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Re: Can we get the wheels on straight?
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 04:02:10 GMT
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Terry wrote:
I agree that having parts every-which-way can be annoying.  And it
would be nice to have everything facing one direction.

I'm not sure, but I think James Jessiman's parts are oriented in the same
direction as the "LEGO" text on the studs.  Is this a trend that should
be continued?  I think it would certainly give a more accurate image for
people who use the qulaity = 3 option in L3P to add the lettering...
--Bram


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  Re: Can we get the wheels on straight?
 
(...) Really? I never looked at it that way. Interesting theory. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Can we get the wheels on straight?
 
(...) It wouldn't always be possible to orient parts that way. For example, the giant space wheel (makes me think of 2001) has side-mounted studs. So should it be oriented laying down, just so the studs face upward? Steve (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Can we get the wheels on straight?
 
(...) I agree that having parts every-which-way can be annoying. And it would be nice to have everything facing one direction. But you hit the nail on the head with your last line. Doing that would really screw up a _lot_ of old models. So I would (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)

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