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I wonder how many kids are going to make the mistake of mixing "earth blue" with
"bright blue". My heart skipped a beat momentarily with the "2x2 outside
corner" bricks, only to be let down... they're DARK BLUE. It's not as though
TLG has an entire 45 degree roof system (12 different slopes) available in dark
blue.
And why on earth are the 2x6 bricks more expensive than the 2x8??? (25 cents
versus 24 cents)
I was laughing when I saw those green shutters for 12 cents each... I'm sure
most of us are up to our ears in green shutters! :-)
I really wish TLG would come out with an entire system (12 types) of 45 degree
sloped bricks in a particular color besides red or black.
Gary Istok
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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I wonder how many kids are going to make the mistake of mixing “earth blue”
with “bright blue”. My heart skipped a beat momentarily with the “2x2
outside corner” bricks, only to be let down... they’re DARK BLUE. It’s not
as though TLG has an entire 45 degree roof system (12 different slopes)
available in dark blue.
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Yeah, they’ve got almost enough to do a useful roof-- but no genuine peak
pieces! (apart from  )
On the plus side, you can sort of make do with what is available. With no peaks.
And flimsy construction of concave corners that look a little off.
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And why on earth are the 2x6 bricks more expensive than the 2x8??? (25 cents
versus 24 cents)
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And of course the one that caught my eye was the 2x3 wing plates, which sell for
$0.15 for the RIGHT side and $0.14 for the LEFT side!
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I really wish TLG would come out with an entire system (12 types) of 45
degree sloped bricks in a particular color besides red or black.
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As I was thinking about this, I counted 14 types of 45 degree slopes, and
realized there were a few things that still weren’t possible-- that is, if
you’re trying to cap a roof whose span is an odd number of studs wide. Heck,
when you get into bends at 1 or 3 studs wide, concave and convex slopes won’t
always cut it either.
Looks like you can do almost anything with red, blue, black, and white slopes.
And Old Gray, MdStone, Green, Dark Orange are pretty close.
Made me think, though-- what do you actually NEED in order to do pretty much
anything? Like, you don’t need 2x8 slopes, 2x4 slopes, or 2x3 slopes, so long as
you have 2x2’s and 2x1’s (you just may not be able to patch up all your brick
seams). And I suppose while I’m being absurdly technical, if you’ve got 2x1’s
you don’t technically need other regular slopes.
Hm... I guess there’s a host of wish-list parts in there that would make certain
roofs possible!
DaveE
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> I wonder how many kids are going to make the mistake of mixing "earth blue" with
> "bright blue". My heart skipped a beat momentarily with the "2x2 outside
> corner" bricks, only to be let down... they're DARK BLUE. It's not as though
> TLG has an entire 45 degree roof system (12 different slopes) available in dark
> blue.
>
> And why on earth are the 2x6 bricks more expensive than the 2x8??? (25 cents
> versus 24 cents)
>
> I was laughing when I saw those green shutters for 12 cents each... I'm sure
> most of us are up to our ears in green shutters! :-)
>
> I really wish TLG would come out with an entire system (12 types) of 45 degree
> sloped bricks in a particular color besides red or black.
>
> Gary Istok
There are indeed some pricing idiosyncracies. However, a few of these work to
the advantage of the consumer. For example, large spruce trees are now cheaper
(10 for $6.40) than the bulk bag (10 for $6.99). The same is true for train
rails (8 for $12) versus in packages at $12.99. Other things are vastly more
expensive, like 1x1 plates. Hopefully, the consumers will sort things out for
themselves. I believe this is the same pricing used for Factory models, so the
price list will be helpful in determining what makes a model unusually
expensive.
I do like this Pick-A-Brick online service as an aid to those of us who do not
live near Pick-A-Brick locations.
-Jordan
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
> There are indeed some pricing idiosyncracies. However, a few of these work to
> the advantage of the consumer. For example, large spruce trees are now cheaper
> (10 for $6.40) than the bulk bag (10 for $6.99). The same is true for train
> rails (8 for $12) versus in packages at $12.99.
In Canada the difference is more pronounced but opposite for the rails:
8 pack of straight rails=$18 or $2.25 each
online PAB per rail= $2.50 each
And of course every element I wanted and I looked at was available for 50% or
less of the PAB price via Bricklink (albeit not "new").
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