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Re: Parts names wanted
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:01:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Franklin W. Cain wrote:

> > > Unfortunately, many people use "beam" to refer to LDraw's
> > > "Technic Brick" pieces.
> 
> So does LegoCo.
> (E.g., "Small Beams and Plates", set # 5228,
> on pg. 58 of the newest catalog I've received,
> "Explore New Worlds" title.)
> In my mind, that makes it "official".
> (But then again, I could be wrong.)

Good point.  But I wouldn't accept the wording in a catalog as 'official'.

> > > Are there any other labels we could use?
> > > ... maybe "Technic Tile Beam"? (yuck)
> > 
> > "Technic Rounded Beam"
> > "Technic Smooth Beam"
> > "Technic Softline Beam"
> 
> "Technic Beam (No Studs)"
> "Technic Beam Studless"

Maybe.  But that implies there are "beams with studs".  And there aren't.
The traditional "technic brick with holes" is a different animule than the
new beams.

Steve



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  Re: Parts names wanted
 
(...) So does LegoCo. (E.g., "Small Beams and Plates", set # 5228, on pg. 58 of the newest catalog I've received, "Explore New Worlds" title.) In my mind, that makes it "official". (But then again, I could be wrong.) (...) "Technic Beam (No Studs)" (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)

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