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Re: 50x50 grey baseplate? From what?
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Date: 
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 01:47:25 GMT
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James Powell wrote:

In lugnet.general, Adam Yulish writes:
Hey folks! My latest find includes a 50x50 baseplate, and I'm at a loss
as to what this is from. It's two studs longer in both directions from
the 48x48 baseplates I have (yeah, the biggies) that came from TRU and
other places, but the studs have "lego" on top of them, so this must be
official. I'm curious to know where this could have come from--anyone
know?

Ya.  Its old stock.

The older ones are bigger than the new ones.  I thought they were 52 though?  I
have 2 of them, and can remember as a kid adding a strip down the side of them
to make them mesh with the 32x32 baseboards.

So there are 52x52's as well? This one is certainly 50x50. Anything
larger than 52?

Adam

bwappo@ee.net



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  Re: 50x50 grey baseplate? From what?
 
(...) The 50x50 was available from the late 1960's until probably the middle 1970's (not sure about the exact dates). I think that the reason they switched to the 48x48 was due to the fact that 4 of the 48x48 are the same size as 9 of the 32x32 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: 50x50 grey baseplate? From what?
 
(...) Ya. Its old stock. :) The older ones are bigger than the new ones. I thought they were 52 though? I have 2 of them, and can remember as a kid adding a strip down the side of them to make them mesh with the 32x32 baseboards. James Powell (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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