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Re: Curious old baseplate
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:43:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Paul Thurmond wrote:
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 to the middle. Here's an attempt at ACSII art, with dots for the stud
areas and blanks for the roads:

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:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/078

Here's a few pictures on Brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=696212
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=993659

The one I've seen had very unusual rounded top studs, instead of the usual tube
studs. I haven't been able to find much more information about it.

I'll update Peeron to include this plate.

HTH,
Clark



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  Re: Curious old baseplate
 
(...) 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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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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