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Re: non-Lego elements
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:02:41 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Frank Filz writes:
(major snippage)
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> Hmm, I wonder about that. I'm not sure I'd consider it "pure" even if
> TLC bought Knex and made an adapter piece. I guess my reasoning is that
> the geometry of Knex is not (I assume) designed to follow the geometry
> of LEGO bricks.
Just a bit of insider info (albeit, the information is now 2+ years old) -
K'NEX owns the patent for combining LEGO and K'NEX. I have no information to
validate or refute any purchase of K'NEX by LEGO, but if it is true, LEGO has
also picked up Lincoln Logs. Hmmmm.... Lincoln Logs with studs ;)
Also, I must agree with others when it comes to LEGO purity - If it's made by
LEGO and connects to other LEGO building products, it IS LEGO. Sounds simple,
don't it? :)
I knew, going in, that I would be using non-LEGO string on my bridge, the
pennies were a last minute recovery caused by underestimating the cantilever
arm length and balance. If my basement was longer, I wouldn't have had to use
the pennies (I'd have automatically made the approaches to the bridge longer
and nine pounds of brick would have done the job). The span was always aimed
at 16 feet.
Wayne
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| (...) I'd have to agree with John on this one. I would say that anything sold under the LEGO trademark, which can somehow be connected to a 2x4 LEGO brick, including doing so by any sequence of parts is certainly a LEGO building element, and thus (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build)
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