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Re: Another piece to ID
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Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:38:37 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> Well, since you all seem to be so resourceful at figuring out where parts came
> from, here's a brainteaser for you...
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> I have had this piece for as long as I can remember, but I have no idea where
> it might have come from. The best way to describe it is as a 2x2 plate with
> some sort of attachments on the sides. The attachments to not follow any sort
> of Lego measurement, but they expand the width to roughly 4 studs, and are
> about a brick and a plate (or two) tall (but note that the middle is still • just
> a plate, so the whole is sort of U-shaped, with the extra height on the
> attachments dropping down). Complicating the description are two loops that
> jut from one side of the peice, each from one attachment.
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> The piece is an orange-y tan color, unlike any I've seen in another Lego • piece.
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> A very rough approximation of the piece, from the top:
> ________
> | |oo| |
> |__|oo|__|
> U U
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> And from the front/back:
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> ___-_-____
> | | | |
> |__| |__|
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> I *used* to think it was a desk for minifigs, but it is utterly impossible to
> get it to span a 2x4 area to get it to sit as such. It's a shame, it would be
> a great piece for it. Lately, I've come to think it might be meant to be
> saddlebags for the older horses, built from parts (they were 2 studs wide,
> right? So it would span them) but I can't find a set picture that has it- • and,
> I don't have any Castle sets that old.
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> But, to my eternal spite, the word "Lego" grins happily up at me from the top
> of each and every stud, just to keep me from writing it off as a clone piece.
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> So. Any clues?
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> eric
These are saddlebags, but not for horses, but for the Fabauland scooters. They
also exist in white and black, but in the color you describe (I called it
brown) they appear in set 3781 and 3782 (and 3669 I believe).
Inventories of these sets can be found on the Unoffical Fabuland Homepage:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/fabu1eng.html
Greetings,
Sybrand Bonsma
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| (...) How did I get my hands on a Fabuland peice? I don't remember having any... although there's something hauntingly familiar about the red scooter in 3782... Thanks! That clears it up. eric (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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