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Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Mark Tarrabain

Bringing this back to a LEGO oriented discussion... My sincerest apologies if it's still a bit nerd-oriented. In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek wrote: ... a brief discussion on clone brand proportions and how they could be used to recreate (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I'm not sure I agree. A 1x1 brick is 20 LDU wide and 24 LDU high, ne? (...) 7x20 ldu or 140 ldu wide (...) 28x20 ldu or 560 ldu across (...) 54 x 24 or 1296 ldu high 1296 isn't 9 times 140... or is my math wrong here? I get 1260 as 9*140 I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Scott Lyttle

<snip> (...) Dunno about checking--my brain is a little fried today (long week of checking numbers and cross references here). If I recall correctly from reading the book, the 1 x 4 x 9 dimension comes from the squares of "the first three numbers": (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Larry Pieniazek

(...) 1 4 9 ?? where have I heard that before?... I had no idea it was 1 4 9 ! OK, seriously. What I'm driving at is that if you want to do it in bricks and do it the easy way, studs up, the dimensions I gave for bricks of 2x8x15 high convert to 40 (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Mark Tarrabain

(...) Well yeah... but it would be interesting to build one of the correct _physical_ proportions, if only to say that you did it. (As has been established, this works out to 2 studs wide, 8 studs across, and 15 brick-heights high.) (...) Yes... (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —David Laswell

(...) ...which is the minimum size required to achieve the 1x4x9 dimensional ratio. I have been unable to find any evidence that the actual physical dimensions are known, beyond one person's claim that the physical Cinerama screen (which has an (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Matthew Jeffery

<snip> (...) I am of the belief that you guys are nuts! :) (No offence intended) the simplest solution, as far as I can work out, is to build it for the most part studs up, and use some 2 stud long technic axles inside the inner tubes of the brick, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Matthew Jeffery

(...) (URL) Cheers, Matt "Make it so" (21 years ago, 25-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —David Laswell

(...) Congratulations, you win...um, you win...well, you don't win anything, actually, but that pretty efficiently takes care of most of this discussion (though it would probably look better in 2x8 bricks). I'd thought about using pins to do the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Mark Tarrabain

Just for the record, notched axles work just fine... as long as you use enough of them. Quick experimentation showed me that using 6 or more produces a combined friction that holds the structure together quite tightly, even with the notched axles. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Matthew Miller

[adding .geek] (...) It's been a while since I read these books, but doesn't their physical *size change*? (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —David Laswell

(...) I actually don't know. Does it? I've never read the books (I found that quote while looking for any page that actually listed true dimensions), and I don't believe I ever watched 2001. I remember watching 2010 when I was still pretty (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Dave Schuler

(...) Wasn't the original monolith a pyramid in "The Sentinel of Eternity?" Did the short story specify its dimensions? Or was it a tetrahedron? I can't remember... Dave! (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Mark Tarrabain

(...) Indeed it does, but the proportions always remain the same. >> Mark (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Matthew Miller

(...) I meant to put the emphasis on just the word *size* there, to imply that. Ooops. :) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Mark Tarrabain

(...) DOH! You are right... I was going on the ratio of the brick being 6x6x7, but it's actually 5x5x6. Serves me right for posting something like that without checking first. So...at the *PROPER* LEGO dimensions, the Monolith would then be... (drum (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Mark Tarrabain

(...) You'd never know that I minored in Math.... There's a common divisor there I didn't notice. Make that 2x8x15. >> Mark (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —David Laswell

(...) Ed Toton made a lunar Monolith scene, but the dimensions weren't listed (it's way too small to be 2x8x15, though): (URL) Thomas did make a LEGO-based movie version of 2001, and according to the responses, it did include a Monolith that (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.build)

Re: Proportions for a 2001 Monolith in LEGO? —Bram Lambrecht

(...) Actually, using SNOT you can create a perfectly smooth 1x4x9 stud monolith that is quite strong (won't fall apart if you drop it). Here are the parts I used: one 1x1 Technic Beam six 1x1 Headlight bricks two 1x1 Bricks one 1x3 Brick one 1x6 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.build)

(canceled) —Larry Pieniazek