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Re: Curious old baseplate
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:37:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Clark Stephens wrote:
> 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:
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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:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/078
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> 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
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> 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.
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> I'll update Peeron to include this plate.
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> HTH,
> Clark
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, sort of a forerunner to the 32x32 stud roadplates that came
out (worldwide) half a decade later. And yes they do have a peculiar "round
top" studs on top, not the usual "cylinder top" studs we are accustomed to.
Gary Istok
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