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Has anyone checked out these new soft foam bricks? You can see them at: (URL) wild. And _very_ expensive. $2 - $3 per brick. Steve (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) I actually got to see them and hold them the day they came into the store at The Construction Site (Just fortunate I guess). They are expensive but they are also very cool. They are soft and made out of foam/rubber material (hard to explain). (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) The idea of making some life sized furniture from them springs to mind. Wonder if the interlinking would be strong enough to hold a nice comfy lounge seat together when I sit in it? regards lawrence (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) No, I hadn't seen them yet. They look kind of cool, but who's going to spend $90+ just so their kids can play with them? (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Foam/rubber is the best description I can think of. Legoland California has a bunch that they sometimes have out for kids - and me ;) - to play with. (...) Well, that's not entirely true. They definitely don't click, becuase they're made out (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) If this is true, then they might make an interesting support for hollow roofs and the like... -- Richard (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, what adult is going to spend hundreds of dollars on just a few little Lego pieces...oh wait. Ben Roller (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) The idea of making some life sized furniture from them springs to mind. Wonder if the interlinking would be strong enough to hold a nice comfy lounge seat together when I sit in it? regards lawrence (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) I suspect you have to go foam-primo-duplo-system which adds a few layers. Wait! CAN you plug a primo into the bottom of a duplo? I don't think so, I think you can only go the other way, And I suspect the tubes may be too big to plug into the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> Actually you can, there are certain primo blocks with duplo studs on the top. Jude My niece is gonna love these. But that's gonna be a BIG $$$ gift. Maybe Christmas?!? (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Bricks are 3x taller than plates. :) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) than (...) And? :-) Start with a 2x2 System brick. A Duplo 2x2 brick is 8 times bigger (volumetrically) than System and a Primo 2x2 is 8 times bigger than the Duplo, right? Or is it that a Primo 1x1 is 8 times bigger than the Duplo 2x2. I (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Just that Lego doesn't in general attach any huge significance to powers of two. (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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Steve Martin <martinsa@mail.com> wrote in message news:Fy06Eu.GDq@lugnet.com... (...) They have a room full of these at LEGOLand Windsor. They are indeed pretty cool, and with my 2 daughters I built a house big enough for the two of them get into (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) My son and I had great fun building with these at LEGOLAND last week. They had several hundred of these soft bricks there. They are strong enough to hold my weight, but I'm not sure that the connection strength would be enough to hold you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) David - Where were these at the park? If they were in Brick By Brick, I missed them there. The only place I saw them was somewhere only staff could go, certainly _not_ open to the public. Then again, I was too busy to really actually see parts (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would say it was exactly half way between the model shop (where the LDRAW and Trains display was) and the park entrance. Specifically, they were in "Duplo Play" - right beside the "Build & Test", and across from "Maniac Challenge" and "LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Though I should add, not all at once! The 'buildings' had walls approximately two feet tall, with a slightly higher section for the door. You had to stoop to get through. Well, the children had to stoop. Grown ups would have to crawl! -- David (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, I must've overlooked them, seriously. They'd be cool to have but yes, too much $$. I wonder why they're so much?? -im (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) They were in Brick by Brick, Tim, down at the bottom of the display cases. They were also for sale in The Big Store, though 4 different employees told me they weren't (They *were*, back in the Duplo section directly behind the cash register). (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Probably because they are marketed towards Day Cares, etc who are able to write them off. Wow, wouldn't it be neat if you could write off LEGO on your taxes!! "Honey, I was just trying to lower our bottom line!" ;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe because they don't make that many of them, like plain old supply and demand, since they'd only make maybe like 10,000 a year, they're probably so much to offset the cost of all the new machinery they need. Or something. Alan (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) too (...) write (...) Not to mention would have the space for them. We've got 30-something of those plastic Chub(s?) Baby-Wipes Bricks (imported from the USA IIRC) and they really really really annoy me spacewise, whether stacked up or all (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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