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Re: New pictures of some Old creations :-)
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:59:20 GMT
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Magnus Lauglo" <thunder_road@hotmail.com>
> Ah, got it! I thought the 3x4x5 was referring to some triangular brick • I
> wasn't familiar with.
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> I think Ed "Boxer" figured out that you could make an exact 45 degree • angle
> using a triangle of 7 by 7 by 10 (counting studs, not spaces), or • multiples
> thereof, such as 14 by 14 by 20. It isn't exact, but pretty darn bear.
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> 7 times 7 is 49, times 2 is 98, which is almost the same as 100 (10 • times 10).
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> He used this to great effect on a castle he built with a gatehouse on • a corner.
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> http://www.geocities.com/edboxer/lego.html
Very Interesting. I'll have to play with these ratios and see how close
they are to perfect Lego tolerances. Thanks!
Too bad Ed Boxer doesn't have more pictures of his older stuff. I'd
really like to see some close-ups. His castles were one of the big
reasons that I got back into Castle after leaving my Dark Age. I had
nearly forgotten that. If you are reading this Ed, Thanks to you too!
-Andy Lynch
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| (...) Ah, got it! I thought the 3x4x5 was referring to some triangular brick I wasn't familiar with. I think Ed "Boxer" figured out that you could make an exact 45 degree angle using a triangle of 7 by 7 by 10 (counting studs, not spaces), or (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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