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New element (Was: Re: New x-pod sets)
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Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:06:20 GMT
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4346 has two of an interesting new element
Brick 1 x 1 with studs on two sides:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010697.jpg
This should provide new possibilties for SNOT constructions.
Huw
"Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:HroKyq.LAv@lugnet.com...
> I hadn't noticed until William Howard mentioned it, that the clear parts
> screw together as do the lid and base:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010685.jpg
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> Huw
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> "Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:HrnoDL.4Ls@lugnet.com...
> > The new Argos [1] catalogue came out today in the UK, and in it are the • new
> > x-pod Designer sets, which they had in stock, seemingly several months
> > before their general release. The four sets can be seen here:
> >
> > http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=4346-4349
> >
> > These are interesting because they each come in a canister which has
> > studs/connectors on their base and lids so can be used as part of the
> > models:
> >
> > Overview:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010672.jpg
> >
> > The canister:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010673.jpg
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010674.jpg
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010675.jpg
> >
> > with bricks in:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010676.jpg
> >
> > The lids and base screw on; a 1/2 turn needed to remove and secure them. • The
> > base of the clear tub also has connectors on it, and an axle hole in the
> > middle.
> >
> > The canisters join to each other:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010677.jpg
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010678.jpg
> >
> > and, because Argos were selling them as a lot of 4, they also came with • a
> > strap which threads through their sides and allows them to be carried:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010680.jpg
> >
> > The strap has an embroidered LEGO logo on the end. I have no idea how • this
> > strap will be available normally, but perhaps other shops, which will • sell
> > them singly, will give them out if you buy all four. It a right pain to
> > thread the strap through the holes in the canister sides, though!
> >
> > Anyone who has taken a 'bot-kit' with them on their travels will • appreciate
> > these, and space-heads will undoubtably find a use for the canisters as
> > spaceship cabins, much like they did with the Duplo eggs.
> >
> > Once moderated:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=69406
> >
> > Huw
> >
> > [1] Argos is a national UK high-street chain that publishes a catalogue • once
> > a year, and is often the first shop to carry new lines in January and
> > August.
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> >
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| (...) Very interesting indeed! (...) I've often wondered why the 'studs on all sides' was the only configuration of this style of brick. (...) Absolutely. So if these sets have been available for so long (as noted below) at retail, I wonder why (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| I hadn't noticed until William Howard mentioned it, that the clear parts screw together as do the lid and base: (URL) Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:HrnoDL.4Ls@lugnet.com... (...) new (...) The (...) appreciate (...) (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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