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Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:57:07 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Joshua Delahunty writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> > > If so, the parts I suggest
> > > to rename could be called
> > >
> > > 2637 Technic Liftarm 16L with Axleholes
> > > 2739 Technic Liftarm 6L with Ball Joint Sockets
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> I've long given up on arguing for any of this too strongly,
> but 2739 is a steering throw-rod, no doubt about it. To move
> it into liftarm or axle status is not the way to go, IMHO.
IMHO we should try to describe parts as genericly (sp?) as possible
regardless of the obvious or how LEGO has used it in any particular set(s).
There's always some imaginative builder who can use a part in a way nobody
thought of before. Let's try not to limit that imagination.
> 2739 was created (well, released) in 1988 as part of a very
> specific series of steering parts, and has that specific function
> that it was designed for. It can be used in many other ways,
> but that's really its purpose.
>
> 2736 Ball-hitch with axle
> 2737 Technic steering arm, 2 ball hitches
> 2738 Technic steering a-frame
> 2739 Technic #6 tie-rod, end ball-hitches (female)
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> > No, I don't think that would be the way to go.
> >
> > > But back to the liftarm category. In my opinion, it is wrong to put
> > > the halfbeams into this category. The halfbeams are smooth beams with
> > > rounded ends and no studs and with a half stud width. I think we need
> > > a new category to catch these elements, as well as the fairly new full
> > > width smooth beams with rounded ends.
> >
> > Agreed, both on the half-width and full-width beams should be something
> > other than "liftarm".
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> The problem was the third element in the list of parts packs I
> mentioned: a 1x3 rounded "half beam". TLG started it.
>
> -- joshua
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