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Today i had a lucky find and came home with a retail illuminated sign. Needless to say that i am very happy with this decoration piece for my Lego room, but i am wondering if anyone can identify its age. Based on the logo with the stripes i think it is from the 70's, but the Duplo clock is from the 80's i guess (as they started with the rabbit in 1979?) and since they came from the same store ...

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And what is the story behind those stripes?

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I do remember seeing those signs in early 80's so some stores could have kept using it for many years, long after LEGO stopped using the color bar design on the box sets and started using yellow box.

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And what is the story behind those stripes?

The "stripes" represent the colors in which the basic bricks were produced at the time. Note the absence of green, which I think was used only for baseplates and trees, at least in the US/Canada in the 1970s.

In the television ads I grew up watching in the 1970s, the logo was animated to show five 1x6 bricks clicking together, as at the end of this vintage ad:

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Note the absence of green, which I think was used only for baseplates and trees, at least in the US/Canada in the 1970s.

Indeed, it was only used for baseplates, trees and flowers.

Green parts only started to appear as 2xN plates for basis of some Castle sets in mid 80s, then for a few other parts in early 90s in the Octan sets.

It became more common in second half of 90s.

These color lines are also missing the old grey, which became common in the end of the 70s I think.

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Green parts only started to appear as 2xN plates for basis of some Castle sets in mid 80s, then for a few other parts in early 90s in the Octan sets.

It became more common in second half of 90s.

Green plates made a brief early appearance in the US and Canada during the Samsonite era, but then disappeared. I have some in my collection:

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I know C is Lego, I just thought it was cool to remember how those translucent pieces used to come- I haven't had to seen a set where I needed to detach them since my childhood.

Does anyone know if A, B, and/or D are Lego pieces? None of them have any markings I can see. B has a broken leaf, that's why it's not in the right place, it's hanging on by a small thread of plastic.

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BirdofPrey, part "B" is from old Mega Bloks sets, it's just messed up. So that one is not LEGO. Part "C" is just a trans-red stud with the little connector on it.

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Hi all,

I'am trying to identify a set, but I can not find anywhere on the net. I searched various databases as well.

It's a blue boat, similar to the 4025 Fire Fighter. It has 5 body parts with 2 red keel.

No stickers, no signs on the boat.

Thanks for the help.

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I came across this photo of someone's MOC, but can't figure out what is the grey piece (or pieces) in the nose? It looks like it has studs facing forward, and at an angle toward the left and right sides of the ship. I thought maybe it was several pieces connected with a hinge piece of some kind, but cant really see any seams between pieces.

http://i.imgur.com/tKvQN9L.jpg

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