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Re: The Dark Ages of Lego in the USA
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Tue, 31 May 2005 01:08:03 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
SNIP a lot of interesting info
Gary Istok

Y'know, I'm really glad your on Lugnet, Gerhard, because you really provide a
wealth of historcal background on Lego, which in turn gives the hobby &
community  a lot of perspective & a type of cultural groundedness.  I always
enjoy reading your posts since I always come away with more knowledge of
'Lego-through-the-ages'  & an idea of "oh, that's where that Lego company design
ethic or product style comes from."  So, anyways, thanks for sharing your Lego
knowledge with the rest of us.

Jeff



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  Re: The Dark Ages of Lego in the USA
 
(...) Hey thanks for the Kudo's folks! I want Lugnet to be the center of the Lego universe, so I am doing my part to help facilitate this by giving you folks info that is just not found anywhere else. I like to play Sherlock Holmes with all the old (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)

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  The Dark Ages of Lego in the USA
 
Just like many AFOL's/ALE's, USA Lego went thru the dark ages. Interestingly enough, it was around the same time I went thru my own dark ages. The years were the 1970's. In the beginning of the 1970's USA Lego sales were licensed to the Samsonite (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general) !! 

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