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Hi,
Thanks to khan and rob for the translation into English of my article on FreeLUG
website :
http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=372
LMKWYT
Didier
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Didier Enjary wrote:
> http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=372
>
> LMKWYT
I like it.
The incompatibility of Duplo 2x4s and Quatro is not really clear from the
photos. I only understood it because I've seen Quatro in person, and that
was almost the first thing we observed about it.
\begin{rant}
Something you don't cover is my pet peeve with Duplo/System
compatibility: 2x3 system bricks. When the 2x3 was redesigned with ribs
into the tubes, ribs were added to both tubes. This is clearly
uncessary---compare the 2x4, which has ribs for only the middle of its
three tubes. As a consequence of this change, modern 2x3s are
incompatible (from above) with Duplo. I find this obnoxious, and it is
the biggest hassle I encounter when working with Duplo.
\end{rant}
A few notes about Baby (Primo): it is compatible with Duplo via
http://peeron.com/inv/parts/31007
and Primo bricks do fit neatly onto Duplo studs (but with a
half-Duplo-stud offset). Primo has no clutch power.
There is another large brick system, Soft,
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=dacta/legosoft
which (IIRC) is directly compatible with Primo.
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
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In lugnet.quatro, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Didier Enjary wrote:
>
> > http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=372
> >
> > LMKWYT
> Something you don't cover is my pet peeve with Duplo/System
> compatibility: 2x3 system bricks.
SNIP
> A few notes about Baby (Primo): it is compatible with Duplo via
> http://peeron.com/inv/parts/31007
> and Primo bricks do fit neatly onto Duplo studs (but with a
> half-Duplo-stud offset). Primo has no clutch power.
>
> There is another large brick system, Soft,
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=dacta/legosoft
> which (IIRC) is directly compatible with Primo.
Thanks for these comments and precise details.
Didier
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Some of the 2x4 Duplo castle pieces fit onto Quatro because their stiffening
plates are set much deeper within:
Duplo Brick 3 x 4 x 2 with Machiolation
The 4777 Knight’s Castle
comes with
three enourmous Duplo plates which also
attach perfectly, and using them is an easy way to combine the Quatro/Duplo
systems. You can build a large base of Quatro, stick the 8x16 Duplo plate on
top, and then continue.
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