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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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TOPLESs is the acronyme of Tile Or Plate Located between Enough Studs.
And because a picture is better than an explanation :
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Matt Chiles used this technique heavily in his roller coaster, and referred to
it as “pony-eared” (the 2x2 plate is pony-eared into the 2x4 plate).
This comes from the old castle sets, before there was a horse element. The ears
of the horses were attached to their heads in this fashion.
I wish I could include some links to the roller coaster, but the site seems to
be down at the moment.
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| Hello ! The second thing I presented at BricMania (Grenoble, France, July 2004) after the moo-torized cows ( (URL) ) is a presentation about a building technique : TOPLESs. TOPLESs is the acronyme of Tile Or Plate Located between Enough Studs. And (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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