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Re: Items removed from Brickshelf
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:08:30 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Strand wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Saso Tomat wrote:
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> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering why does this book have a number 238? I mean, if we take a look
> > > at the first scan we can see text: LEGO's Ideeenboek 1
> > >
> > > Please let me know why this book has number 238 and not number 1.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Saso
> >
> > This book is referred to as 238 in the old LEGO catalogs. See
> > <http://festum.de/1000steine/myimages/album225/62de1_01> as an example (at the
> > bottom).
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> > Eric
> <snip>
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> Just because 1950's and early 1960's Lego catalog entries fit onto one piece of
> paper (front and back), don't expect these years to be easy to identify and
> don't expect there to be just a few sets from that era. If you included every
> variation on these sets, and in the case of the spare parts pack boxes and
> pieces, every box design possibility, and every language possibility, I would
> say that 1/2 of all different collectible Lego items EVER PRODUCED were from the 1950's and 1960's!!!
Let me clarify this statement.... there are so many different variations on
early sets (the color something is painted, the color combinations, the box
picture, etc), that with some sets such as #214 (classic windows/doors spare
parts) there will be over 70 different box/contents possiblilities. So
including different varieties, there will be a LOT of 50's-60's sets. If you
exclude varieties, the number will be small (about 200 or so). If not, the
number will be in the thousands.
Gary Istok
A Lego addict since 1960.
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| (...) Today people expect a set number on every Lego item. Back in the 50's and 60's that was not the case. Many Lego items were produced back then without numbers. Wooden box sets are a good example. They were produced as numbers: #700, #700K, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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