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Christopher Tracey wrote in message <37E7D999.24F3BB74@usgs.gov>... (...) is (...) You can narrow down your interval as 1977-1979. I have two sets from 1980 and 1981 and neither has the pieces in the mentioned form. I know this piece (I have at (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm going to plead ignorance on that one. I too have some of those pieces. But I do have a lot of opened sets, and it's like a needle in a haystack trying to find the original set where these pieces came from. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the info. Someday I will figure out what my first LEGO sets were. Does anyone know the purpose of the slot(ie. makes the bricks lock tighter)? Just curious? -Chris (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Most probably its purpose is adding elasticity to the brick, so crack initiation and loosing the connection ability of the brick as a result, could be delayed. They also went the same way in some other pieces. Look at (URL) can easily see the same (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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