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(...) Well, they did. . . (URL) know nothing about pre-Technic gears, especially European pre-Technic gears, so I don't know if these parts were used as cross axles or, as may be the case, cross axle-to-"freely spinning axle" adapters. (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I remember Travis Kunce tried it once with one of his amusement park rides, and it seemed to work pretty well: (URL) course, it's just a matter of time before the cogs on your gears or the fittings for the axles become too stressed to handle (...) (17 years ago, 12-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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Hi folks. I love to build semi-functional scale models of various vehicles out of LEGO. In my never ending effort to make my models look like the real things, I have had to constantly scale up my productions. I am beginning to hit a barrier now, (...) (17 years ago, 12-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would imagine that the "Lego Imports Goldman Morgan" company vanished before Lego was ever aware of them or defensive about their logo. From what I can see, LIGM was around mostly in the 60's or so (though I see one collectors plate from (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Just trying to get to the bottom of a mystery, Jan :) Thanks for the link As we all know, the LEGO logo in current use isn't the one that they started with. As late as '72, the company was using this logo-- (URL) Many years ago I saw a (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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did they? this lego logo is not the lego logo. (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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G'day all, Just a heads-up that in Feb 2008 (Aus/NZ...probably earlier elsewhere) LEGO will be releasing the above mentioned set. I have scanned the page and set from the 2008 Aus catalogue and they are available to view at: (URL) scanned from new (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the info, Jan! How was this company able to use the LEGO logo (circa 1950's to 60's) on their products? Dave K (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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This has nothing to do with the Danish Toy Factory. Lego Imports-Goldman Morgan Lego Imports-Goldman Morgan's name represents a fusion of the first and last name of the company's president: Leo Goldman. Based in New York, the manufacturer is known (...) (17 years ago, 9-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Merry Christmas all! (URL) So this might not look immediately like LEGO, but the bottom says it is (URL) I've been wondering if anyone has any more information on the history of LEGO Japan (looking Gary's way :) ) and if there's an 'inventory' of (...) (17 years ago, 9-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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