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09/05/2005 10:35:41 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Kenstruct? listed under 'girder and panel' |
That is very close, but the pieces were all black, (except for the window thingies)--
Maybe this high detailed drawing will shed more light..
Okay, its not really high detail, lmao....
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09/05/2005 10:38:35 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by LKMote:
//users.rcn.com/ed.ma.ultranet/gphistory.html
here is the link to Kenner Toys that made the girder and panel set in the 1970.
I think the one I had was set #72000 Girder and Panel Building Set |
OMG We Have A Winner!!
Thank you so much, it was driving me Crazy!!
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09/05/2005 10:39:49 PM · #28 |
buzzrock check the web page I have listed. I found the one you are looking for. I also had it as a child. It was made:
" The General Mills Era Series: 1974 to 1979
This is the 1100 piece Girder and Panel Sears Tower Set, #72001.
It is often confused with the World Famous Buildings set #72011, which had 700 pieces, and which is quite easy to find. Kenner went through a lot of changes as a company in the late 1960s. The company was purchased by the General Mills Fun Group, a division of the famous breakfast cereal company. General Mills was on a buying spree in those years, and even purchased the famous Lionel Electric Train Company, which was now in bankruptcy.
Girder and Panel production had stopped by 1968, and the line was dormant for the next 6 years. In 1974, the Sears Tower building in Chicago was finally completed. Kenner worked with Sears to produce a special Girder and Panel version of the world's tallest building. The set was priced at $25, and came in all black girders and black framed flexible clear acetate panels, making a very realistic 5 foot high model of the Sears Tower. These sets are very rarely seen, and bring prices upwards of $400 in excellent condition. Finding a set in excellent condition such as the one pictured to the left is a long and expensive quest!!
On the heels of the Sears Tower set, Kenner revived the Girder and Panel line with a series of inexpensive (and arguably "cheap" quality) sets based on the original idea. The green masonite base boards were replaced with small interlocking plastic plates, containing the holes for the girders. The wall panels were flexible printed acetate sheets, not the oddly colorful orange and yellow wall plates. The sets had no motors, and elevators were crudely designed to run on a plastic rod OUTSIDE the building !!
The following is a list of sets made when Kenner was owned by General Mills. Several of the Kenner sets were packaged for Sears Roebuck Co. under the name "Little Learners."
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This is from that web page.
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09/05/2005 11:45:21 PM · #29 |
Learn something new every day...
Did you know that...
The name LEGO comes from the Danish words "Leg Godt", which means "Play well". In Latin it means "I put together".
Lego blocks were put on the market in 1958. The Duplo bricks (also Lego) were introduced in the late 60's (must have been the one's I was playing with)...I didn't know they have been around that long.
Wow how time flies...back to the regularly scheduled thread.
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09/08/2005 04:15:29 PM · #30 |
I loved my Girder and panel set. I used it along with my lego firetrucks- the only 27 story firehouse around. Oh man that brings back some memories. I don't remember which set I had (I think it was the 700). I never could get the elevator to work right.
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09/08/2005 04:21:38 PM · #31 |
| Man, that's cooler than Lite Brite! |
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09/08/2005 04:31:23 PM · #32 |
| legos were great because you could build forts for GIJOE, only you'd leave certain blocks unsnapped and just laying in place so you could add to the "blowing up the fort experience." My GIJOE's wrecked house back in the day, thanks to LEGOs. |
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09/08/2005 04:32:49 PM · #33 |
| Girders and panels. I still have it. I still play with it. |
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09/08/2005 04:35:43 PM · #34 |
| I must be really getting old. Lincoln logs and erector sets were of my times. |
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09/08/2005 05:07:04 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by LKMote:
This is from that web page. |
Thank goodness for that (I was going to suggest you get a non-obsessive interest...like photography,say)..... |
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09/08/2005 05:26:30 PM · #36 |
I had all four....Lincoln Logs, Legos, Erector set and the Girder and Panel set. Brings back memories.
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09/08/2005 05:51:51 PM · #37 |
Am I really that young? The only legos I ever played with were on a computer game about 5 years ago... And what the heck is a Linkin Log? I've heard of Linkin Park... =p
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09/08/2005 05:52:11 PM · #38 |
| I use to love playing with lego as a kid! I'd pour out a huge tub of them and sit in the middle of the floor and ask all the boys if they wanted help building erections! |
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09/08/2005 05:56:31 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by theskitch6:
Am I really that young? The only legos I ever played with were on a computer game about 5 years ago... And what the heck is a Linkin Log? I've heard of Linkin Park... =p |
That's "Lincoln Logs", named after the revered president who grew up in a log cabin. These were a box full of logs of various lengths, notched ont he ends like "real" logs for cabin-building, which could be fitted together to make structures.
Probably more than you wanted (or needed) to know, but you DID ask...
R.
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09/12/2005 02:29:23 PM · #40 |
As others have said, the toy you are looking for is called Girder and Panel and was originally made by Kenner back in the 50s. Kenner, of course, is no longer able to make sets.
A new company,Bridge Street Toys, has started making replacement parts and will soon have full sets for sale. The new parts look great and fit together even better. They're more durable than the originals, too.
"Hidden Interest" note: I work for this company. |
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09/14/2005 10:44:26 AM · #41 |
Here's a little teaser.... click image for full-size version...
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09/14/2005 10:48:47 AM · #42 |
| Holy cow! I had one of those girder and panel sets as a kid. Wow, I'd completely forgotten about that and it just brought back a huge flood of memories. Thank you. |
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