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Re: Nostalgia and Educational Lego
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 23 Apr 1999 03:03:59 GMT
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Speaking of nostalgic baseplates ... when I was a kid I had two large
baseplates that were green and had grey roads on them. The roads had some
turns in them although they were not at right angles and there were three
exit points from the baseplate. The baseplates were the same size as the
currently available large grey baseplate (64x64?).
These road plates have to be in my parents basement somewhere although each
time I go back home I am unable to find them. They were not with the rest
of my LEGO that I had saved. I got them in the early 70's as I recall.
Anybody recall these or know what set number they might be. I would really
like to find these again as they were a major part of my childhood LEGO
experience. Virtually everything I build used these two large plates as
focus point.
Mike - mike_walsh@mentorg.com
http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh
Frank Filz wrote in message ...
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> Tom Stangl wrote in message <371FB4E0.9D7BFD32@netscape.com>...
> > Oh geez, that makes me DROOL. My black pyramid will stop at 33 layers
> > (66x66), so that 64x64 will be inset one stud to make it "float". A • single
> > baseplate, rather than 4 32x32s would be SO nice.
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> > Frank Filz wrote:
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> > > With all the various nostalgia coming up, one thing that came to mind
> > > was an educational kit we used in Junior High. It was a study of the
> > > growth of a city (Seatle WA as it turned out). A large (64x64) green
> > > baseplate with painted on blue for the harbor and lake was the basis.
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> Oops, you can suck your drool back in... I got carried away in thinking
> about the size, I think it was only the standard large plate 48x48... (I
> just somehow thought that the large plate must be 64x64 since the medium
> plates are 32x32...)
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> Frank
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| (...) I hate to burst your bubble, but if your parents have had a garage sale their disposition could be in debate, especially since they were not with the rest of the collection you saved. -Tom McD. when replying watch out for the moldy spamcake. (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Nostalgia and Educational Lego
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| (...) Scandanavian Castle). I have a 1970 Samsonite LEGO dealers catalog, and it states that this is a new 1970 item, and wasn't available for more than 2 years, so it must not have been all that popular. I don't think this was available in Europe, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nostalgia and Educational Lego
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| Tom Stangl wrote in message <371FB4E0.9D7BFD32@n...pe.com>... (...) single (...) Oops, you can suck your drool back in... I got carried away in thinking about the size, I think it was only the standard large plate 48x48... (I just somehow thought (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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