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RE: question about classic space printed 1 x 6 x 5 bricks
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Date: 
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:56:24 GMT
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hi guys,

I think this is my first posting in /space (beside the roll-call) although I
was, I am and always will be hopelessly fallen in love with classic space.

usually I'm toying around in /cad and cad is mainly the reason for a reply
to this question (http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=10301). currently I'm
making dat-files out of these two patterned bricks and after several weeks I
spent on refineing curves and the like I came up with an answer and a question.

> > > How many different patterns were there?
> > 
> >   I'm aware of at least two.  One is from 6970 (Beta-I Command
> >   Base), and shows the ground-level shot of a standing rocket
> >   with a white Classic space guy in the lower right corner, looking
> >   up at it.  The numbers at the top (six positions) say "L.L.2079"
> >   (the dots are with the Ls).
> > 
> >   493 Space Command Center (O that of the varying baseplates?)
> >   also had one of these in a different pattern; that's a floating
> >   white Classic space dude, again from the back, working on some
> >   geegaw floating in space.  I'm not aware what the digits read
> >   on that one, because I don't own any copies of that set (gasp!).
> 
> That part also has LL2079 on it. I think the geegaw is supposed to be a
> satellite. I own 1 copy of the set :-)

[snip]

> IIRC, those are the only 2 in classic space. It's my guess that 2079 is
> supposed to be the year.


answer: the "L.L. 2079" at the top stands for "LegoLand (in the year) 2079"
which is 100 year into the future of the year when the 493/926 was first
released.

question: why does the brick in 6970 have the same date, although the set
was releases in 1980 - a year later?

ciao, willy



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  Re: question about classic space printed 1 x 6 x 5 bricks
 
"Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> wrote in message news:H98I20.16A@lugnet.com... (...) 2079" (...) *LOL* Because the 6970 ship was _99_ years into the future, of course! What a silly question :-) -- Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

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