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Re: Curious old baseplate
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:23:30 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Clark Stephens wrote:
> >
> > 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.
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> > HTH,
> > Clark
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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, 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.
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> Gary Istok
I never noticed the different studs, but you're right. Thanks for the info.
Paul
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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, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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