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Re: Life is interesting...
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Tue, 13 May 2003 18:53:15 GMT
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David Koudys wrote:
It's two studs wider!  It's 50 studs by 50 studs (not the 48x48 like my 12
others).

Wow.

That's kinda interesting!

I have 1 baseplate from when I was a kid--probably got it somewhere in the
middle of the '70's and it was 48 x 48.

So where did these 50x50's come from?

Ya, I have one of these that I used as kid.  I must have used it a lot
too because many of the studs are well worn.  Some to the point of the
Lego logo missing, other are almost dome shaped.

They are a bit annoying these days though, because they don't fit into
regular patterns of baseplate on a module.  But definitely cool to have.

Derek



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(...) I know the baseplate I had when I was a kid was very well used. It was also missing a corner, after i discovered that these baseplates make a perfectly acceptable frisbee (in a pinch). So when I look at the stack of baseplates, I can always (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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So I'm over at the mother-in'law's place on the weekend, for Mother's Day (of course). Seems that she was at a school rummage sale a few weeks back, and saw two LEGO grey baseplates for 25 cents (that's 25 cents for *both*--very nice!) So she got (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)  

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