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Re: Help with Macaroni history
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:59:36 GMT
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There is a "new" Dacta pack (can't remember the #, it is a "green tub" pack that TCS
has/had) that has 8 yellow macaroni. I bought the whole pack just for those parts,
and soon after got some in a bulk lot (go figure), and have since gotten many more.
Doesn't it always happen that way when you are trying to get a rare piece?
Gary Istok wrote:
> You weren't into LEGO in the 1960's or early 1970's were you? (Were you even
> alive then!) The parts pack #224 had them (there were packs in white, red,
> blue, yellow, black and clear). There were 20 in a box in the European version,
> 33 in the USA/Canada Samsonite version. But this was from 1957-65, with much of
> it made from Cellulose Acetate. Later there was a parts pack that had a
> combination of macaroni and 1x1 round bricks in the same pack with 2 colors
> (red/white, blue/yellow, black/gray). I have to check my late 60's early 70's
> catalogs for the parts pack number, but it was in the 9xx range. This is
> probably the pack that Mike Walsh found in Spain.
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> Gary Istok
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> Mark Sandlin wrote:
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> > Hi all,
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> > Today I was chatting with some folks, and I mentioned that I have 8 yellow
> > macaroni bricks. I don't remember where I got them.
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> > It was suggested that I might have received a Dacta set, but all my LEGO was
> > store-bought.
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> > Any ideas?
> >
> > ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
> > --
> > Mark's Lego(R) Creations
> > http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| You weren't into LEGO in the 1960's or early 1970's were you? (Were you even alive then!) The parts pack #224 had them (there were packs in white, red, blue, yellow, black and clear). There were 20 in a box in the European version, 33 in the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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