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  Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
 
(...) Seems to me that Juniorisation was much more of a problem then than it is now. (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
 
(...) Gary, I think I agree with Mark's point. If the garage pieces were to come out new today there would be a thread about how "junior" they are. The one-piece cars, trees, lightposts, and signs would probably receive similar reviews. Since they (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Anniversary buckets? (was: Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play)
 
(...) What anniversary buckets? Did I miss a thread? LFB (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Anniversary buckets? (was: Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play)
 
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  Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
 
(...) OK, what confused me was that some of these things are still one piece today juniorization?), such as trees and roadsigns. And the 1:87 cars/trucks were in existence 7 years before any Lego wheels came out. So some of these things that might (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
 
(...) Well, the obvious one is the 8 different 1:87 metal wheeled trucks. Each one piece. But at a more subtle level - the roadsigns and garage have similar single-use pieces now. But the overall balance of Lego parts now is much more multi-use. (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)

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