Where do Rare/HTF Parts come from?

[1974]

Sorry, my multi legged chicken friend, there can only be ONE Blacktron!

True about the black pump, I got a little sloopy there, sorry

I've posted all the colours of cylinders (of any kind) I got and my resource is quite empty now But I got a rather decent stash of those parts (+200, including yellow)

Yeah, all that purple, just what to do with it?

One thing I didn't check though, is to see if that vintage dark purple is similar to new TLG dark purple. It probably isn't

[Junpei]

200+ pneumatic cylinders?

Also, (taken from Brickipedia)

For clarification, Blacktron is often referred to as Blacktron I, as LEGO released Blacktron II (or Blacktron Future Generation) in 1991. Considering Blacktron II's slightly altered colour scheme it could be viewed as being from between the "upgrade" era of Blacktron to Blacktron II.

HA!

Maybe you could build one of Mahj's MOC's?

[Lt. de Martinet]

That purple looks like BL's "Purple" (104 Bright Violet) to me. I'm very intrigued by that odd technic brick and the inverted slope... it's very rare to see prototype parts that never made it into sets in any form or color!

This is a cool thread. I thought I'd post some of my rare parts here. I'm not naming sources either... just that they came very indirectly from Billund (probably) :) None of these have ever appeared on Bricklink:

...and I just now noticed that the hard Blue spear is listed by a couple sellers now. Ah well :)

(and yes, that is a 50x50 Black baseplate :)

And here's my Bayer/BASF test bricks:

Bayers etc. by eldeeem, on Flickr

Edited April 16, 2014 by Lt. de Martinet

[jonwil]

I see nothing different (topside or underside) between that purple 2 x 6 slope and the white versions of the part I have in my collection.

Oh and I am so jealous of people who have super-rare parts (like those people lucky enough to own the minifig airtanks in green for example)

Or even people with large quantities of otherwise-available-in-set parts (like 1 x 1 plates in lime green)

Maybe some of my wished-for-but-not-available parts exist somewhere in the bowels of TLG (or in the hands of some part collector somewhere), like the 1 x 1 round tile in red-brown or the 1 x 1 square tile in trans-orange.

[CP5670]

Those pneumatics are amazing. The trans-light blue pneumatics are part of the Lego Education set that is still available, and the small blue pump and large black pump were included in some regular sets in the past. I've never seen the others though, especially not the light gray or trans-neon green ones.

Where the hell did you get these? Oh man, I want that trans-neon green cylinder, imagine that in a Blacktron MOC..

I would use them in this model and replace all the yellow ones, if I could actually buy some.

[Carrera124]

I just fell in love with the purple (standard) studded technic bricks

[antp]

That purple looks like BL's "Purple" (104 Bright Violet) to me.

That's what I thought too, it looks more like purple than dark purple.Nice collection anyway (but I prefer the dark purple, I bought a few HP buses just for that, even if it is not so easy to re-use).

1974, you mentioned the HP bus, are these parts really the same color?

Last part is much like the 2875 :

But it's two bricks shorter and the underside is much different :

Aren't both 6 in length?

And the underside of 2875 looks like that, from what I remember.

Edited November 12, 2013 by antp

[Junpei]

Is Bright Violet the same color used in Competition sets?

@CP5670 your MOC is actually what I was talking about

Dat trans-clear TIE fighter windscreen... :wub:

[1974]

That's what I thought too, it looks more like purple than dark purple.Nice collection anyway (but I prefer the dark purple, I bought a few HP buses just for that, even if it is not so easy to re-use).

1974, you mentioned the HP bus, are these parts really the same color?

Aren't both 6 in length?

And the underside of 2875 looks like that, from what I remember.

Well, I am slightly colourblind but I think they're the same. Will check when I get home and take a pic with a HP bus window

Yes, it's just a normal 2875 I was looking at an unfinished train of mine waiting for two of those parts (I've got got none in the regular colours) and for some reason I made a gap 8 brick wide for the roof. It should be 6, doh! Didn't know they looked like that on the underside though ..

[antp]

The Purple and Dark Purple aren't very far from each other (I already got the first one by mistake from a Bricklink order, being listed as the latter one).

Some of the Technic beams seem to exist in Purple, but anyway the Technic bricks do not exist in any of the two colors.

Edited November 12, 2013 by antp

[Legogal]

I am coveting the 50 by 50 black baseplate! Wish they offered those in lots of colors and at a reasonable price!

Lovely parts BTW…thanks for the show and tell!

[1974]

200+ pneumatic cylinders?

Also, (taken from Brickipedia)

For clarification, Blacktron is often referred to as Blacktron I, as LEGO released Blacktron II (or Blacktron Future Generation) in 1991. Considering Blacktron II's slightly altered colour scheme it could be viewed as being from between the "upgrade" era of Blacktron to Blacktron II.

HA!

Maybe you could build one of Mahj's MOC's?

There can only be one Blacktron and it's black, yellow and trans yellow! That other stuff is from my dark age and not cool at all

Brickipedia is full of wierd stuff (and mistakes) and that last sentence does not make much sense anyway ..

The Purple and Dark Purple aren't very far from each other (I already got the first one by mistake from a Bricklink order, being listed as the latter one).

Some of the Technic beams seem to exist in Purple, but anyway the Technic bricks do not exist in any of the two colors.

You're completely right, I messed up. I've edited those posts

Thanks

I would use them in this model and replace all the yellow ones, if I could actually buy some.

But the solution is just to use normal yellow pneumatics and upgrade to the right Blacktron colours, hehe

I so much luv your Brickshelf folder. It's like Nirvana for an old spacehead like me. Very good work

That purple looks like BL's "Purple" (104 Bright Violet) to me. I'm very intrigued by that odd technic brick and the inverted slope... it's very rare to see prototype parts that never made it into sets in any form or color!

This is a cool thread. I thought I'd post some of my rare parts here. I'm not naming sources either... just that they came very indirectly from Billund (probably) :) None of these have ever appeared on Bricklink:

...and I just now noticed that the hard Blue spear is listed by a couple sellers now. Ah well :)

(and yes, that is a 50x50 Black baseplate :)

Very good collection there! In general I think there's many parts 'out there' in colours we'd like. If TLG manufactures these for the modelbuilders in the parks I think they should simply sell them online. They'll make money, we'll be happy

Darn, that baseplate

Is Bright Violet the same color used in Competition sets?

Yes, at least my competion shooters are the same colour

[1974]

You bastard. Actually the black pump already came in a set, now it's quite expensive tho. Sorry I said blacktron, I meant to say blacktron 2. So I was partially right.

Do you have any more large cylinders?

Those purple parts...

I just posted the same time as you, what is this?

That technic brick too, WTF?

Very interesting.

Oh man, that 2x4 inverted slope...

No, that's all the pneumatic I got, 'cept the yellow ones and the old type red ones (and the new mini pump from the Unimog, light bluish grey is it?)

I'd really kill to have a bunch of white ones as well, but my source has no more. He did also throw in 25 airtanks (blue only) for a penny ..

[1974]

Ok, time for some more funny parts

These two tan pieces (and yes, they ARE tan! ) are also quite interesting I think. To the best of my knowledge they're not in the BL catalogue (<-- but I could of course be wrong, sigh)

The 'double PoP arch' has the same feel and colour as my old Johnny Thunder sets. I've bought a few of those sets MISB, so I know they're old type bricks. Newer tan bricks seem much more smooth and glossy, imo

The 'onion dome' is much different though. Softer plastic and much more glossy, a bit like the larger half onion domes, but softer still. I have no other LEGO bricks with the same feel, so it's probably some type of prototyping plastic?

Both parts have the marking "FF" inside, no numbers at all

Check 'em out (and yes, that is a 2x6 clear Technic plate ) :

The 'onion dome' is actually made out of two pieces :

Here, I have attached a PoP arch (88292) .. it's not exactly the same curve but close. This part (not the PoP arch) is also at least 12 years old :

I only have two arches and two domes but they'll go perfectly with a 'Johnny Thunder in Egypt' type of MOC I'm doing

That's all for now

Cheers,

Ole

Edited August 21, 2015 by 1974

[Junpei]

Wow, awesome finds! Is it just the photo or is the stud on top of the onion dome really weird and non-circular? Is the smaller PoP arch (the darker brown one) the same curve as the newer gothic style arches (from the 2013 LOTR sets)?

Wonder why lego never made some of these parts...

[1974]

Yeah, the top stud is pretty chewed (on both of my domes) .. hard to attach anything to them. I may have to resolve to using glue (<-- did I really say that?)

Edit : It does say "LEGO" on the top stud though, even if it's hard to spot. I do think my pics a re somewhat better than the last ones .. helps to jack up the resolution on the camera, I guess

The PoP arch (which is Medium Dark Flesh, btw) does NOT have the same curve as the new gothic style :

Versus

I don't have any of those wonderfull gothic arches to compare. But I really do like the new one. I'm a real sucker for arches. Arches are also one of the oldest 'special' bricks made by TLG, going back to all the way to 1971

Edited November 12, 2013 by 1974

[brickbuilder711]

A lost rare part, which raided the Orlando PAB wall in 2007, is the Dark Green 1x2 plate. Other than PAB and BNSF, it was rare. Now I'm sure it's everywhere.

When my Bricklink was opened in 2011, the going rate was over a dollar per part; feeling a surplus, I sold 30 at 1.00 each... Cha ching! I had 700+ total (viva la PAB Tub!). But I didn't want to part with all of them!

Big mistake. I could've short sold them... sell all 700 and buy back 700 now in today's market... lol.

http://www.bricklink...25&searchSort=P

Edited November 13, 2013 by brickbuilder711

[Junpei]

Yeah, now they're in most Architecture sets ;) I myself actually have about 10 of them just from Sungnyemun.

[Leewan]

I hope I'm in the right topic.

My best friend recently found out that his Dragon Bolt (44009)'s Axle 4 with stop was Flat Silver instead of the regular dark bley. Here's a comparison pic :

[1974]

I would use them in this model and replace all the yellow ones, if I could actually buy some.

So, did ya?

[1974]

Ok, time for some more funny parts!

(Note : As allways, my numbers are from the Bricklink Catalogue)

(Note 2 : All these parts where made before the advent of the 3D printer, so they all came from a mould)

(Allthough maybe not a _proper_ production mould, I don't know how plastic prototypes where made 15-20 years ago)

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I'll start with the unique parts and then go to the normal parts in 'off' colours

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First we have what looks like a 2420 that had a wild date with some 3623s :

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Next up we have the logical extension of 3660, much like it's counterpart, the 3037. Why this wasn't put into production, I dunno, but it would have made sense (I have no inverted counterpart of 4445 btw) :

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So, here's an odball

The Slope, Inverted 9 (or there abouts) 5 x 2. What's strange about this, is that it doesn't have the notches on the bottom like the purple brick I've showed earlier (or the 4228)

Maybe they would go too far up and mess with the structual integrity? I like the 'stepping' on the back, makes it easy to use :

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Here's the Brick, Modified, Facet 3 x 2 x 2 bottom. A perfect companion for the 2464!

Should have been made, but since the 2464 was discontinued in '97, the point is moot :

(Note the sprue 'clip off point' at the bottom? Many of the parts I have have that)

And low and behold, the top part is this :

Fit's nicely with 2463

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More slopes .. I think I'll call this one 2451 (as 2450 is taken by a set), let's look at the Slope; Inverted 2 x 2 x 3 :

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And now for some funny slopey curvey things! :

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That's all for now, but more will come shortly

Cheers,

Ole

Edited August 21, 2015 by 1974

[CP5670]

Love those minifig hands and arms. They would go well with a Blacktron captain or something. Is the hand on the left a new piece? It reminds me of the omni-tools in the Mass Effect games.

So, did ya?

Actually I'm building a new model based around these parts, an MTron AT-AT style walker with an automatic control sequence for walking. The pneumatics in that ship are rather well hidden, and they would be wasted there. I wanted a model that would show them off much more.

[1974]

The pneumatics in that ship are rather well hidden

Yeah, I never really thought they messed with the design of that SHIP

Lookin' forward to your MTron thingy, but really .. that MTron colour scheme is just naff, dude .. anti-freeze + red/black

Yes, that hand is a new part, not seen it before. I have a new rather rad trans-red head piece but alas my son have misplaced it, hope to find it during the weekend. It's pretty cool

Good to have you back anyway, G ..

Cheers,

Ole

[Lego Otaku]

Dem glowy chain Why doesn't LEGO make transparent neon-yellow chain in standard set?? Only trans-orange was released and it is this year, almost 20 years after LEGO first released the chain.

[Norro]

Your "2451" is a very interesting part, it seems the most 'lego ready' of everything you've posted and I can really picture it being used in a lot of small sets (as opposed to some of the more sophisticated missing roof slopes for collectors). It seems like it could have been printed and work well in little scooter style sets like 6100 and 6115...

Thanks for sharing and God Bless!

Nathan