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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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