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| | | Author: | WoutR  | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 09:27 | | Subject: | Modulex baseplate 8x8 ? | | Viewed: | 125 times | | Topic: | Modulex | | Status: | Open | |
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| I frequently see Modulex baseplates 8x8 in used lots.
They seem to be so common in different lots that I would be surprised if they
were all custom made from larger baseplates by the users.
Does anyone know:
- If these were actually made by Modulex?
- How these were used?
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| | | | | Author: | novabrick | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 09:38 | | Subject: | Re: Modulex baseplate 8x8 ? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Modulex | |
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| In Modulex, WoutR writes:
| | I frequently see Modulex baseplates 8x8 in used lots.
They seem to be so common in different lots that I would be surprised if they
were all custom made from larger baseplates by the users.
Does anyone know:
- If these were actually made by Modulex?
- How these were used?
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Many early LEGO Base plates appear to be cut to size. Given the many Modulex
letters avialible they might be used as door tags or name tags with changeble
letters. I've also seen huge planing boards with those letters based on modulex.
However I have never actually seen architectual use of Modulex bricks but I can't
see any use for an 8 x 8 square for this use in particular.
Christian
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| | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Modulex baseplate 8x8 ? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Modulex | |
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| In Modulex, novabrick writes:
| | In Modulex, WoutR writes:
| | I frequently see Modulex baseplates 8x8 in used lots.
They seem to be so common in different lots that I would be surprised if they
were all custom made from larger baseplates by the users.
Does anyone know:
- If these were actually made by Modulex?
- How these were used?
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Many early LEGO Base plates appear to be cut to size. Given the many Modulex
letters avialible they might be used as door tags or name tags with changeble
letters. I've also seen huge planing boards with those letters based on modulex.
However I have never actually seen architectual use of Modulex bricks but I can't
see any use for an 8 x 8 square for this use in particular.
Christian
novabrick-team
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They could be from the Planning board era, but I am not certain about that.
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| | | | | | | Author: | 1974 | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 10:11 | | Subject: | Re: Modulex baseplate 8x8 ? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Modulex | |
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| Very commonly used for showing prices in say a hotdog stand back in the 80's
(in fact my local one still do that!) so I'm positive that the baseplates
where just cut down to whatever size needed
I fondly remember my grandma's workplace, they had a HUGE Modulex board with
loads of colours etc, used for meetings, scheduling etc. When I used to visit
her I always tried to sneak into that room and play with "little LEGOs" .. which
would completely mess up eveything for the company!
TLG did not (still don't?) make baseplates back then, another company in
Billund(?) did that. They probably also handled the Modulex plates
Now, why there's a plethora of 8x8 I have no idea about 
Cheers,
Ole
In Modulex, novabrick writes:
| | Many early LEGO Base plates appear to be cut to size. Given the many Modulex
letters avialible they might be used as door tags or name tags with changeble
letters. I've also seen huge planing boards with those letters based on modulex.
However I have never actually seen architectual use of Modulex bricks but I can't
see any use for an 8 x 8 square for this use in particular.
Christian
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