Lego 305 - Two Crater Plates (1979)

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• asherkobin Member Posts: 202

  September 2018

  Man I just love looking back at the classic space, even way before Star Wars took over.  I have some sets from the 80's.  My first one was the 6824 Space Dart I and last was the 6985 Cosmic Fleet Voyager.  I had a handful of the smaller sets in between, but I was a Town guy. 
  
  I just remembered the annoying angle plates that didn't have cut-outs for studs (like they do today) so you had to work around that. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3933a#T=C Weird memories from so long ago.

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• mr_benn Member Posts: 952

  September 2018

  Pretty sure they would have been available in stores, as I had a few and my parents never did mail order anything!

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• Lobot Member Posts: 1,030

  September 2018

  Yes, they were definitely available in stores.

  I remember going to the 'Pram & Toy' shop in Exeter in 1982 with my older brother and he bought me a set of them, plus the matching Lunar Landing Plates.   It was a day I'll always remember, as it was the first time I'd gone to a cinema - to see ET! 

  Life didn't get much better as a seven year old!
  

  

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• jason1976 Member Posts: 334

  September 2018

  I agree with @mr_benn - fairly sure they were available in shops.
  
  I had four of the plates, 2 came with #6971 Intergalactic Command Base, but the other two must have been from #305 which someone must have got me from a store.
  
  

  

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• Mr_Cross Member Posts: 1,713

  September 2018

  I definitely bought these with some pocket money or birthday money. It would have been Gamleys in Staines circa 1981/2.

  

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