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A while ago I came across an unusual item on Eric Strand's awesome Brickshelf gallery. He has an excellent collection of old department store gift catalogs with Lego. In a 1967 Eaton's catalog (Eaton's is a large Canadian department store) there was (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You know, I don't think I've ever seen such a plate, but that's likely because I haven't seen waffle plates in general. What's worse (okay, start your cringing)...I throw them out when I get them--they're usually really grimey and in bad (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nothing to cringe about. They do seem to get funky quite often. I have more of those white waffle bottom plates in a puke yellow hue than I care to count. There is one thing that I am going to do with some some of my better waffle bottom (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have studied the advert again closely, and am of the opinion that this piece does not exist. I think it's a printer's creative mistake, done just to improve the composition of the graphics (and to confuse historians in the future ;-). a) The (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Phil! (I sent him an email and asked him to check this thread out.) I was hoping that there would be a new (old) "undiscovered" Lego part. But what you say makes sense. The photo does look somewhat awkward in that regard. But how do you (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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cutting and pasting the part in photoshop despite the 4x2 being a slightly darker shade, the plate fits precicely over the lower plate. The shadows on the plate match up too. Phil's definately correct on that one .. but then I've never known Phil to (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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