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Re: Life is interesting...
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Tue, 13 May 2003 20:31:16 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Pedro Silva writes:
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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?
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> 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!
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> > There's my find of the week.
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> *Your* FOTW? ;-)
Well, I found it in my hands when my mom-in-law gave 'em to me :)
> > -who is really loving his new extended family--they support my LEGO
> > addiction, er, I mean hobby.
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> :-)
> Gotta love 'em!
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> Pedro
Thanks Pedro!
THat link also answered a long held question of mine--I have 1x2's with
notches outta the bottoms--thought they were somehow related to the 1x2's
for the garage doors (notches along the side), but nope--they're for the
wires for the very old light bricks. I have a light brick as well, along
with the original single prong wire set (485 in pic)
Wow, questions answered!
Thanks again!
Dave K
-who is increasingly astounded as to who 'lurks' in the rtlToronto NG
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| (...) If your soon-to-be wife has any siblings, be sure none of them marries another AFOL and grant yourself a secret source of LEGO! :-P (...) I thought of the answer when remembering an 1967 catalog I own, somehow I recalled seeing baseplates with (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Cheaper than the original price! :-O (see below for more) (...) (URL) right corner, set #799: notice the dimensions in centimeters, they represent exactly 50x50 studs! (...) *Your* FOTW? ;-) (...) :-) Gotta love 'em! Pedro (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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