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| | | (...) Yes. I remember seeing one of those once and thinking it very odd/old. A white one if I'm not mistaken. I'm in the ongoing process of separating my older looking bricks from newer ones as I come across them, so I can use older ones (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Dietmar Stuever
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| | | | (...) it might be of interest that i found one of the architecture lego boxes a while ago. that one had only the 1x2 plates with rectangular pips. i'm quite sure now that they do not come in other than the architecture sets. have fun, rufus t. (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | (...) Thanks for the info Rufus. I can verify that this weekend. I have some Cellulose Acetate 1x2 green plates (USA Samsonite only - hence not from an Architectural Pack). Gary Istok (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Bill Katz
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| | | | | Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : Rufus T. Falkenstein wrote: : > : > it might be of interest that i found one of the architecture lego boxes : > a while ago. that one had only the 1x2 plates with rectangular pips. i'm : > quite sure now that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, and I checked my Samsonite green plates. They also have those pips. I tend to think that all 1x2 plates from the 1960's have that pip. Also, on another note. I can now say with certainty that Cellulose Acetate plates were indeed produced (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Naji Norder
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| | | | | | (...) collectible in (...) the 1960's. (...) 1960's, and (...) Somewhere in my collection I've seen a 1x2 plate with a square pip on the bottom. I'd like to look through and find any Cellulose Acetate bricks. How can I tell them from ABS? Naji (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | (...) I sometimes have a hard time telling the difference. The pips on the 1x2 aren't a good indicator, because I have ABS 1x2 plates with that pip. Here is an overview of telling the difference: On new or hardly used pieces it is much easier. The (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | Ooops, I forgot clear bricks (Ben Rochow reminded me). See below. Gary Istok (...) Clear - Only the regular clear bricks were produced. The CA clear bricks have a yellow hue to them (probably yellowed over the years). Warping is common. The ABS (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | | In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes: <snip> (...) There are definitely two different shades of clear ABS brick that have been circulating over the last few years. For example, I'm currently looking at my 9365 Dacta Community Vehicles set and the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | (...) they'll turn that color. But one thing I did notice is that the clear 1x2 plates from the 1960's Architectural parts packs are indistinguishable from those of the Lear Jet (1970's). That means that both are ABS, or they had a lot of CA plates (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Naji Norder
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| | | | | | | (...) like (...) I have a translucent white TV antenna from the late 1970s. It appears in the 374: Fire Station picture (URL) other sets. Other than this one piece, the only other translucent white I've seen is the in the new glow-in-the-dark (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Mark Koesel
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| | | | | | | Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:37A9A4D6.6336A9...ich.edu... (...) years (...) left over (...) is (...) generalization like (...) what (...) I can't say for certain, but I'd swear that the few (very chewed and manbled) 1x2 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hey Mark, you are correct!! Set 725 - Town Plan (the later 1962-64 version) had over 100 clear bricks, in brick sizes 1x1, 1x2, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 and 2x2 quarter circle (macaroni). No clear plates or slopes in this set. Keep those clear (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Kevin Loch
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| | | | | | Don't forget that another valuable source of data on this is box images and instruction "pictures" that show actual pieces. Virtually every clear brick I have from the 70's is yellowed to some extent, except for the bricks in my 404, which are (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | Well, I've done a lot of digging, and I've encountered more Cellulose Acetate bricks and plates than I thought I would find. First of all the 751 Architectural set I purchased from a gentleman in Belgium earlier this year contains all Cellulose (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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