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Re: What is the difference between... ?
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Mon, 12 Jan 2004 04:00:44 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Allan Bedford wrote:
While building or sorting I have always tended to call these liftarms:

http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2825

It seems LEGO calls them Liftarms:
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Thanks for a very interesting post,
- David



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  Re: What is the difference between... ?
 
(...) Good link... thanks! For some reason (in my little brain) those are the only ones I call liftarms. And for the triangles, I use the nickname 'hanger' since they sort of look like clothes hangers... well, at least to me. (...) Not a problem. :) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
  Re: What is the difference between... ?
 
(...) Thanks, that explains where it comes from. So liftarms should be those which have axle holes at the end, otherwise it'll be hard to lift things with them, right? Jürgen (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: What is the difference between... ?
 
(...) I wondered if it had been discussed on rec.toys.lego at some point. This was the earliest posting where someone asked if this should be the name or not. It's from about 6 1/2 years ago. (URL) (a) There didn't seem to be a consensus, and yet... (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)

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