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Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:58:11 GMT
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Bill Katz wrote:
> Gary,
> Only one small thing I'd like to add. The early Samsonite 1x2 plates
> (and I think, but would have to check that i have models with 2x2 cellulose
> acetate plates and 1x2 ABS plates) had a small rectangular pip on the
> bottomisde, between where the studs fit, instead of teh more common circular
> pip we see today.
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> ANd those 1x2 plates were the ONLY 1xN plates in existance, so that
> models would often have 10 or more of them in a row. (See 348 jet
> as an example)
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> -Bill
Thanks Bill. I noticed those also. I'm going to get a lot of the old plates and
check them out for other possible variations. However, I couldn't locate a Jet
#348 in the Lugnet Database. Is that the one that has large grey plate(s) with
the square bottoms like the old 2x8, 4x8 and 6x8 white Cellulose Acetate plates
(that you mentioned a few months ago.
You did point out an interesting fact that the 1xN plates were rather limited to
the 1x2 (and 1x1). The 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, etc. plates didn't arrive on the
scene until many years later.
One of the things that I found facinating was the situation with the green
plates. They were not produced in Europe back in the 1960's. I found about 40
of them (1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x4) from my old collection, and I noticed that Samsonite
had their own unique LEGO font for their brick studs. It was very different from
the European font.
Also, when I was looking thru some old LEGO, I find it interesting as to how many
Cellulose Acetate pieces there are to be found in old (USA) Lego collections on
the secondary market. Samsonite must have made them for quite a while longer
than TLG Europe.
I just got an eBay win in the mail yesterday, and the set was a 1970's (big
people) set. Yet I could tell that the seller (or someone) took a lot of older
pieces and added them to this set. I ended up with about 20 older (and nearly
mint) Cellulose Acetate pieces.
Gary Istok
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| (...) Well I checked some plates covering the last 35 years. And it looks like not only are there the 2 varieties that Bill already talked about, but I've found a more recent variety. It looks like the circular pip type plates have a new variety, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| (...) plates (...) and (...) Jet (...) with (...) plates (...) to (...) 40 (...) Samsonite (...) from (...) many (...) on (...) older (...) Gary - I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read about your nearly infinite supply supply of parts, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| Gary, Only one small thing I'd like to add. The early Samsonite 1x2 plates (and I think, but would have to check that i have models with 2x2 cellulose acetate plates and 1x2 ABS plates) had a small rectangular pip on the bottomisde, between where (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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