thought. But to put them together with red fence pieces? That seems pretty strange. It makes me think that sometimes TLG puts together service packs based on (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I was browsing thru some of may old fence pieces, and came across an old parts pack from 1982, small set #1209 (in clear plastic bag) which I purchased in Germany. It was sold with the train accessories, and contains 6 red (2x4) pieces and 1 red (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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