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Early Lego 1x6 & 1x8 Bricks with Names
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004 04:19:36 GMT
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I was browsing thru PEERON today, and I was checking out the different 1x6 and
1x8 bricks with names ("named beams") many of them from the 1957-65 era. And I
noticed that they didn't have those 1x6 and 1x8 named beams unique to the USA
(Samsonite).
Back then the major source of these named beams was Lego spare parts pack #226
(1957-65). When they first came out in 1957, there were 8 named beams in the
continental European version of #226. That number changed to 7 named beams from
1958-65. The British version of #226 also had 7 named beams, while the
USA/Canada Samsonite version of #226 had 10 named beams.
As a child in the early 1960's I purchased a #226 USA parts pack. The 10 named
beams (which I still have) are:
1x6: CAFE, HOTEL, HOTEL, STORE, STORE, STORE.
1x8: GROCERY, ESSO SERVICE, GARAGE, THEATER.
The GROCERY and STORE named beams are not available in Europe. These should be
added to the Peeron Database (date 1961).
A few years back I answered a LUGNET question on named beams. Check under
LUGNET.GENERAL my "HISTORY OF LEGO" series section on printed bricks for some in
depth info on early named beams.
In my upcoming CD, I give the breakdown of the named beams for many countries
(in their own version of parts pack #226) such as: Germany, Britain, Italy,
Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and USA.
There will be a chapter in my CD titled "Lego Signs, Number/Letter Bricks,
Stickers & Painted Elements".
Gary Istok
A Lego addict since 1960.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) And speaking of rare 1x6 and 1x8 beams with names, I just saw a German Bricklink seller selling a 1x6 "ANNO 1762" named beam from the #309 Church set of 1958-62, for $36.75! This particular named beam is not part of the #226 named beam parts (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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