Random part of the day: Plate 1X2
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random part is 28653, 'Plate 1X2', which is a System part, category Plates. It was introduced in 2010 and is still in use today. It's been made in 11 colours and has appeared in 759 sets, one of the first of which was 10214 Tower Bridge.
Our members collectively own a total of 18,899,209 of them. If you'd like to buy some you should find them for sale at BrickLink.
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I’ve got several pounds of these in dark-red that aid collected through LUGBulk several years ago. *sigh*
Okay the story about how this one was "introduced" in 2010 oughta be good.
This is a part I own a lot of, and use a whole lot--usually as headlights in minfig scale, but have used them as windows in microscale.
Introduced in 2010 because that's very likely a slightly updated version of the old 1 x 2 plate.
@Harmonious_Building said:
"Okay the story about how this one was "introduced" in 2010 oughta be good. "
3023 is the solid color 1 x 2 plate.
6225 was the transparent version.
28653 is the new transparent version.
Based on the images on LEGO's site, I might guess the updated version has a hollow pin-pip in the middle of the underside, while the old one was solid. I do not know whether that's truly the case.
@PurpleDave said:
"I’ve got several pounds of these in dark-red that aid collected through LUGBulk several years ago. *sigh*"
I’m super jealous.
1x2 plates have gone through a number of iterations over the years including different stud logos, hyphens underneath instead of tubes, solid tubes, hollow tubes and mould pips in various places. This one is also transparent which is a whole different animal again. That this one variation has been in production without change all this time is a good sign for us meticulous part watchers!
@PurpleDave said:
"I’ve got several pounds of these in dark-red that aid collected through LUGBulk several years ago. *sigh*" Contact the members of PennLUG. They’re always looking for those. They make brick buildings out of them. I can’t guarantee a buy, but I certainly know there’s potential there.
@peterlmorris said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"I’ve got several pounds of these in dark-red that aid collected through LUGBulk several years ago. *sigh*" Contact the members of PennLUG. They’re always looking for those. They make brick buildings out of them. I can’t guarantee a buy, but I certainly know there’s potential there.
"
What, purely ot of 3023s?
The algorithm that writes these "Random part of the day" articles seem a little bit dumb. Otherwise, he would know that this part is significantly older and is only a slightly modified update of a very old part. It seems Brickset does not store information about older versions of a part, otherwise the algorithm might have taken that into account.
@jkb said:
" @peterlmorris said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"I’ve got several pounds of these in dark-red that aid collected through LUGBulk several years ago. *sigh*" Contact the members of PennLUG. They’re always looking for those. They make brick buildings out of them. I can’t guarantee a buy, but I certainly know there’s potential there.
"
What, purely ot of 3023s?"
Yup. I mean they put roofs and doors and everything in. But the bulk of it is 1x2 plates. The color variations due to the wonky dye makes them excellent for red brick buildings.
@namekuji:
Don’t be (keep reading).
@peterlmorris:
1. They were purchased entirely through LUGBulk, so there are severe restrictions that make it impractical to ever sell them (most notably, they’d have to be sold at the same price I paid for them, which I don’t even know anymore).
2. I spotted them on the local PAB wall recently, so they’ve probably got an easier alternative ready at hand.
3. These were all bought around ten years ago (give or take a few years). In dark-red. At this point, it’s basically just about two gallons of splinters waiting to happen. Nobody’s building anything with them until someone test-builds with them to sort out the bad ones.
So, @Purpledave, it's the building technique from 21010 Robie House.
@Lebostein said:
"The algorithm that writes these "Random part of the day" articles seem a little bit dumb. Otherwise, he would know that this part is significantly older and is only a slightly modified update of a very old part. It seems Brickset does not store information about older versions of a part, otherwise the algorithm might have taken that into account."
The algorythm picks designs, not merely part numbers.
Might be useful to add a link to older versions of parts to pages of parts in the database. That way you can see if this is the most recent version of a part, and if there might be older versions. You could then add that information to these articles.
EDIT: apparently there's dat called "designs with the same name". If that's present at a part, maybe Huwbot could display that information. It also looks like this is this specific transparent part, but then, the naming scheme in the database is horrible.
This looks like a useful piece.....I wish I had some.
@Norikins:
Yup, that’s what I figured. I’ve seen it done before, both online and in person, and I’ve used that technique myself a few times. I have two 8x8 vignettes that are backed by a section of brick wall (in these cases, the edges are irregular to suggest the wall extends left, right, and up, because I didn’t have any 1x1 plates or 1x2 tiles to make crisp edges). My Echo Park MOC also has a border fence that’s loosely based on one that a member of my LUG came up with for our city layouts. But when I started building a fence for Hogwarts Park, at least 20% of them were shattering as soon as I pressed them down.
@Nytmare said:
" @Harmonious_Building said:
"Okay the story about how this one was "introduced" in 2010 oughta be good. "
3023 is the solid color 1 x 2 plate.
6225 was the transparent version.
28653 is the new transparent version.
Based on the images on LEGO's site, I might guess the updated version has a hollow pin-pip in the middle of the underside, while the old one was solid. I do not know whether that's truly the case."
The 6225 version must be from around 1995-1997, due to the number range and the fact that transparent 1x2's were absent for a long time before the mid '90ies, whilst the original ones are from the '60ies. These were most likely Design 3023 if any number was even given, and probably with a slot-like pin underneath (can't find pictures though I have some of these :S).
All the transparent 1x2's I have, that I can confirm are from the mid '90ies (like from 6982, 6979 and 5928) have the hollow pin already, so the difference might be something else.
I also have solid color 1x2 plates from 1997 with a 'frosted' underside for some reason, so there are definitely many variants of this part around!