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LEGO Historic Anecdotes... retelling the stories that got lost...
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Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:40:12 GMT
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I've decided last week (when I had some internet issues at home and was cut off from the world)... to adding a slightly different approach to telling the story about LEGO sets and parts, and their evolution through the years. It seems that so much of the LEGO history has been lost by a convergence of several unfortunate incidents.... 1) not the best record keeping by TLG of their product (via the LEGO Archives), 2) the retirement and death of old time LEGO employees that know/knew so much about the reasons behind why there are so many quirky features about LEGO sets/parts, and 3) the fact that online LEGO databases may mention some of these quirky LEGO variations, but do not attempt to explain them. So I have decided to add a new feature to my current Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide (in the next version due out in about 2 months... free to current owners)... and to the next volume (1990s-Present)... due out next year.
This new feature will include a story behind the sets and parts that I feel
need further clarification for answers about why they are so unusual, or have so
many variations.
Here is the first 2 of about 100 set or part "Anecdotes"... that will be made
available in my future editions of the LEGO DVD/downloads....
http://www.youblishe...TATION-HISTORY/
http://www.youblishe...VERY-LEGO-SETS/
These are the first 2 sets that I have researched and given a history to.
Another set was the 6661 MOBILE TV STATION Set with the German WDR rare
variation... which I will add into this format. The first of these little
history/anecdotes will be in my current LEGO DVD/download... with more to follow
(for free) for future upgrades....
Gary Istok
P.S. I just wanted to add one caveat... I am NOT criticizing the record keeping
by the wonderful folks at the LEGO Archives.... 1) they have what they have
been left to work with by an earlier generation that didn't maintain as
meticulous a set of records as they do today.... 2) as with the case of the rare
German TV Station (WDR) of the 6661 Mobile TV Studio Set of 1989... when special
deals are made "under the table" between LEGO executives and executives of other
companies... when the LEGO Archive/Collections folks are kept out of the loop...
they should not be held responsible for the hushed dealings of higher ups at the
company.
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