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(...) The football from the European football sets, a rare piece in a promo set. (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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I have one that I would have to guess is very rare. I still can't fathom why they made it: 2 clear 2x2 base plates joined with a plastic tether about 4 studs long. These are not plates, but base plates. Anyone know where they came from? I got them (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Poindexter wrote in message ... (...) why (...) They are single-piece, flexible 'hinges' from the '70s (estimation), to couple vehicles. Eric Brok -------- Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Submit your own link: (URL) section: (URL) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Carbon 60 wrote in message <3741D7A9.A27AE5AE@b...ot.com>... (...) the (...) To my knowledge this also is the only (ABS) LEGO piece which does not connect to any other piece. Eric Brok -------- Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Submit your own link: (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) early as 1961 for the early LEGO wheels (red 2x2 or 4x4 wheels with grey rubber and white 2x4 wheel housings). And the piece is not really clear, but a combination of clear and white, a sort of milky translusent white. These pieces had a thin (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Here is a picture of the piece (from a 1963 Samsonite US parts pack list). It is from the Bill Katz/Joe Lauher website, and the the piece is pictured in the bottom right corner as part of the wheels parts pack (the piece on the far right): (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was about to say what about coins, but then I realized that they are the right thickness to be held in a minifig hand. (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Man, those VIP's get all the cool stuff... From a pouting VUP, Chris (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) yes. I think it's the same color and the same plastic as the TV antenna piece. Much more flexible than normal. I still have one. I destroyed one by chewing on it, for some moronic reason, when I was about 13. I recall that I got mine with my (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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I would nominate the special gold 2X4 bricks that were given out to VIPs for the grand opening of the Lego Imagination Center in Minnesota. -John (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'd have to say the TV antenna - the only set I know of that contained one was a basic set in the early 80's. (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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try some classic space sets (6970 for example). they have tv antennas as well. (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey Larry, How many were in that wheels pack. I found 5 or 6 in a small collection I got from a mate over here and I'm trying to track down the sets they are from. They were in a 118 Electronic Engine box but this set doesn't use them. So what do (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Poindexter (lego@poindexter.cc) wrote: : I have one that I would have to guess is very rare. I still can't fathom why : they made it: : 2 clear 2x2 base plates joined with a plastic tether about 4 studs long. : These are not plates, but base (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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I picked up about 10 of these in a collection. The rarest pieces for me are the pieces I know exist but don't have. 1x1x2 black windows, 2x6x2 blue weight bricks, 1x3x2 blue windows, red bogie plates. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, I know this thread has been going for a while, so I'll throw in my 0.02. Some people may have listed these already: yellow 2x2 thin wall from 6521 and anything else? yellow 2x2 thin wall with lightning bolt from 6671. in anything else? In 6781, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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