Research Realm:Scans/Innovations

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Innovations is an English and French newsletter/magazine published in Canada by LEGO Canada Inc. It was originally a newsletter called Design News (English)/Innovations (French) published four times a year starting in 1978, then it became a magazine in 1990 titled simply Innovations (or LEGO Club Innovations) published three times a year. It was replaced by LEGO Mania Magazine in 1995. Its early newsletter days are so poorly-documented even Bricklink doesn't list all issues; the following table is approximated and may not reflect the actual issue count.

List of issues

First version (1978–1989)

It is currently unknown exactly how many issues of Design News there were. None are known to be scanned. Many of these here (listed in italics) are guesses as no images of them even exist.

Design News/Innovations (1978–1989, 48? issues)
No. Issue Scans
1978 Vol. 1 No. 1 ?
1978 Vol. 1 No. 2 ?
1978 Vol. 1 No. 3 ?
1978 Vol. 1 No. 4 ?
1979 Vol. 2 No. 1 ?
1979 Vol. 2 No. 2 ?
1979 Vol. 2 No. 3 ?
1979 Vol. 2 No. 4 ?
1980 Vol. 3 No. 1 ?
1980 Vol. 3 No. 2 ?
1980 Vol. 3 No. 3 ?
1980 Vol. 3 No. 4 ?
1981 Vol. 3 No. 1 ?
1981 Vol. 3 No. 2 ?
Volume 1, Issue 1
September 15, 1981
Missing
Volume 1, Issue 2
December 15, 1981
Missing
Volume 2, Issue 1
March 15, 1982
Missing
Volume 2, Issue 2
June 15, 1982
Missing
Volume 3, Issue 3
Sept. 15, 1982
Missing
Volume 2, Issue 4
Dec. 15, 1982
Missing
Volume 3, Issue 1
Mar. 15, 1983
Missing
Volume 3, Issue 2
June 15, 1983
Missing
Volume 3, Issue 3
September 15, 1983
Missing
Volume 3, Issue 4
November 15, 1983
Missing
Volume 4, Issue 1
March 15, 1984
Missing
Volume 4, Issue 2
June 15, 1984
Missing
Volume 4, Issue 3
September, 1984
Missing
Volume 4, Issue 4
December 1984
Missing
Volume 5, Issue 1
March 1985
Missing
Volume 5, Issue 2
June 1985
Missing
Volume 5, Issue 3
September 1985
Missing
Volume 5, Issue 4
December 1985
Missing
Volume 6, Issue 1
March 1986
Missing
Volume 6, Issue 2
June 1986
Missing
Volume 6, Issue 3
Septembre 1986
Missing
Volume 6, Issue 4
December 1986
Missing
Volume 7, Issue 1 (1987) Missing
Volume 7, Issue 2 (1987) Missing
Volume 7, Issue 3 (1987) Missing
Volume 7, Issue 4 (1987) Missing
Volume 8, Issue 1 (1988) Missing
Volume 8, Issue 2 (1988) Missing
Volume 8, Issue 3 (1988) Missing
Volume 8, Issue 4 (1988) Missing
Volume 9, Issue 1 (1989) Missing
Volume 9, Issue 2 (1989) Missing
Volume 9, Issue 3 (1989) Missing
Volume 9, Issue 4
Winter/Hiver 1989
Missing

Second version (1990–1994)

In contract to the newsletter version, only the first three issues of the magazine are missing.

Innovations (1990–1994, 15 issues)
No. Issue Scans
1 Volume 1, No. 1
Spring/Printemps 1990
Missing
2 Volume 1, No. 2
Summer/Été 1990
Missing
3 Volume 1, No. 3
Fall/Automne 1990
Missing
4 Volume 2, No. 1
Spring/Printemps 1991
Brickset
5 Volume 2, No. 2
Summer/Été 1991
Brickset
6 Volume 2, No. 3
Fall/Automne 1991
Brickset
7 Volume 3, No. 1
Spring/Printemps 1992
Brickset
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8 Volume 3, No. 2
Summer/Été 1992
Brickset
9 Volume 3, No. 3
Fall/Automne 1992
Brickset
10 Volume 4, No. 1
Spring/Printemps 1992
Brickset
VezokofZakaz on Brickshelf
11 Volume 4, No. 2
Summer/Été 1992
Brickset
VezokofZakaz on Brickshelf
12 Volume 4, No. 3
Fall/Automne 1992
Brickset
13 Volume 5, No. 1
1994
Brickset
VezokofZakaz on Brickshelf
14 Volume 5, No. 2
1994
Brickset
VezokofZakaz on Brickshelf
15 Volume 5, No. 3
1994
VezokofZakaz on Brickshelf