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Sorry - I just have to share this... I got my winnings from the Setzilla auction today. And - well, I've never had any contact with Gary Louie but he has won my enormous respect as someone who really looked after his Lego - and must have had some (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Simon, I had the same thrill when I openned the only set I won in that auction. A brand new sealed 147 Refrigerated Rail Wagon from 1973. Now I have the same problem that I'm sure Gary had, do I open it or don't I. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark and Simon, Well, if I were you I would open those sets. Get an exacto knife and open them carefully along a side. Build them and keep them separate from your other Lego bricks...definitely run the wagon around the tracks a few times :) (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:37DFC02C.554DC4...ate.edu... (...) I've started doing something like that. I noticed there was a slight gap between the folds of cardboard at one end. I've found I can reversibly bend the box a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've noticed alot of my old (relatively old...late 70's early 80's) 1x1 bricks are splitting. Maybe the bricks have been redesigned to fix this problem. The other thing I have noticed is that the bricks are constantly being redesigned. Hollow tubes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) perfectly (...) the (...) Some of the changes may have been made to give the bricks a slightly greater strength to weight ratio. I can imagine those ridges inside normal 2x4 bricks having that effect. (...) stipulation. Basically - yes. Hmmm. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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