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Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:10:35 GMT
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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 edge of the
baseplates? I have 2 without and 1 with, and yet all 3 would have been
purchased around the same time. My guess would be that the tubes were
added around 1977.
My own info is coming from memory (having gotten the #2 and #7 sets) and
also a 1976 product catalog. It clearly shows the baseplates in set #'s:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 190. All on the same page no less. How's that for
set numbering? :)
Regards,
Allan
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article
<37C15F34.CFCEF184@umich.edu>...
> 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 the 1960's the grey 10x20 was the most prevalent baseplate. In the • 1970's it
> was the green 10x20. The green ones were also available (as item 700E) • in several
> different service pack packages of baseplates. Back in the 70's (I think) • they
> were packaged 2 (different colors) to a pack. Grey & White, Blue & Red, • and Green
> & Yellow were the colors packaged together.
>
> There are a few other sets from the 1970's (or later) that had these • green
> baseplates.
>
> Gary Istok
>
> chris wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > Allan Bedford wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > base plate as one of the parts.
> > >
> > > These weren't buckets though, they were boxes. In the case of the #7 • set,
> > > it was a large flip-lid style box. The base plates were right on top • when
> > > you opened the box.
>
>
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| 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)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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| 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)
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