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Re: LEGO Riddle.......
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Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:02:47 GMT
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Well, it's a slow day in my brain, so I can't be sure... but here is my
guess:
1. The common piece would be the basic 1x1
2. The rare pieces might be the 'macaroni' bricks. I think that's what
they're called. I'm thinking of the ones that are basically a 1x2 (or
maybe a 1x3?) but rounded, such that they can be used for a corner of a
wall. The part I'm thinking of appears in one of my favorite childhood
sets, the 363 hospital. They can be seen as part of the small courtyard
wall in the set photo:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=363-1
Curious to see what the right answers are. Great idea Gary, thanks!
Regards,
Allan
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article
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> It's a slow day on LUGNET today, so I'll ask a LEGO Riddle....
>
> What pieces are we.........???????????
>
> We're two different LEGO Bricks, and we basically haven't changed since
> LEGO came out in the mid 1950's (1955 or 1956). Our only real change
> (besides the font on the word "LEGO" on our studs) was to switch from
> Cellulose Acetate to ABS Plastic circa 1963. We're the only LEGO pieces
> that have virtually remained unchanged (on top or underneath) since Day
> 1 of LEGO, and we're still in production. One of us is highly
> desireable, the other is common as dirt.
>
> What pieces are we?
>
> Hint: the binding brick tubes were added in 1958.
>
> Gary Istok
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>
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| Good answer..... Allan and GBR both got it right! 1x1 and 2x2 quarter circle (macaroni) are correct. The Sloped bricks first came out a few years later (1958) when TLG finally got the binding brick solution (tubes), otherwise sloped bricks would not (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| It's a slow day on LUGNET today, so I'll ask a LEGO Riddle.... What pieces are we.........???...??? We're two different LEGO Bricks, and we basically haven't changed since LEGO came out in the mid 1950's (1955 or 1956). Our only real change (besides (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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