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Today's topic is Regular LEGO Sloped Bricks from 1958-1972. LEGO sloped bricks today are available in many different angled slopes. The earliest of these (and by far the most common today) are the regular 45 degree slopes. These came out in the late (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a few copies of set 1082, a dacta set, which has equal numbers of red and blue sloped bricks in low and medium slope varieties. It includes apexes and connectors, inside corners, and inverted 2x2s as well. This set has a copyright date (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok: What about the old green 2*4 roof bricks my grandparents have? They look roughly like this from the side: |\ |\ Despite the look of the ASCII art, the dimensions are the same as of a 2*4 brick. The sloped side is "wigly" like a tiled(?) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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What I find curious about the slopes is that we had plenty of red slopes (they may have all been 2x2, I don't remember), but we never had any apex or other special slopes (I remember later in life noting that "gee, they finaly got around to adding (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hmmm - very nice history. Thanks, Gary. That was very interesting. On point though - I think that bricks in colours other than blue, red and black appeared earlier than the 1980s. I recently bought a 386 Red Cross Helicopter, which I believe dates (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Yes there were a lot of different colors available in the 1970's sets that I hadn't gotten around to yet. I kind of wanted to stay with the story up to 1972, but I got side tracked on the black slopes. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jacob, I have never heard of green Lego slopes with a "wiggly" slope before. Are they LEGO? Do they have the word LEGO on top of the studs? If not, then that should answer your question. Rob, have you ever heard of these? Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks Rob, I can add that to part 2, which will include the low sloped bricks. And then those service packs with the low sloped outside corner in red. There are a lot of interesting variations, that's for sure. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Not quite sure what period you were talking about there - though you hint at early 70s. They had red apex bricks by the early 1970s didn't they? (URL) 1971) (URL) 1971), and (URL) 1973) (all in shallow slope) For medium slope, I'm there was a house (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As always, wonderful!!! Great history of the slope. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mid '60s to early '70s. (...) According to Garry's history, yes, that's the puzzlement I have, why had I never seen them til the '80s? (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Nearest thing I can find is the roof pieces in Fabuland, but they are larger than a 2x4 (more like 4x6). They are green, stepped, and "wiggly" tiled though. (...) +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | +---...---+ (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello Gary, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37D92C5D.8826C9E@umich.edu>... (...) Another wonderful account of the history of a LEGO element. Thanks very much. As previously mentioned ((URL) the offer to host this material on the web (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok: (...) AFAIK. They are with the LEGO, and both my parents and my grandparents say they are LEGO. I must admit that I have never checked them for a LEGO imprint. I will do that next time I have a chance. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Rob Farver: (...) Definitely not those (not that we haven't got them too). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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I remember playing with such bricks, except they were red and reminds me of spanish tile roofs. They came in sizes of 2x2 and 2x4 and also roof apex pieces. They don't build the roof by themselves but are added on top of a base of regular offset (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Woo-Hoo!! Did all these slopes have the same texture? I ask because I have three different textures on my slope bricks. Although I don't think I have any from before 1977. Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff, you asked a very good question. Texture was an interesting part of these sloped pieces. The 1958-72 parts packs basically had the same texture. Not until the mid-1970's did the texture on some of the LEGO bricks start to vary. My train station (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snipped excellent dissertation> (...) I'm messing about with some ideas for upcoming projects, and this is an excellent opportunity to ask a question which one of them sort-of hinges on: Has there ever been/how available are: white roof peak (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Low slope white roof peaks exist: there are some in 6337 Fast Track Finish. Dunno about medium slope ones (but if there are, I want some!) Kevin (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A number of slopes I have are 'pitted'. In other words, it looks like they have lots of little craters. I'm pretty sure this isn't an abnormality because the craters are all the same size. Have you ever encountered any like this? Jeff (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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