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In lugnet.general, Johannes Koehler wrote:
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Hello!
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Getting 4886 today got me thinking... is this the first LEGO building since
the introduction of the minifig to have 4 walls? Nothing jumps out at me
while browing Town sets at Brickset; they all have the back wall open for
the hand of God to place minifigs in them.
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In the early days of the Minifig the buildings were designed to have four
walls but could be opened. Sets 374 and 376 come to my mind there:
Its a pity there aint minifigs included with the new set 4886. Former Basic
building sets in the 5-year-old and 7-year-old range came with figs, in
particular when the main models included houses.
In this set the house models also are with four walls. Its not even meant to
be opened. According to the instructions, that is. Of course you can modify
the design to your liking.
Bye
Jojo
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Thanks, Jojo, you beat me to the punch. I was going to mention the sets with
the hinge bricks like #376 and also #375/#6075 the Yellow Castle, which also
technically had 4 walls and hinge bricks.
This is a real nice set. The only thing that strikes me as being odd is that
vent or whatever is under the leftmost gable. I think that a 1x2x2 black
window would have been ideal there.
That begs the question: Are the black and gray 1x2x2 windows retired in those
colors? That recent Lego train Caboose (forgot the number) had 1x2x2 black
airplane windows instead of regular 1x2x2 black windows.
In my own collection I only have 2 of the black 1x2x2 windows (from 70s-80s
train sets), and 4 of the gray 1x2x2 windows (from 7740 Intercity Train). I am
afraid to buy more (on Bricklink) because one day the same thing may happen with
them that happened with the steep slope and low slope yellow outside corner
bricks in the last six months, namely they went from being rare $5 pieces (only
found in #375/#6075 or #7740) to being common 60 cent pieces available in bulk
quantities from TLG sources.
I know that there is that director at TLG in Billund who controls what colors
parts may be released in, and which colors parts may not be released in. One
day he/she (or their successor) may say hey lets make black or gray 1x2x2
windows again. But that time is not at hand just yet, as we can see with this
Designer set.
Just something else to think about...
Gary Istok
A Lego addict since 1960.
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> Thanks, Jojo, you beat me to the punch. I was going to mention the sets
> with the hinge bricks like #376 and also #375/#6075 the Yellow Castle, which
> also technically had 4 walls and hinge bricks.
Sorry Garry, I didn't mean to steal your thunder :-)
#375, though, didn't come with closed roomes. The towers are open at two sides,
as well as the towers in #6080 and #6085 are open at one side and so on.
(I'm a bit embarrassed that #3739 and #4707 didn't come to my mind, me, being a
Castle-lover.)
> That begs the question: Are the black and gray 1x2x2 windows "retired" in
> those colors? That recent Lego train Caboose (forgot the number) had 1x2x2
> black airplane windows instead of regular 1x2x2 black windows.
At least the grey windows are definitely retired as the grey was changed. (And
no, please don't move this post to .color just because of this simple but
inevitable sentence!)
> I
> am afraid to buy more (on Bricklink) because one day the same thing may
> happen with them that happened with the steep slope and low slope yellow
> outside corner bricks in the last six months, namely they went from being
> rare $5 pieces (only found in #375/#6075 or #7740) to being common 60 cent
> pieces available in bulk quantities from TLG sources.
True. For building purposes those pieces have become very lowpriced now.
However, in order to complete an original #375 you still need original yellow
slopes without the additional support beams within (look at this:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jojo/sonstiges/slope75corners.jpg (don't
own/don't have handy new ones in yellow, but red serves the same purpose)). I'm
not sure if there is anything that distincts old 7740-slopes from new yellow
ones. Maybe there is a part number imprinted/not imprinted or something like
that?
As for 2x2 windows: I'm pretty sure the material of the glass in the frames has
changed. Back then the glass always was somewhat "dirty", even if brand new,
newadays the glass is always crystal clear.
Anyway, small differences like mentioned above won't be of help when buying
parts on BrickLink.
Bye
Jojo
(Sorry for derailing this thread.)
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