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Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:47:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, William Howard wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Niels Karsdorp wrote:
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > sorry to hijack this topic, but I have a question out of couriosity.
> > Do you in your CD also talk about never released prototype parts?
> > Like the 12 spoked trainwheels and trainbase fronts (as seen in
> > idea book 241).
> > These parts, if they still exist, are very rare, too, but not regular.
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> The Red Ghost Shroud has to be up there at number 1
> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=2888
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> William
When talking about the rarest Lego pieces, it kind of reminds me of something I
red about the cathedrals of Europe and North America, namely "the number of
cathedrals claiming to be one of the 6 largest in the world numbers at least
20". :-)
There are an enormous amount of rare parts in Lego. I guess one way to divide
them up would be into 4 separate groups:
1) rare discontinued items (molds likely destroyed): the clear or yellow
flip-top garage doors (already mentioned), red (flip-top) garage bases (from
1955-57), black 1x1x2 windows, yellow or gray 1x6x5 windows, white ponytail
minifig hair, etc.
2) rare items where the molds still exist (TLG could reissue these): 2x10
trans-clear brcks, Maersk bricks, 1x4x5 windows in yellow or green, 3x3 outside
corners low slopes in yellow, 2x2x3 outside corner steep slopes in yellow or
gray, 2x2 outside corner regular slopes in yellow or blue, 2x2 tiles in clear,
2x2 windows in black or gray, etc.
3) promotional items: the gold and platinum bionicle masks, etc.
4) prototype items or items never officially released: 50's/60's waffle bottom
plates in red, black or gray, 60's flat trees and 80's conical/pine trees in
red, and those (already mentioned) 12 spoke train wheels/accessories from circa
1970, 1x4x2 spindle fence pieces in red (only found in the 6500 set that was
never released), red-orange parts (used in Legoland California Golden Gate
Bridge), etc. This category could be broken down into discontinued prototype
items and "mold still exists" prototype items.
The list goes on and on. And just think, with over 30 Lego colors now readily
available, the potential for new rare parts is mind boggling! :-)
Gary Istok
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| "Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:I49JIE.9Ex@lugnet.com... (...) Excellent points Gary, but I think that a lot of items in number 2 aren't necessarily that rare in production quanity, ie some of the listed parts are produced (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Hello! (...) Items that go under (4) are probably the rarest of all as such items mostly accidentally leave the facturies, only in very small quantities. Speaking here of more elaborated parts like trees or minifigs etc., not the regular 2x4 brick (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) Yep. I'd personally consider only elements that have been released to the public as "officially rare". Otherwise you'll go nuts trying to track down promo and prototype pieces, as well as the daunting unreleased color-combo pieces. Hmm... I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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| (...) snip (...) Looking at the photo cover of set 721 (URL) I see that not only the trainwheels and the trainbase were prototypes, but also the sliding wheel holders. And the power pickup was not available, either. It is not clear if there have (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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