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 Author: Rowans_Retros View Messages Posted By Rowans_Retros
 Posted: Nov 16, 2023 13:22
 Subject: Logos on vintage bricks
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 Topic: Catalog Identification
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Rowans_Retros (1)

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Is there anywhere definitive that can age bricks by the logo that appears the
bricks as all the googling I've done seems a bit vague.
 Author: rtzx9r View Messages Posted By rtzx9r
 Posted: Nov 16, 2023 14:14
 Subject: Re: Logos on vintage bricks
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In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  Is there anywhere definitive that can age bricks by the logo that appears the
bricks as all the googling I've done seems a bit vague.

Depending on the brick... find it in the Bricklink catalog. Then look at what
sets it was used in and the date ranges for those sets.

For example... say you have one of these in red:
 
Part No: 3039p23 Name: Slope 45 2 x 2 with Computer Screen and Right Side Buttons Pattern
* 		3039p23 Slope 45 2 x 2 with Computer Screen and Right Side Buttons Pattern
Parts: Slope, Decorated {Red}
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3039p23&in=S

Scroll down the list to set(s) that contained the part in red and voila, it was
a 1985 part.
 
Set No: 6377 Name: Delivery Center
* 		6377-1 (Inv) Delivery Center
274 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 1985
Sets: Town: Classic Town: Cargo
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6377-1#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 16, 2023 14:41
 Subject: Re: Logos on vintage bricks
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In Catalog Identification, rtzx9r writes:
  In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  Is there anywhere definitive that can age bricks by the logo that appears the
bricks as all the googling I've done seems a bit vague.

Depending on the brick...

Indeed, it won’t work for
 
Part No: 3001 Name: Brick 2 x 4
* 		3001 Brick 2 x 4
Parts: Brick {White}



   find it in the Bricklink catalog. Then look at what
sets it was used in and the date ranges for those sets.

For example...

Nice cherry picking, only in one set in that colour

Also, if the set used different variants, you won’t have the good years¹.

Also, it doesn’t work if the differences aren’t recognized by the catalogue,
like stud logos.

———
¹ Tyring joke.
 Author: Rowans_Retros View Messages Posted By Rowans_Retros
 Posted: Nov 16, 2023 14:58
 Subject: Re: Logos on vintage bricks
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In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog Identification, rtzx9r writes:
  In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  Is there anywhere definitive that can age bricks by the logo that appears the
bricks as all the googling I've done seems a bit vague.

Depending on the brick...

Indeed, it won’t work for
 
Part No: 3001 Name: Brick 2 x 4
* 		3001 Brick 2 x 4
Parts: Brick {White}



   find it in the Bricklink catalog. Then look at what
sets it was used in and the date ranges for those sets.

For example...

Nice cherry picking, only in one set in that colour

Also, if the set used different variants, you won’t have the good years¹.

Also, it doesn’t work if the differences aren’t recognized by the catalogue,
like stud logos.

———
¹ Tyring joke.



I should have probably given an example. On the CA bricks I have, there are multiple
different logos ie the O on lego is wide or narrow. Did the brick mouldings follow
the dates when the logos changed.
 Author: taxan View Messages Posted By taxan
 Posted: Nov 16, 2023 15:28
 Subject: Re: Logos on vintage bricks
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In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog Identification, rtzx9r writes:
  In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  Is there anywhere definitive that can age bricks by the logo that appears the
bricks as all the googling I've done seems a bit vague.

Depending on the brick...

Indeed, it won’t work for
 
Part No: 3001 Name: Brick 2 x 4
* 		3001 Brick 2 x 4
Parts: Brick {White}



   find it in the Bricklink catalog. Then look at what
sets it was used in and the date ranges for those sets.

For example...

Nice cherry picking, only in one set in that colour

Also, if the set used different variants, you won’t have the good years¹.

Also, it doesn’t work if the differences aren’t recognized by the catalogue,
like stud logos.

———
¹ Tyring joke.



I should have probably given an example. On the CA bricks I have, there are multiple
different logos ie the O on lego is wide or narrow. Did the brick mouldings follow
the dates when the logos changed.

On Ca bricks. This is a picture that i fund online, and a link to a little bigger
version.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7622/16886852061_f3a59ab79d_o.jpg
 
 Author: Rowans_Retros View Messages Posted By Rowans_Retros
 Posted: Nov 17, 2023 02:24
 Subject: Re: Logos on vintage bricks
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In Catalog Identification, taxan writes:
  In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog Identification, rtzx9r writes:
  In Catalog Identification, Rowans_Retros writes:
  Is there anywhere definitive that can age bricks by the logo that appears the
bricks as all the googling I've done seems a bit vague.

Depending on the brick...

Indeed, it won’t work for
 
Part No: 3001 Name: Brick 2 x 4
* 		3001 Brick 2 x 4
Parts: Brick {White}



   find it in the Bricklink catalog. Then look at what
sets it was used in and the date ranges for those sets.

For example...

Nice cherry picking, only in one set in that colour

Also, if the set used different variants, you won’t have the good years¹.

Also, it doesn’t work if the differences aren’t recognized by the catalogue,
like stud logos.

———
¹ Tyring joke.



I should have probably given an example. On the CA bricks I have, there are multiple
different logos ie the O on lego is wide or narrow. Did the brick mouldings follow
the dates when the logos changed.

On Ca bricks. This is a picture that i fund online, and a link to a little bigger
version.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7622/16886852061_f3a59ab79d_o.jpg


Ah that's brilliant- just what I was after! Thanks so much