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Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:40:46 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> Bill Katz wrote:
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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 the studs fit, instead of teh more common circular
> > pip we see today.
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > -Bill
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Gary Istok
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,
namely the cylinder is now hollow, as opposed to "filled in". I'm not sure how
recently this happened, but I checked the contents of one of the RoboForce sets
(2152), and the 3 1x2 yellow plates all had the circular pip as hollow. Hmmmm,
interesting.
Variety 1 - Rectangular Pip from the 1960's.
Variety 2 - Circular Pip from the 1970's-1990's.
Variety 3 - Circular Hollow Pip from late 1990's?
Gary Istok
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I'm not sure if this is a fourth variety (I think it is version four) or if all "Hollow Pip" ones are like this, but a number of 1x2's I've gotten recently have textured surfaces on the bottom. If I remember, I'll look at my 1x2's tonight. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| (...) I typically use those to help in sorting...the plates have had the filled-in pips and the tiles have had the hollow pips. But I think I've noticed plates like that too, now that you mention it. (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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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