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Re: what is the rarest piece
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Fri, 21 May 1999 03:15:12 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> Eric Brok wrote:
> > Mike Poindexter wrote in message ...
> > > 2 clear 2x2 base plates joined with a plastic tether about 4 studs long.
> > > These are not plates, but base plates.
> > They are single-piece, flexible 'hinges' from the '70s (estimation), to
> > couple vehicles.
> If what you are describing is what I think it is, it was made starting as
> 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.
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 wheels packs, circa 1967.
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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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| (...) 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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