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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
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Kieran Brady writes:
> Hi there,
> Can someone please tell me what 'BURPS' are?
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.
> I see this term used a lot on Lugnet and don't have the foggiest what it
> means!
Yeah, took me a while as well. Likewise with AFOL, CRAPP, even LUGNet itself!
> 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.
Except lots of people will be beetling off to the NW Fest today.
> Kieran Brady
On a related note, what on earth does MIB stand for (in relation to Lego sets,
I mean - the obvious Men In Black seems slightly wrong in this context!)?
Stu C.
University of Glasgow.
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> On a related note, what on earth does MIB stand for (in relation to Lego sets,
> I mean - the obvious Men In Black seems slightly wrong in this context!)?
MIB=Mint In Box
MISB=Mint In Sealed Box
Neither refers to the actual condition of the box... other than the fact that it
is/is not sealed.
Most people will mean that a set is complete and with instruction when it is
described as MIB... but be sure!
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Stu C. wrote:
> Except lots of people will be beetling off to the NW Fest today.
What is beetling? to travel in a VW?? :-) To hunker down inside one's
carapace and plod?
Scott:
MISB does not imply complete. It implies that you take the risk, (very
very slight) that the factory inadvertantly omitted a piece, because the
box has never been opened. This is what i refer to as Missing Piece Risk
on my website.
MIB on the other hand, does imply it's complete. Seals off means it has
been examined, and thus, it had better be complete!
At least that's my opinion.
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Stuart Curtis writes:
> > Hi there,
> > Can someone please tell me what 'BURPS' are?
looks like it's time to drag out the Acronyms page again.. come one, come all..
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/9639/rtlspeak.txt
J
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Kieran Brady writes:
> 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
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, in May 1995, used it offhandedly in a
review of 1995 sets. It might have slipped into oblivion, but Derek Schinn
immediately jumped on it and nominated as "acronym of the year" in a post
titled "BURPs" and it has remained a constant part of lego net jargon since.
Todd Lehman suggested a week or two later that BURPs be further characterized
into two sub categories - BURPs and LURPs (little ugly rock pieces - the
smaller, triangular-shaped elements). LURP never quite caught on the way BURP
did.
The success of the term BURP spurred efforts to create similar acronyms, many
of them following the template set by BURP - slightly off-color (relating to
bodily functions) acroynms to describe controversial elements. These include:
CRAPP - Cruddy Ramp and Pit Plate, suggested by Eric Pilcher. (I suggested
that it be redefined recursively, as CRAPPy Ramp and Pit Plate)
POOP (Pieces that could be made Out of Other Pieces, also coined, I believe,
by Todd)
were two of the more successful efforts. But BURP remains as the most
successful LEGO acronymic coinage I can recall.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and
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