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Subject:	Re: Is Lego the most complex collectible toy of all time?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:44:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Anders Isaksson wrote: > Not equally complex, but quite interesting: The old Ankersteine/Anchor > Stones > > http://www.ankerstein.org/ I looked at the site, but I still can't figure out exactly what these are. Are they wooden blocks or are they actually stone? What is it that sets these apart from other construction toys? Thank You. Dan

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		Re: Is Lego the most complex collectible toy of all time?
(...) Anchor Stones are "stone" made of ground quartz, chalk, linseed oil, with colouring added in. This mixture is pressed into the differnt shaped molds. Janey Red Brick (19 years ago, 26-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)

		Re: Is Lego the most complex collectible toy of all time?
(...) As Janey said. Artificial stone. Looks like stone, feels like stone, heavy as stone. I got one of the smaller boxes from the factory as thanks for my CAD program, and I was very intrigued when I got a message from the post office about a quite (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Is Lego the most complex collectible toy of all time?
(...) Not equally complex, but quite interesting: The old Ankersteine/Anchor Stones (URL) product was created ~1880, and the old factory has been revived and is still making stones and sets. I'll try to find out how many sets and parts there are (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)

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