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Subject: 
Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?
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Date: 
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:02:25 GMT
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Hi there,
    Can someone please tell me what 'BURPS' are?
I see this term used a lot on Lugnet and don't have the foggiest what it
means!
Sorry if this is not the newsgroup to post to, but I figure I'll get a quick
answer judging by the traffic I've seen here lately.
Thanks guys.

Kieran Brady



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?
 
(...) Big Ugly Rock Pieces... as in those grey and dark grey blocks which have a rocky shape, are about 3x8x6 or bigger, used in the western sets mainly. (...) Yeah, took me a while as well. Likewise with AFOL, CRAPP, even LUGNet itself! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
  BURP trivia (was Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?)
 
(...) BURPs = Big Ugly Rock Pieces "BURP" is the most amazingly successful acronym coinage I've seen come from rec.toys.lego. Trivia question - who first coined the term BURPs for the Big Ugly Rock Piece elements? Answer: r.t.l user Mark Hornblower, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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