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Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:32:35 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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The cut flex-tube idea is a nice one, David.
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I did have to test it real quick before I posted th at, but I happened to have
both parts sitting on my desk at the time, so it didn’t take very long.
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I always feel a little weird about using cut flex-tube. The less “purist” a
technique is, the more I hesitate before using it to reconsider if there’s
not a more purist way to achieve a comparable effect without resorting to the
knife. Then again, when it comes to The Brick Testament I’m no stranger to
the knife when its benefits outweigh my hesitations to use it.
And no, this is not a circumcision innuendo.
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Really? Are you sure? Because the one instance I can think of where you
definitely did mod a part was cutting up God’s little helmet...
Cutting flex-tube is one of the few things that even most purists are okay with,
along with pneumatic hose and basic string (the stuff that doesn’t have plastic
bits attached). The only reason for this is that there are sets that are
impossible to build without cutting those parts because they don’t pack them in
precut lengths. Now, that is to say that some (most, many, a few?) purists
are okay with modifying them, but I know there are people out there who would
cringe at the idea of putting official LEGO stickers on parts other than the
ones where they’re shown in the instructions (dunno what they’d expect you to do
with all the bonus stickers you get in nearly every Batman set).
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 | | Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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| (...) The cut flex-tube idea is a nice one, David. I always feel a little weird about using cut flex-tube. The less "purist" a technique is, the more I hesitate before using it to reconsider if there's not a more purist way to achieve a comparable (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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