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Re: When did "extra's" start?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 6 May 2003 03:55:11 GMT
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I remember that there used to always be extras of the 1X1 round plates;
especially when the set used an odd number of them. Way back in The Day, the
1X1 round plates came in pairs on a sprue, so a set always had an even number
of them. For instance, if your set only used one 1X1 trans-green round plate,
you would have an extra, because you'd have 2 from the pair on the sprue.
I also remember older sets having extras of the really small pieces that
could get lost easily, like Technic bushings and anntenae.
I think that set #6502 from 1987 is the earliest set that I bought unopened
with a fairly large extra piece. It had an extra tire (part 4288). Any set I
have from before 1987 is either one that was from '84-'86 that LEGO still made
in '87 or a used set that might not have the extras that it originally came
with.
David
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| (...) Well, I think you have found the reason here; 6952 uses 2 1x1 trans-yellow round plates, and they are there as a pair as you described. Still I find it odd that theres no other extras, like the levers, of which the set uses 8; in a modern set, (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | When did "extra's" start?
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| Hi, I just opened a MISB 6952 (1985), and had a great time building it. But I was a little surpriced to find, that there was absolutely no extra bricks in this set, not even 1x1 round plates. So, does anybody know, when TLC started to put extra (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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