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Re: Lego Frisbee. Was: Re: What is this thing?
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Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:09:59 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Alan Demlow wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Jude Beaudin wrote:
> > In lugnet.space, Alan Demlow wrote:
> > > Hi. I found this at a flea market today:
> > >
> > > http://www.lightlink.com/demlow/pics/weird_lego.jpg
> > >
> > > It's a disc maybe 6-8" in diameter made of heavy canvas. The border is also
> > > quite heavy; it has something sewn into it (like a heavy cord or flexible wire)
> > > to weight it down, it seems. My wife decided it could be used as a frisbee, and
> > > it does in fact fly quite nicely. So, two questions: can anybody confirm what
> > > this thing is, and when is it from? The printing looks like Blacktron (I?). I
> > > couldn't match it with a set, but the parts used to build the model look like
> > > they could have come from the 6894 Invader.
> > >
> > > Alan
> >
> > It is a frisbee, I had a Yamaha one when I was a kid. The idea is it collapses
> > if it hits you so it does not hurt like a plastic disk.
> >
> > Jude
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> Thanks, so we've established that it's a collapsible frisbee. Now, does anybody
> have further information on Lego frisbees? When and how were they issued? (The
> flea market I found this one at was in Germany, btw.)
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> I received another e-mail from somebody not registered with Lugnet who said such
> frisbees were popular in the mid-80's, which I guess fits with the time frame of
> the Blacktron theme.
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> Alan
I have a similar one. Same colour and logo, but less the spacecraft IIRC. I
obtained it from a small toyshop in northern France in the late 80's, given to
me by the shopkeeper for spending over a certain minimum (50FF?) on LEGO in his
shop (which wasn't difficult, as there were several long-deleted sets :-)
HTH,
Phil in Yorkshire.
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