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Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 04:33:01 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Dee writes:
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:37:30 GMT, Brian Lanning uttered the following
profundities...
The trojan war?  How about a big lego horse with minifigs hiding in it?  A
menotar. The cyclops.  Medusa minifig hair.  :)  Greek warships with • oarsmen.
What would greek fire look like?  Just imagine white 2x2x11 column pieces in
vast quantities.

Prefer 2x2x1 column pieces. Use Technic axles for stability,
if that is why you prefer 2x2x11's.

Technic axles do allow very stable columns.

I can imagine appreciating the 11-tall column elements for
their smoothness (rather than having their clean lines interrupted
every brick-height) .... but having a bunch of 2x2x1 rounds would
be much more flexible in terms of building OTHER things.

If LEGO were to make greek sets and include 11-tall column elements,
I'd want the columns to be grooved (what's the fancy term for this?)
with the typical vertical grooves ... making them even less useful
in other contexts.  If they're gonna make them POOPy, might
as well go whole hog and quite decorative.

--

jthompson@esker.com   "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily



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  Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
 
Nephilim wrote (...) The technical term is fluted (?) And I agree. If they have to do it, go at it with style. Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
 
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 04:33:01 GMT, Nephilim uttered the following profundities... (...) The clean lines are indeed interrupted, but some Greek and Egyptian ruins' columns are in bad shape, and have that similar look to them, so....a slight degree of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
 
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:37:30 GMT, Brian Lanning uttered the following profundities... (...) Prefer 2x2x1 column pieces. Use Technic axles for stability, if that is why you prefer 2x2x11's. (24 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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