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  10x20 green baseplates
 
Hi, does anyone know what sets 10x20 green brick baseplates come in? I'm guessing some sort of bucket from the early 70's, I have a couple but can't remember the 70's ;) thanks, Chris Hill (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Hello Chris, chris <churchonespamoff@aol.com> wrote in article <37BDD210.45B08F3A@aol.com>... (...) I know that I got mine in a #7 Universal Set back in mid-seventies. I also got one in a #2 Universal Set, for which I still have the box, showing the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Allan thanks for the info, Mine have the tubes around the edges, so 2 must be from #7, don't know where I picked up the third one. Chris Hill (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Well, there were a lot of sets in the 1970's that had those 10x20 green (1 brick thick) baseplates with the tubes around the bottom inside edge. Several sets come to mind immediately - 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 148, 149. Back in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Gary, I was reading your post today in RTL about the history of LEGO plates, and thinking about this thread. I thought to myself, "I'll be Gary has the real scoop on the 10x20 plates." :) Do you know when exactly the tubes were added to the inner (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Hmmm, Let's see, I have sets 148 (Central Train Station) and 149 (Shell Refinery). They both came out in 1975, and both have the green baseplates with the tubes underneath. That would place the conversion date prior to 1975. I also have a 1970 US (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
(...) Gary, when I read this I went and checked out my small collection of these 10x20 baseplates. All 5 are your type 2, but there are three different variations! a) Lego in medium size letters on the top studs, a textured underside (similar to the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : Hmmm, Let's see, I have sets 148 (Central Train Station) and 149 (Shell : Refinery). They both came out in 1975, and both have the green baseplates with : the tubes underneath. That would place the conversion (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Hello, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37C2B37A.EF723928@u...ch.edu>... (...) baseplates with (...) 1975. I (...) style (...) I'm not (...) old (...) (or (...) My hat's off to you Gary. You've answered my question and then some. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Hey thanks Bill! That makes perfect sense to me. I always think of 1972-73 as a milestone in LEGO History. They changed the LEGO logo, TLG bought back the lisencing from Samsonite (KKK came to the USA to help open TLG USA), the first of the Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
(...) Black! Wow -- that is wild indeed! So they were as boxtops! Ahh, now that explains the goofy mold shape. I think the gray one (10x10) with the super-thin perimeter on the bottom is the exact type I cut my foot on as a child: the edge just (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
Todd Lehman wrote in message <37ca5bd8.72028733@l...et.com>... (...) made (...) These (...) which (...) (always (...) sets (...) They (...) and (...) of (...) 703 sets (...) these (...) yes - (...) that (...) available as (...) square). (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
(...) Of course the 12x24 has been used as a box top in recent sets. (...) I've heard these refered to as "super bricks", I kind of like that term. I definitely agree that they should be classified as bricks, not base plates. Another term I have (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10x20 green baseplates
 
What colors are these 4x6, 4x10, 4x12, 8x8, 8x16, and 12x24 bricks available in? I have some 8x8 black, but are any of the others available in black, and if so, what sets are they available in? I'm going to start building the INSIDE of my 66x66 stud (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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