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Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 05:10:04 GMT
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Nephilim wrote
> 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.
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 http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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| (...) I agree. And make them thicker in the middle than at the ends, for authentic scale models. (the problem being of course that that's used for perspective views looking up from the bottom of the temple, so not quite appropriate for scale models) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) oarsmen. (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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