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Re: Need help identifying printed bricks...
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Sat, 26 Jun 2004 04:55:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark de Kock wrote:
> In a batch of old Lego, I found the following printed bricks:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Markassius/Various/automatiek.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Markassius/Various/garage.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Markassius/Various/posterijen.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Markassius/Various/taxis.jpg
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> I believe the GARAGE is from set 348 as I also found a (broken) garage-floor
> with mechanisme for the door.
> Can anyone tell me where the other bricks might have come from? I'm very curious
> as Peeron could not find any bricks with these prints.
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> Thanks,
> /\/\ark "must look further in the batch" de Kock
Mark,
These printed beams were also included in large 'town plan' sets, including
several variants of the 700 wooden box:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/700_2
the British-only version 810
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/810_2
and the Samsonite version 725
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/725_3
and probably other larger 'generic' building sets. These sets also had the
garage pieces you mention.
I've seen the languages be inconsistant within sets, too. Many of the above sets
I've seen for sale have a mix of languages on the bricks. It would be hard for
me to identify any specific set just from those few bricks.
I've made a hobby of collecting pictures of all known variants of vintage
printed bricks. Yours are just some of the over 300 versions I've cataloged.
Here's the link to my galleries:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8644
If you haven't used brickshelf, a red name is a folder with more images, a blue
name is a link to a bigger picture. Be sure to look for the 'Next' link in the
lower right hand of larger folders - Brickshelf only shows 48 images per page.
The reason these variants have not yet been added to Peeron, is because I
thought they were of limited use to the inventories. As already discussed,
getting exact inventories for sets from this timeframe would be diffficult, and
adding hundreds of never-inventoried parts to Peeron has other effects. With the
expected increase in interest about vintage parts, I'm sure Peeron will consider
including these.
If you are curious, here's my translation of the bricks:
Automatiek - is a restaurant type place with vending machines that serve food. I
have only seen that brick in that specific language. I believe it is equivalent
to the American/British brick 'Snack Bar' and the German brick 'Wursten'.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=19113
Garage - remains the same across many variations
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=19114
posterijen - Post office
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=19113&n=48
Taxis - Taxi stand
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=19113&n=96
Your posterijen brick appears to be a variant I don't have pictured. With your
permission, I'd like to add it to my gallery. Please let me know if I may be of
any further assistance.
Hope that helps,
Clark
Visit my Vintage Parts pages, submissions always welcome:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8642
Isodomos.com - marking the difference in Lego parts.
http://www.isodomos.com
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| (...) source of information... I have it favoritized in my browser now. Also, thank you for the explanations. As I am dutch myself, I had recognized that the automatiek and the posterijen were dutch too :-). I also believe the TAXI'S is also dutch, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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