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Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:54:34 GMT
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Remy Evard wrote:

gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <3879FD58.50B7BAB1@umich.edu>:
<snip>
And then there is another variation for the first year of LEGO windows -
1957.  Windows made that year had complete studs on top (with LEGO
imprinted on top).  After 1957, the studs had the "crater" look that they
still have today (with LEGO at the bottom of the depression).  The 1957
LEGO window variety is very rare today.

Speaking of which - when did the 1x1 cylinders switch from having
complete studs to the crater look style?  In the cylinders of course,
it's not actually a crater, it's actually an open hole.

The 1975 sets I have all had solid studs, but after that I'm not sure.

And why, I wonder?  Certainly you can use the hole to push tubes
through, but that's not done all that frequently, and you could make
the same argument for having holes in the studs of bricks...

I'm reconstructing a lot of my older sets, and trying hard to find the
cylinders with solid studs to use on them where indicated.  The 565
space landing,for example, has around 20 white cylinders, and
these are by far the hardest parts for me to locate.  (In contrast,
I have handfulls of extra white cylinders with the hole through
the stud.)

If anyone has any extras of these in any color, let me know... :-)

  -r'm

The date they switched from the Type 2 cylinders (without hole) to Type 3 was
circa 1980.  Someone with an intact Yellow Castle should check the yellow
cylinders to see if they have the holes or not.

The switch from Type 1 to Type 2 (remember Type 1 were the cylinders without
the tapered base, and without the hole on top) took place in the mid to late
1960's.  I have a 1966 set 325 (Shell Station), and it came with the Type 2
cylinders, but I would have thought that the switch happened a little later.
Anyone who has a bunch of Type 1 bricks will remember them as not stacking
together very securely.

Gary Istok



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  Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
 
Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:387B5239.D3AADA...ich.edu... (...) was (...) I don't have mine handy, but I'm fairly certain that I recall the yellow cylinders in this set having hollow studs. This makes sense; hollow studded (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
 
gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <387B5239.D3AADAD3@umich.edu>: <snip> (...) Just popped the tower open on mine to check - they're solid. Type 2s. And also, the 1x1x1 bricks with holes on the side are the older style with square holes, not the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <3879FD58.50B7BAB1@umich.edu>: <snip> (...) Speaking of which - when did the 1x1 cylinders switch from having complete studs to the crater look style? In the cylinders of course, it's not actually a crater, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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