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Re: LEGO Riddle.......
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Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:25:19 GMT
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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 be
stable as a staggered roof.
And the other bricks? When tubes were added in 1958, the 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x8
and 2x10 were changed (with the new tubes). NOTE: all other sizes (2x6, 1x3,
1x4, 1x10, etc) came later in the late 60's, 70's and 80's.
The 1x1 rounds changed twice (in 1966 and again in the late 1970s). The 1x2,
1x6 and 1x8 bricks had no tubes to speak of, but they changed later (the
1960's) with the addition of the posts underneath.
The Lego Windows changed later (most were discontinued by the 1970's), and the
1x2x2 window still in production today had the window "sill" removed in the
1970's.
The plates from the 1950's (2x8, 4x8, 6x8 only) are still in existence today,
but back in the 50's and early 60's they had square bottom holes. All other
plates arrived in 1963 and later.
The 1x1 brick has been basically the same since day one, and the 2x2 quarter
circle brick has never had tubes or posts underneath, also making for no
changes in its' history.
Good answer folks!
Gary Istok.
Allan Bedford wrote:
> Well, it's a slow day in my brain, so I can't be sure... but here is my
> guess:
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> 1. The common piece would be the basic 1x1
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> 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:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=363-1
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> Curious to see what the right answers are. Great idea Gary, thanks!
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> Regards,
> Allan
> --
> Expert Builder Website - The Megaproject Showcase
> http://www.execulink.com/~apotome/expert.htm
>
> Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article
> <37EA5B04.6A73C81A@umich.edu>...
> > 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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