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Re: Weird piece 4737
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lugnet.build
Date: 
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:56:34 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> 
> Classic space set Solar Power Transport has them in grey. I still have all
> four of mine. These are funky corner pieces, and I can totally see why they've
> not been reissued. I wish that the "pockets", the concave areas, were inside.
> It's hard to explain, but the piece looks inside out to me and I'd rather have
> it the other way around.

Agreed.

> They're like 2468 corner convex pieces which, imo, are
> a superior design.

Profile wise, the pieces are not compatible. Bad ascii art warning:

2468 looks like
\
\
  \
   |
   |
   |
  /
/
/


while 4737 looks more like

\
\
  \
   \
    |
   /
  /
/
/

Much less vertical surface.


> Maybe the guy has his part # wrong and it is 2468, which
> has been available in transparent colors, as you might know.
> 
> -Tom McD.

But didn't Kev get the part number from off the piece?

++Lar



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(...) He did. And following on from the replies, it does match the profile of some of the trans yellow Blacktron space pieces we have so I can see now how it could be a corner piece for them. What was confusing me was what one of the other posters (...) (28 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: Weird piece 4737
 
Classic space set Solar Power Transport has them in grey. I still have all four of mine. These are funky corner pieces, and I can totally see why they've not been reissued. I wish that the "pockets", the concave areas, were inside. It's hard to (...) (28 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)

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