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Re: New Part - 30187 Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Body
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date: 
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 03:09:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Paul Easter wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Can someone take a look at my next set of parts and give me some feedback. I
> > have been working on this Minifig 3 wheel motorcycle for a LONG time now and
> > would like to consider it done. However I will welcome any comments or changes.
> 
> Wow!  They look great! :)

Thanks! They were a challenge. Especially to get all the parts to fit
together. When I dis-assembled the base and the body, the base distorted
slightly, and I had to find another assembled bike.

> > Comments, keywords, category, etc????
> 
> I haven't looked at the DAT code in enough detail to make many comments
> about it.  What I did look at, looked good.

ok.

> The orientation of the parts looks just right.  I agree with the
> categorization of the motorcycle parts under "Car".

It was the only one that made much sense... Will the 2 wheel motorbike go
here too?  I believe someone else is nearly finished with it.

> I'm not sure about the the "Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels" name.  I
> don't *dislike* it, but I wonder if there's something better. Specifically:

Lutz had these two lines in his list;
30189  Tricycle Pivot
30190  Tricycle Front Wheel Center
I personally like Tricycle, but I had a suggestion to change it, so I did.

> - Is there a general, non-trademark name for three-wheeled motorbikes?
> - Is the leading "Minifig" a good thing?  Since the advanced categorization
> is "Car", throwing the parts in the middle of the Minifig parts
> (alphabetically) could be misleading.
The more I think about it, I don't think it should be there(Minifig).

> - Might there be some word or term that would cover all the minifig/prefab
> vehicles: the motorcycle, the bicycle and the motortrike.

Cycles, other vehicles?

> These files:
> 
> 30189C1.DAT   Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Handlebars shortcut
> 30187C1.DAT   MotorBike Body 3 wheel complete shortcut
> 
> should be changed to:
> 
> 30189C01.DAT  Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Handlebars Shortcut
> 30187C01.DAT  Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Shortcut

I actually had a "0" in them, and I think I noticed a few other parts that
didn't have it, so I removed it. It's pretty easy to change it.

> side note: I think we should change the nomenclature "(Complete Assembly
> Shortcut)" to simply "Shortcut" for all files.

Ok. I agree.

> Could you make another shortcut file?  One that would include a minifig
> rider?  This file would be:
> 
> 30187C02.DAT  Motorcycle with 3 Wheels with Rider Shortcut

Should the minifig be a shortcut as well, or all the minifig pieces with the
bike in one file? The head will need to be verticle for helmet placement, if
possible, right?

> > 0 KEYWORDS minifig, tricycle, motorbike, motorcycle, motor, cycle
> 
> You could add "ATV", "chopper", "Town", "City Centre", and any other themes
> you can think of.

ok, I'll add them.  :-)

> Colorwise, I'd make the wheel centres white in the shortcut files.  I did a
> (very) short survey, and it looks like white is the predominant wheel-hub
> color for motortrikes.

This is what I thought... The few we had all had white wheels, however, we
had some yellow wheels that came on other sets. I didn't check to see if
other sets had white or other color wheels.

> Also, I'm unsure about using color 256 for the tyres in the shortcut files.
> There was some discussion around using that color, but I don't think there
> was any clear acceptance of it as an official "matte black".

Should I change these to "0" for black? :-\

Paul


http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_parts.htm (finished parts)
http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_todo.htm (in process)
http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_todo2.htm (planned)



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: New Part - 30187 Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Body
 
(...) It's the only *current* category that makes sense. We may need to switch over to a generic "Vehicle" category at sometime. (...) I kinda like Tricycle. It *might* be confused with the DUPLO Tricycle, but I doubt it. (...) I'm thinking so, too. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
  Rubber Black (was: New Part - 30187 Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Body)
 
This is a separate reply, because this stuff needed to be XFUT lugnet.cad.dev. (...) Or we (that's an inclusive we, not just Paul, Steve and Franklin) should make a decision on what we want to do with "rubber black". There's definitely precedent for (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: New Part - 30187 Minifig Motorcycle with 3 Wheels Body
 
(...) Wow! They look great! :) (...) I haven't looked at the DAT code in enough detail to make many comments about it. What I did look at, looked good. The orientation of the parts looks just right. I agree with the categorization of the motorcycle (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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