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Re: How much does LEGO Weigh?
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lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:30:14 GMT
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David Eaton wrote:

In lugnet.market.shipping, Cary Clark writes:
Very cool. I've often thought that the small plume that attaches to a knight's helmet might be the lightest element. Any chance you
could weigh one of those?

Yeah, there are a couple other pretty small parts that might contest
(Although my guess is still the coin):
- small knight's plume
- small knight's side plume (dragon wing r/l)
- minifig hand
- minifig 'hook' hand
- white rubber band
- universal joint center (part 91: http://img.lugnet.com/ld/7/91.gif )

I have all these parts except (maybe) the side plume.  I'll weigh them
next time I know no one is going to be in the lab.  I'm also interested
in seeing the relationship between brick size and mass (i.e. is it a
linear relationship?).

-chris

ps.  i just had a funny idea for a website where you could enter your
piece inventories and the it will calculate the weight of your
collection.  I'm not sure what use that will serve. :)



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  Re: How much does LEGO Weigh?
 
(...) If you had the weights of all the elements, it would be useful to someplace like Brickbay, where it could be used to automatically calculate shipping charges based on weight. (not that i'm suggesting that you weigh out all the pieces or (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.general)
  Re: How much does LEGO Weigh?
 
(...) I'd rather see it work the other way around, but I can't figure out how it'd work. :) -JDF (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.general)

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  Re: How much does LEGO Weigh?
 
(...) Yeah, there are a couple other pretty small parts that might contest (Although my guess is still the coin): - small knight's plume - small knight's side plume (dragon wing r/l) - minifig hand - minifig 'hook' hand - white rubber band - (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.general)

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