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(...) As a kid growing up in Detroit in the early 1960's, whenever I got 50 cents or a dollar together I used to go up to the neighborhood bicycle shop, which also carried LEGO. I ended up buying the macaroni brick parts packs in every color (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Town (...) had (...) USA, (...) Master (...) As Gary has said, yes they do exist. I used to be able to (once in a while) play with my Uncle's collection, which included clear macaroni bricks, and a neighbor friend of mine was lucky enough to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool! Thanks for the info.! (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Yes clear do exist. I have "several". If you want to know which set had the most, here it is (thanks to Horst Lehner's cool catalog website). This is the reverse side to the 1961-62 USA Samsonite Catalog, where the parts packs are located. Check out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben, Funny you should talk about the half circle bricks..... I just found my October 29,1999 post here in lugnet.general where I talked about the rarest LEGO bricks. Rather than cross referencing it, I just copied/pasted it below. Enjoy! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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<SNIP> (...) out (...) Yes, I believe I have ONE clear macaroni brick in my collection...unless I traded it already. I think Zonker got a couple clear bricks in trade when I wasn't paying much attention. =) Of course I got a Majisto and Dragon (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well yes and no. Macaroni Bricks have always been rather scarce, but I still think they make yellow ones in recent sets. The 396 also has blue macaroni bricks. But the scarce stuff are the red 6 large and 4 small spoked wheels (I think the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Below is something I posted to lugnet.robotics a week or so ago. I realized for us train people it could be useful as well for controlling many track systems like drawbridges, road crossings etc... ... Finally! I have finished the web site for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do clear macaroni bricks really exist!!??? What set? I'd like to check it out on Brickshelf. (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) rare, (...) I have not as many in yellow as I have in white, red and black, but I think blue ones have been more rare in the past (now you could find them in some sets during the last years. But Rarest macaroni bricks are the transparent ones. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I noticed that 396 has yellow macaroni bricks...those have to be extremely rare, no? (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) trains. That is because my all time favorite LEGO model set is #396 Thatcher Perkins (1863) locomotive. It is built to a larger scale than the normal LEGO trains. It has the feel and look of an old time western train. I have this set, and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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G. Crisp wrote in message <38D1B4A2.45114ABF@m...ng.com>... (...) great. (...) in (...) turntable (...) Cool, I haven't actually stopped in the new Mall yet, I've been past it a few times. First I need to find a good set of pictures of the old (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I should have added "at stations" between practice and typically, where i put the <*> (...) You modeled what we in the US call a Stub End station. Contrast with Through station. There really aren't any run through considerations for stub end (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...Of course! Cats usually cant stand something else getting attention (which is why they want in your lap while u are reading something or on your keyboard whilst computering :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wildlink.com lugnet #160 (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Unfortunately, Line breaks screw it up. It has to be completely on one line. :( Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Kevin, Wow, you did an excellent job of capturing the Amtrak look of the passenger cars. Keep up the great work! :) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey John, you can try this new trick/search thingie: <part:6091 1x1x1.3 half round> In the web interface, it makes an automatic link to part 6091! -Shiri (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah yes I have seen this before. I had forgoten where I had seen it tho. I have always thought that those cattle were the coolest. If I could only get my hands on that many burps I would be set. Unfortunately I have had my lego buying reduced (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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