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    Re: what is the rarest piece —Mike Poindexter
   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)
   
        Re: what is the rarest piece —Eric Brok
      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)
    
         Re: what is the rarest piece —Gary R. Istok
      (...) 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)
    
         Re: what is the rarest piece —Gary R. Istok
       (...) 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)
    
         Re: what is the rarest piece —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) 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)
    
         Re: what is the rarest piece —Mark Harrison
     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)
   
        Re: what is the rarest piece —Bill Katz
   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)
   
        Re: what is the rarest piece —Mark Harrison
   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)
   
        RE: what is the rarest piece —Mark Benz
   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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