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as formerly mentioned, i recently got set #375 (1960s Samsonite brick set) at a yard sale for $1. not too special -- it's just a "universal" style set -- but it has a lot of clear bricks and old-style windows and doors and wheels and whatnot, which (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) This was used as a trailer hitch conection during the Samsonite era. You connect one end to the "car" and one end to the "trailer" element. I think it was also used on the early legoland train models that rolled on the blue track with red 2X2 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Yup. I had 4 of these at one point as you got one with each box of wheels/axle bricks you bought. I only have one now. I distinctly remember one was destroyed by my chewing on it when I was about 8. Sigh. I also remember trying very hard to (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) destroyed (...) get (...) I still have a couple of these sorted in with the old metal axel wheels (my kids opt for the newer wheels on nearly all of their creations) Now that you mention it, I distinctly remember trying to make a train with (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)

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