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Re: Lego 236 Garage
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:28:47 GMT
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Indranil Basak wrote:
> Gary R. Istok wrote:
> > Lego Garage set was sort of a parts pack. Back in the 50's and early
> > 60's many of those early sets/parts packs did not come with
> > instructions. Sometimes, however, they were on the box itself.
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> I have put together the garage from pictures on the box (1 side + 1 flap) and
> an old catalog. However, I am not sure how the back wall of the garage looks
> like. The sides of the garage are not exactly same(different set of windows
> are used). My next project is to put together the 002 motor set, any
> information will be helpful. It seems a lot of parts are missing.
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> Thanks
Back in the 50's and 60's not only didn't a lot of the sets not have
instructions, but some of them had instructions on the inside box top.
The Town Plan #725 and Junior Constructor #717 were two large 1961-64 sets that
were in a large heavy cardboard box. In the case of the Junior Constructor (a
model of a house), only 4 pictures of various stages of construction were
included. You literally had to guess how the back of the building was going to
look, since no precise instructions were given back then.
The Town Plan was even more ambiguous. The only instruction was a complete view
of the 9 buildings completed on the LEGO Town Plan Board. You had no idea how
the back of the buildings was supposed to look. That was up to your
imagination. Today we are spoiled by having TLG "spoon feed" us instructions.
Every brick and level of building was shown to us. Back in the 50's and 60's,
you had to use your imagination to complete a building where only one or two
sides of the completed structure were ever shown to you.
There was a change in philosophy at the company starting in the 1970's. Since
then, we get detailed instructions for each level of building. No more
guesswork.
Gary Istok
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| (...) I wasn't aware of that. I have recently come across some green bricks from 50's or 60's. It seems to be made out of cellulose acetate. Only other time I have seen green bricks from that era was in Minitalia sets. However, Minitalia green (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have put together the garage from pictures on the box (1 side + 1 flap) and an old catalog. However, I am not sure how the back wall of the garage looks like. The sides of the garage are not exactly same(different set of windows are used). (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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