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Perhaps somebody can help me out. A few weeks ago I bouht an amount of lego for my kids and myself. Some of it we will keep, but it is too much so we plan to sell part of it. We are in the process of sorting it all out, according to specifications (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: 3 versions of 30361 2x2x2 Robot Body
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(...) James- Here are some comparative pictures of the parts. So we are dealing with three versions of this part: (URL) Here are some pictures of the three: (URL) Type 1 is the grey one, with a round clear center Type 2 is the green one with a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX)
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(...) Matt, I've incountered the later two at about a year ago. I was mounting 4 in black of these on axels, and one was rotated 45 degrees. I never checked for part numbers. Mat (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Matt, Do you have pics of the other types? Meanwhile, I'm going to search my stuff (or rather, my 9 year old will do it for me) to see how many I have of each type. James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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I haven't seen it noted anywhere before, but there seem to be 3 different molds used to make functionally different versions of this part, the 2x2x2 round robot body (R2-D2 body): (URL) The difference is in how the center hole at the bottom of the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Pat Pend Parts (3P)
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(...) Gary, did you mean to put the ABS switch in there somewhere? I would like to find a 2005 CA brick :) Eric (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) I'm born '72. So I think my oldest part are 1975 (that's the reason why I initially thought I don't possess 3P). I certainly bought these 3P on yardsales. A friend mail me this link : (URL) guy (from Belgium) is searching for 3P and talk about (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) One other thing I didn't address was the different Lego bricks. I am waiting for a large group of 1949-56 Lego bricks from a Danish seller. I will be studying them for the different types. But here is what I know of so far: 1949 No (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Some additional patent information - sorry it is USA-centric. The first USA sets in 1962 did not list any patents on the boxes. Around 1963-64 Samsonite started printing the two USA patents Gary referenced above on many USA Samsonite boxes. At (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) PAT PEND was found on Lego bricks and parts from 1958 until the mid-to-late 1960's. 1958 was the year that TLG introduced the "binding brick" with tubes underneath. There were other patents issued for such things as sloped bricks and Lego (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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