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Re: Macaroni Brick Patterns
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:26:02 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Derek Schin wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
Very cool. Some of those patterns would look really nice on a hawaiian
shirt, no? Too bad no one would know where the patterns actually came from.
Just out of curiosity, any idea what the piece count on one of these would be
(the blue and yellow one doesn’t look like it would be too bad)?
Derek
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Just by looking at it, I would say that the leftmost blue/yellow one has 32
macaroni bricks per individual loop.
I just got a bunch of 1955-57 macaroni bricks from Europe that have the 2x4
macaroni bricks (half circle) as well as the 2x2 we are accustomed to. However,
half of them (both sizes) don’t have the missing notch of plastic, so that half
cannot be attached to baseplates.
Too bad they don’t still produce those with the missing notch of plastic (the
2x2). It can get unsightly when you build a structure and those “holes” stick
out like a sore thumb. Just look at the Jefferson Memorial model in THE
ULTIMATE LEGO BOOK. It looks like Swiss Cheese columns. Ditto for the 4x4
curved bricks and a few other parts. But back in 1957 TLG made a decision that
all Lego bricks/plates must be able to attach to baseplates. So they
discontinue the notch-less macaroni bricks (as well as all 2x4 macaroni). Of
course there are a few exceptions to this rule, such as wing shaped plates.
Gary Istok
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| (...) Very cool. Some of those patterns would look really nice on a hawaiian shirt, no? Too bad no one would know where the patterns actually came from. Just out of curiosity, any idea what the piece count on one of these would be (the blue and (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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