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Re: WANTED! ESSO drum brick 1x1 round 1:87
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:39:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Strand wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jeremy Scott wrote:
> > > In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Henrik Thrane wrote:
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering if anyone could help me to find one of the rare ESSO 1x1 round
> > > > Drum bricks with the ESSO text?
> > > > It is one of the last things I miss in my 1:87 collection and I would like to
> > > > offer 100$ for one in good condition:-)
> > > >
> > > > I would also be very gratefull if someone could help me to find one!
> >
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance, what is a/the 1:87 collection?
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> In the late 1950's LEGO introduced a line of vehicles and buildings at
> approximately 1:87 scale. We can guess that this scale was chosen to be
> compatible with many H0 train layouts. This was the original LEGO "SYSTEM OF
> PLAY".
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> http://home.comcast.net/~strandee/238/32_page_32.htm
> http://home.comcast.net/~strandee/238/10_page_10.htm
> http://www.redshift.com/~shifflett/lego/town_scene/town_scene.html
> http://www.redshift.com/~shifflett/lego/mursten_1/mursten_1.html
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> H0 trains shown with LEGO in this booklet:
> http://www.redshift.com/~shifflett/lego/mursten_byggebog/mursten_byggebog.html
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> Hope this helps,
> Eric
Besides what Eric already explained, the classic Lego scale (Lego 1x2x3 classic
door is 3 bricks tall) is 1:87. That scale was phased out between 1973-80, when
first the 1x3x4 door came out (produced 1973-80). The minifig scale 1x4x5 door
came out in 1978, and later came the 1x4x6 door. So today's Lego scale is
approximately 1:43.
Gary Istok
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