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Re: New Use of 1x1 plate w/clip light?
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 12 Mar 2000 02:06:43 GMT
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Bryan Wong wrote:
> In case you don't know what piece I'm talking about, it's the one shown here:
> http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/4081.gif
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> Anyways, when I was younger, I remember "breaking" off the round clip part and
> use it to join two pieces "back to back" (or "socket to socket"). I'm sure
> that would come in useful in some situations.
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> Anybody else try this before?
I actually broke 'em for another reason--because I always lost my 1x1 plates, and
needed more. ;) But actually, when I need to connect brick to brick, I use the
Technic peg with one stud end instead, alternating directionwise. It's extremely
stable, provided you don't have too much force pulling at the joint.
In tandem with Flex System tubes, however, I've been trying them out as runners
for degaussing cables on large warships. :)
best
Lindsay
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| Way back when, I discovered this use for these parts after I'd accidentally broken a few. Even as I kid, I was too perfectionist to intentionally break my toys. Consequently I never had enough to do much with. A few years later, Tyco block sets had (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | New Use of 1x1 plate w/clip light?
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| In case you don't know what piece I'm talking about, it's the one shown here: (URL) when I was younger, I remember "breaking" off the round clip part and use it to join two pieces "back to back" (or "socket to socket"). I'm sure that would come in (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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