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Re: gender changers?
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:52:03 GMT
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Robert M. Dye writes:
> Hey to all.
>
> I just bought my first throwbots sets. I don't know if I will buy more,
> or not. Most likely not, unless I find that some of the pieces are
> especially useful.
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> But...
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> One thing I noticed is that some of the pieces allow connection of studs
> that are directly opposed to each other.
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> Does anyone know if there are other pieces that do this? Are there
> pieces that would allow you to connect two arches together, one 180
> degrees from the other (thus, the piece would be male on both sides).
>
> How about the other direction? Are there other pieces that will allow
> connection of two studs 180 degrees opposed?
If no one has said it yet, technic half-beams have sockets that go all the way
through them, and are useful for stud entry on both sides. They are slim
enough so that the studs from opposing pieces practically touch each other.
Another thing that I've done is use technic pegs to connect pieces with
opposing sockets. It's not a perfect fit, as sometimes I don't need a perfect
fit, but just something that connects two pieces as spacially economical as
possible. A quick and dirty technique I've used is to connect two 2x6x2 half-
arches this way to form a near perfect 4x4 circular aperture. It's not a
perfect round window, but it has its advantages. Also, should the opening
require a bit of contraction/expansion, the pegs will let you do it.
I don't really like the idea of gender changer bricks, except for 1x1's,
though I do have some of those funky 2x4x2's with studs on three sides, and
their sisters - the 2x4x2's with sockets on three sides. But I think it would
be cool if TLG released gender changers in plate form or half-beam form.
-Tom McD.
trying to show that Technic is useful for things other than robots and
pneumatic forklifts, but you probably already knew that.
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