 | | Curious old baseplate —Paul Thurmond
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| | | Hi, I have a baseplate that I can't find on Lugnet or Peeron. It's 50x50, less than plate thickness (whatever the term for that is), green, and has smooth grey roads 14 studs wide. The roads enter on three of the sides, curve a bit, and meet close (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Curious old baseplate —Clark Stephens
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| | | | (...) Cool ASCII art there. The roadplate is a Samsonite plate from the 1970's. Fairly rare to find today. It's listed as set 078 on Lugnet: (URL) a few pictures on Brickshelf: (URL) one I've seen had very unusual rounded top studs, instead of the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Curious old baseplate —Gerhard R. Istok
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| | | | (...) These are relatively unknown to European collectors. They were only ever produced in USA/Canda in 1970-71. I have a pair of these. I use one as a castle courtyard plate (there are no lane markings). This was the first ever plastic roadplate, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Curious old baseplate —Paul Thurmond
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| | | | (...) I never noticed the different studs, but you're right. Thanks for the info. Paul (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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