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...some wonderful different shades of "Melon bricks" - ranging from trans reddish orange to trans orange - slightly milky.
According to Gary Istok ("The Lego historian"), BASF (Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik) Corporation, a German chemical company based in Ludwigshafen Germany, made test bricks for Lego in the early 60s. Like Bayer, they were testing plastics (and colors) that could replace Cellulose Acetate.
Gaps between bricks designate different molds. From top to bottom:
• Old-logo (Pat. pend), Old-logo w/ pip on stud
• Roman numeral, Hollow V-brick, Number only, obscured Pat. pend
• C-brick
• Blocked-stud V-brick
Here is an overview of all BASF brick versions I know.
Top row
BASF C1-C4
Pat. Pend. Scratched C and number 1 to 4.
update: These bricks come in two versions. The oldest version has 3 identical tubes, the newer version has a different middle tube.
Second row
BASF Mold pip edge
Pat. Pend. Number on the short side.
They look similar to the BAYER old logo, but the orientation of the mold markings is different. They also sound different.
Numbers 1 to 20.
Third row
BASF Mold pip stud
No markings inside
The white brick has a black dot on one of the tubes.
This is a burn mark (black or brown burnt areas on the part located at furthest points from gate or where air is trapped) caused when the mold lacks venting or the injection speed is too high. Such burn marks are found on BASF bricks more often.
First phase: no markings, but a line and a cross inside the center tube of two of the bricks.
Second phase: Roman numbers I to X
Fourth row
BASF Number only bricks
Number above the right tube.
Numbers: 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, one brick Pat. pend with only "Pat." erased and four different Pat. pend bricks, on which both "Pat." and "pend" are erased in slightly different ways (16 bricks total).
Also "pat. pend," erased bricks that are probably related. Found mixed with the number only bricks in the same colors. Two versions exist. One were the "pat" is erased and the "pend" is not, and a brick were both are erased. The brick with both not erased has not yet been found.
The number only bricks were found mixed with V-bricks.
Fifth row
V-bricks - third phase with solid studs
Pat. Pend, a number and V.
Some number 40 bricks have a broken tube.
Numbers 1 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 16, number 40 (replaces 12) and a brick without markings (replaces 7)
Sixth row
V-bricks - second phase with hollow studs
Pat. Pend, a number and V.
Numbers 1 to 11, 13 to 16 and number 40 (replaces 12).
V-brick phases (fifth and sixth row):
First phase - numbers 1 to 16, open studs. Used in LEGO production, I am not sure if it was used by BASF. We would need to find a set in an odd color including number 12.
Second phase - open studs, only number 12 replaced with number 40.
Missing intermediate phase?
MAYBE there was another open stud phase where both number 12 and 7 have been replaced. It has not been found yet. We would need to find some identifiable BASF V-bricks with a matching brick without markings with open studs.
It is also possible that there was an earlier closed stud phase. We would need to find a number 7 with closed studs to identify that one.
Third phase - Closed studs. Number 12 has been replaced by 40 and number 7 has been replaced by a brick without markings.
The 140-meter tall high flare of the steam cracker in the North Plant section of BASF in Ludwigshafen.
Blick über den Rhein zum BASF-Gelände in Ludwigshafen.
Die BASF SE (ehemals „Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik“) ist ein deutscher Chemiekonzern und der nach Umsatz und Marktkapitalisierung weltweit größte. Insgesamt sind etwa 112.000 Mitarbeiter in mehr als 80 Ländern bei der BASF beschäftigt. Die BASF betreibt über 390 Produktionsstandorte weltweit.
Die BASF beschäftigt an ihrem Stammsitz in Ludwigshafen in der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar über 39.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter.
BASF SE is the largest chemical producer in the world and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The BASF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries and operates six integrated production sites and 390 other production sites in Europe, Asia, Australia, Americas and Africa.
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Dit type lok heeft nog een tijdje dienst gedaan bij de BASF in Antwerpen!
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This 1962 Beech Bonanza seen shortly after a wheels up landing at Jersey (with no injury to those on board)