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Re: LEGO Queen Mary 2 - Making-of
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Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:01:14 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Travis Cobbs wrote:
   simply mean that something weighs a lot.

Hi Travis,

well, it weighs a lot :-) In fact, it’s something about 850 to 900 kilograms. The metric ton is 1000kg, but if I’m right, the imperial unit “ton” should be a little bit more than 900kg (2000lbs).

I built many parts of the superstructure directly onto the hull, so I wasn’t able to re-weigh them, that’s the cause for the rough estimate with the 100lbs-span.

Leg Godt! -Rene



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  Re: LEGO Queen Mary 2 - Making-of
 
(...) Actually I'm pretty sure an imperial ton is 2240lbs, but it's still a remarkable MOC. ROSCO (15 years ago, 4-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats, FTX)

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(...) All I can say is, wow! When you say "a ton of LEGO bricks", do you mean that literally? (The word "ton" is frequently used as a figure of speech in English to simply mean that something weighs a lot. I don't think that's what you mean, but I'm (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats, FTX)

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