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 Author: maxx3001 View Messages Posted By maxx3001
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Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.
 


 Author: M_R View Messages Posted By M_R
 Posted: Jul 14, 2024 05:43
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In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice find Maxx - keep up the 2x4 work !
 Author: maxx3001 View Messages Posted By maxx3001
 Posted: Jul 15, 2024 04:35
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In General, M_R writes:
  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice find Maxx - keep up the 2x4 work !

Thanks, I do my best 😁
 Author: maxx3001 View Messages Posted By maxx3001
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In General, M_R writes:
  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice find Maxx - keep up the 2x4 work !

Thanks, I do my best 😁
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Jul 14, 2024 05:47
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Nice Max, glad you’ve found one there can’t be many still out there if any.




In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.
 Author: maxx3001 View Messages Posted By maxx3001
 Posted: Jul 15, 2024 17:25
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In General, Stuart9 writes:
  Nice Max, glad you’ve found one there can’t be many still out there if any.

First one I ever heard of, haven’t seen one before, but maybe now people start
looking…..

And it being a number 10, there might be 9 more out there 😁
  



In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.
 
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
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  P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice. With that underside, was it found in Amsterdam?
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  P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice. With that underside, was it found in Amsterdam?

No, in Denmark 👍
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In General, maxx3001 writes:
  In General, yorbrick writes:
  
  P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice. With that underside, was it found in Amsterdam?

No, in Denmark 👍

I assumed it would be, I just thought it was funny that the underside says XXX.
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  P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Nice. With that underside, was it found in Amsterdam?

No, in Denmark 👍

I assumed it would be, I just thought it was funny that the underside says XXX.

Being from Utrecht, I don’t find that funny at all 🤬

Just kidding 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

All those red ones connected to the original spurs - having them that way is
just SO COOL!! I have never seen them that way. The brick on the right side with
10 pins on the bottom is also really cool.

Out of curiosity and if you don't mind me asking, how much do you think all
of them connected like that is possibly worth?

Jim.
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In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

All those red ones connected to the original spurs - having them that way is
just SO COOL!! I have never seen them that way. The brick on the right side with
10 pins on the bottom is also really cool.

Out of curiosity and if you don't mind me asking, how much do you think all
of them connected like that is possibly worth?

Jim.

The reds connected to the sprue are any collectors wet dream.
Money wise………..I personally would drop a few G’s, possibly a few extra K’s 😁

Seriously, no clue, if I could buy that sprue, easy 10K.

Maxx
 
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Probably a coincidence but it you start counting top right of your photo of sprued
bricks, continue down then up from the bottom you get position 10 just like your
brick.


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  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

All those red ones connected to the original spurs - having them that way is
just SO COOL!! I have never seen them that way. The brick on the right side with
10 pins on the bottom is also really cool.

Out of curiosity and if you don't mind me asking, how much do you think all
of them connected like that is possibly worth?

Jim.

The reds connected to the sprue are any collectors wet dream.
Money wise………..I personally would drop a few G’s, possibly a few extra K’s 😁

Seriously, no clue, if I could buy that sprue, easy 10K.

Maxx
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In General, Stuart9 writes:
  Probably a coincidence but it you start counting top right of your photo of sprued
bricks, continue down then up from the bottom you get position 10 just like your
brick.

I like it, could very well be true 👍
  

In General, maxx3001 writes:
  In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

All those red ones connected to the original spurs - having them that way is
just SO COOL!! I have never seen them that way. The brick on the right side with
10 pins on the bottom is also really cool.

Out of curiosity and if you don't mind me asking, how much do you think all
of them connected like that is possibly worth?

Jim.

The reds connected to the sprue are any collectors wet dream.
Money wise………..I personally would drop a few G’s, possibly a few extra K’s 😁

Seriously, no clue, if I could buy that sprue, easy 10K.

Maxx
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Very interesting. It looks like it is missing the wall ribs that the Billund
one seems to have.

In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.
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  Very interesting. It looks like it is missing the wall ribs that the Billund
one seems to have.

Yes, my current hypothesis is that it is the prototype for the patent bricks.

But an older version, before the thin walls, which curiously weren’t used for
a long time until finally in Minitalia along with the X supports…

  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.
 
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In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

A cool looking 2x4!
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In General, Nubs_Select writes:
  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

A cool looking 2x4!

Thank you, also pretty rare if I can show it is from the 1958 era tests.
 
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In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Congrats on the finding! Now you can change your name to maxxx3001
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In General, Stellar writes:
  In General, maxx3001 writes:
  Hi everyone,

I don’t post much here anymore, but thought this might be of interest for the
BrickLink crowd.

Recently I found a pretty unique brick, most likely a prototype for our modern
bricks.
It was put in for patent in 1958 with the tubes bricks.

Later used for Minitalia bricks and oLo.

More info on my Flickr page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxx361/

Enjoy,
Maxx
P.s. in white my found brick, in red the LEGO patent bricks in Billund.

Congrats on the finding! Now you can change your name to maxxx3001

Ooooohhhhhhh, me like 😁