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Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:30:29 GMT
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"Joshua Delahunty" <dulcaoin@cse.ucsc.edu> writes:

>  Personally (and I'm apparently in the minority here), I want my
>  part names to work for me intuitively, and if I have to shift
>  mindsets "Hmm, let's see, I think this is something they'd call
>  Technic, so let me start there" rather than go with with it was
>  initially (I'm speaking more of the steering link than anything
>  else), it's a lot easier to remember where in the list it might be.


Admittedly, it's a bit early in the morning over here, but I can't
understand wether you mean that you want the parts to be categorized
after the the type of part, or in what kind of set it appears the
first time!  *boggle*


What about the Technic Ski Pole, for example?  It was originally
introduced along with the Technic figure ski element in the mid 80's
Technic arctic sets.  It has a technic connector pin on one end, but
apart from that it has very few traces of technic on it.  And nowadays
it is used mostly as a decorative item in Model Team sets.  Should it
be in the Technic category, or should it be in the Bar category?


>  It was in Blue in 1995 in a Freestyle set, at least...


It appeared that early in a Freestyle set?!  Wow, at least it
demonstrates that my knowledge about Freestyle is limited.


Fredrik



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(...) I'd like them to be categorized as the part is used, for the most part, rather than with a hyper-technical over-engineered approach. The steering rod is (to me, personally), a steering rod before it's a technic axle with ball sockets. When I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
 
(...) I like it too, though I think "Towball socket" is a too-long way to say "ball socket". (...) How to determine if it's TRULY a Technic item though? Personally (and I'm apparently in the minority here), I want my part names to work for me (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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