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Re: what's this piece???
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 29 Oct 1998 03:55:55 GMT
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Nicole Dente writes:
> ***my question is this: there is one piece i don't get at all (am i
> showing my age or lego ignorance???) it is made out of flimsier
> flexible plastic, and it looks like two 2x2 tiles (that won't accept
> studs on the bottom!) attached by a thin pole-type strip. sort of like
> this, if you'll pardon the ascii art:
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> []--[]
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> can someone tell me what this piece is supposed to do, and if it
> appeared in other sets?
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> thanks,
> nikky
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 wheels, sans grey rubber tires.
Barry
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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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| 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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