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Re: 6-wide vehicles
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:20:59 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
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> > Wow, Larry. I didn't know I had the "rep" with you. I'm honored. :)
> >
> > (shame on you for not knowing this -- it _is_ LEGO Train trivia :-P)
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> > Scott's on the money. 1980 saw the first 6-stud-wide windshields, and
> > they were all trains related. See 7740 for an example.
> >
> > They fell dormant for quite some time after that, and the aforementioned
> > 6440 Jetport Fire Squad in 1991 (Trans-Lt-Blue) is the first resurgence
> > I know of of the element. Then it fell asleep again until 1994 when the
> > Paradisa set 6402 Sidewalk Cafe brought it out again (and this was the
> > only modern version in Transparent-Clear, BTW), and we've had them each
> > year since, in Transparent Light-Blue and White (Soccer sets).
> >
> > BTW, the original list was of 6-wide sets, not sets with the 6x2 Sloping
> > Windshield, 2H
> >
> > -- joshua
> Are you sure?
Yep, pretty darned sure. It's a "Train" element in my estimation.
Am I positive? No: "Only fools are positive."
> I would have thought that it was either "expert builder" or
If I recall correctly, Joe Lahrer has specifically stated as trivia that
there has been only one (or is it two?) Technic/EB sets to EVER have a
windshield element, and it's a 4-wide variety.
I've got pretty good knowledge of early EB stuff (it was my main deal at
the time EB was intro'ed in '77), and I can't think of anything even
close.
> space prior to that.
Like Todd, I'm also a Space-Head. Unlike Todd, I don't own them all;
but I have studied them pretty completely, and in the Space System
proper, I can fairly assuredly say that there aren't any.
> I have a instruction book that has a 6 wide (0r at least
> I think it is...don't have it here to check) windscreen on a truck.
> (clear...now slightly less than clear :)...(could be thinking of 2 wide in
> mulitples though...)
Perhaps you're thinking of ...
http://www.kl.net/scans/0000/0722/0722-01.jpg
or
http://www.kl.net/scans/0000/0733/0733-01.jpg
... ?
Both are from the same year, but use 2-wides, 2-height in multiples. 744
does too, but in Trans-Blue.
-- joshua
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| (...) Are you sure? I would have thought that it was either "expert builder" or space prior to that. I have a instruction book that has a 6 wide (0r at least I think it is...don't have it here to check) windscreen on a truck. (clear...now slightly (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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