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Re: O lucky day.
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Fri, 9 Aug 2002 12:01:56 GMT
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In article <H0K699.22z@lugnet.com>,
"Allister" <amclaren@bechtel.com.spambegone> wrote:
> As you all know I've been trying to establish a dececnt sized stockpile of
> Lego having recently realised I had almost none in the house. Anyway, within
> one of the lots of jambalaya I bought I found several 2x1 classic space
> bricks, some 6x3x1 trans yellow slopes, and a couple of classic space logo
> blue 6x3x1 slopes, all of which led me to believe I had one or more of the
> 'holy trinity' in there (that being sets 918, 924, and 928). On further
> searching I also found the blue 1x4 bricks that clinched it, not two, but 4
> of them eblazoned with 'LL918'. Not the best one, I thought to myself, but
> still a classic, so I was happy.
>
> It wasn't until much later that I spotted one that my good wife had sorted
> out, but failed to mention to me - the holy grail - an LL928 brick. Only one
> so far unfortunately, but I haven't finished sorting yet. Anyway, I've built
> up both ships as best as possible - a few tail peices needed glueing, and
> two of the grey ones are currently black, one grey door is still to be
> found, the 918 has black rather than grey landing struts, and the floor
> hinge on the 928 is also black not grey, but all in all they look outstanding.
Nice find!
When I came out of my dark ages I remembered that My brothers and I had
collected a sizable portion of the Classic sets back in the late 70's
and early 80's.
Next visit to my old house (where my parents still live) I dug into the
storage cupboards. What do you know but there was a big plastic crate of
bricks and semi built sets. Underneath was a plastic bag with all the
original manuals.
Took it home and spent a weekend building it up. Look at what I had
found!:
1x 453/305 2 Crater Plates
1x 454/306 Landing Plates
1x 885 Space Scooter
1x 886 Space Buggy
1x 889 Radar Truck
1x 891/442 Two-Man Scooter [US: Space Shuttle]
1x 897/462 Mobile Rocket Launcher [US: Rocket Launcher]
1x 918 One Man Space Ship
1x 920/483 Rocket Launching Pad [US: Alpha-1 Rocket Base]
1x 928/497 Space Cruiser and Moonbase [US: Galaxy Explorer]
1x 6801 Space Scooter [US: Rocket Sled]
3x 6821 Lunar Rock Collector [US: Shovel Buggy]
1x 6822 Space Grab [US: Space Shuttle]
1x 6841 Survey Vehicle [US: Mineral Detector]
2x 6842 Inspection Spacecraft [US: Shuttle Craft]
2x 6870 Spacecraft Launcher [US: Space Probe Launcher]
1x 6880 Mercury Surveyor [US: Surface Explorer]
1x 6890 Delta 1 Explorer & Shuttle [US: Cosmic Cruiser]
2x 6927 Mobile Tracking Station [US: All Terrain Vehicle]
1x 6929 Space Transporter [US: Starfleet Voyager]
1x 6950 X15 Satellite Launcher [US: Mobile Rocket Transport]
1x 6970 Command Centre [US: Beta-1 Command Base]
Its about five sets short of a complete 1978-1982 collection. I have
since filled all the gaps thanks to ebay. I now call it "Classic Space -
The First Five Years"
On top of that the box also contained two classic town sets:
6382 Fire Station
0381 Police Station
and the 396 Thatcher Perkins
Its amazing what you find at mum and dad's.
David S.
--
Rocky Road - in Oz
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