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Re: Life is interesting...
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Tue, 13 May 2003 19:48:18 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys writes:
> 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!)
Cheaper than the original price! :-O
(see below for more)
> Anyway, I look at the stack--mayhaps there's something underneath the two
> baseplates I got from the mom-in-law 'cause they look like they're sitting
> higher than the rest.
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> I check.
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> Well, no, they're not resting on top of anything.
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> Then I take one of them and put another one from the pile on top of it.
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> It's two studs wider! It's 50 studs by 50 studs (not the 48x48 like my 12
> others).
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> Wow.
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> That's kinda interesting!
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> 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.
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> So where did these 50x50's come from?
http://library.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1968/c68be/c68be-15.html
Lower right corner, set #799: notice the dimensions in centimeters, they
represent exactly 50x50 studs!
> There's my find of the week.
*Your* FOTW? ;-)
> -who is really loving his new extended family--they support my LEGO
> addiction, er, I mean hobby.
:-)
Gotta love 'em!
Pedro
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| (...) You know I might have 1 or 2 of those trees from set 490. Must remember to look for them the next time I go home. Almost threw them out thinking they weren't lego. Derek (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Pedro Silva writes: <snip> (...) Well, I found it in my hands when my mom-in-law gave 'em to me :) (...) Thanks Pedro! THat link also answered a long held question of mine--I have 1x2's with notches outta the (...) (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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