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Re: LEGO Facts and Figures (A repost from Pause archive, by Jeff Crites, 1995)
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"Suz" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:ICFEqA.1yuy@lugnet.com...
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:16:53 -0500
From: "Jeffrey T. Crites" <crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu>


from LEGO's own publications:

LEGO `FACTS AND FIGURES'
=======================

Here's some great information from `LEGO Facts & Figures',  Jan
     94 by LEGO Group (Puveyor to Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark). The
     following  information was taken  without permission from the above
     mentioned source; 18th edition.  The first edition of Facts and
     figures was published in March 1981.

     * 4.9152 cm3(cubed) is the volume of an 8-stud LEGO brick.  It
measures 9.6x32x16 mm.


One BIG snip.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- • --
  ** Again,  the following  information was taken  without permission from
     the January 1994 `Facts & Figures', 18th Edition, LEGO Group, Puveyor
     to Her Majesty  The Queen of Denmark.   This booklet  was produced by
     Information & Public Relation, LEGO Group, as part of a series on the
     LEGO Group and LEGO products. Other titles in the series: `Developing
     a product',`A product - an idea',`Toy safety',  and `The LEGO product
     and the environment'.

     The names LEGO, LEGOLAND,  FABULAND, DUPLO, and  SCALA are registered
     trademarks of the LEGO Group.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- • --
     For any of the informational booklets mentioned directly above you • may
     contact LEGO System A/S, DK-7190 Billund, DENMARK; Telephone: (+45) • 75
     33 11 88; Telex: 60 787 lego dk; Fax: (+45) 75 35 33 60.

__<>__                       Jeffrey T. Crites • __<>__
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Some very interesting facts and figures there, thanks for posting.

Does anyone have any updates on these for 2005? Especially for element
numbers etc.

Gaz.



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