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Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 04:11:54 GMT
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gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <387B5239.D3AADAD3@umich.edu>:
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> 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.
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 currently bricks with round holes. They're
used as windows in the back tower, and look much better in this usage
than the ones with round holes would have.
> 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.
Aha, yes. That explains these other cylinders. Interesting. Thanks
for the info. (Bizarrely enough I remember playing with these as
a really young child and chewing on them, and I distinctly recall
the amount of biting effort it took to pop apart type 2 cylinders,
while the type 1s almost fell apart... strange thing to remember.)
Where do the names - Type 1, 2, 3 - come from? TLC, or from the
fan base?
-r'm
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 | | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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| Hello Remy, Thanks for checking! See below for comments..... (...) That would mean that the cylinders without the holes were made as late as 1982. (...) A lot of AFOLs confuse this classic window (1x1x1) with the 1x1x1 brick with the holes on the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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| Remy Evard <evard@mcs.anl.gov> wrote in message news:8EB8E1D63evardm...net.com... (...) This intrigued me so I went and checked mine out too. Mine are definitely type 3. This is not so surprising, since this set was released around the time of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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