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Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:13:29 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> There were 44 new 1955 Lego elements that came out with the Town Plan.
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> They were:
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> 2x2 quarter circle and 2x4 half circle macaroni bricks (4 different pieces).
> 1x6 and 1x8 beams (no posts underneath back then).
> 8 different 1:87 metal wheeled trucks.
> 16 different flat bottomed road signs.
> 5 different flat bottomed trees and 1 bush.
> 3 piece garage kit (1 garage baseplate, 1 garage door frame, 1 garage door).
> 5 different plates (waffle bottom back then), 2x8, 4x8, 4x8 right curve, 4x8
> left curve and 6x8.
Seems to me that Juniorisation was much more of a problem then than it is now.
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 | | Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
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| (...) OK Mark, now I'm stumped.... what parts did you consider juniorised? The 2x4 half circle macaroni bricks? Or? I missed 3 new Lego elements in my 1955 tally. One was the #200/#1200 Town Plan board, which originally came out in thin soft plastic (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | 50 Years - Lego System of Play
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| Well it looks like (based on the NYC Toy Fair) that TLG is celebrating 50 years of the "Lego System of Play". When if first came out in 1955 "Lego System of Play" was "Lego system i leg" in Danish. 1955 also happens to be the first year that Lego (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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