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Re: Where have all the Flowers Gone... Long time passing...
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Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:11:14 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Dear LEGO,
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> As many people on LUGNET know I have been trying to increase my collection of
> LEGO flowers and Classic Trees. The reason why I have turned to LUGNET is
> because I am finding it nearly impossible to find these parts any more. I
> realize that these parts have not been common in sets for a couple of years
> except for a stray flower is a hugh Town Jr. set but at least we had buckets
> that usually came with a couple flowers.
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> Now it seems that not even the Basic/Classic sets come with flowers and I
> havn't seen a classic tree in years. I realize that with the marketing focus
> on Boys that flowers, trees, and plant life in general is not a priority in the
> sets and I don't have a hugh problem with that although I would prefer a more
> unisex product line.
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> I guess my hope is that LEGO Direct will be able to provide us with parts like
> this. I personally like landscaping my projects quite a bit and it really adds
> the finishing touches that I am looking for when creating buildings. If LEGO
> Direct could offer us Classic trees (Great topiary bushes) in all shapes and
> sizes and Flowers in Red, White, Yellow, Blue, Pink, DkPink, and maybe Purple
> and Orange as well it would be a dream come true and I could build that big
> European Guarden for my village that I really want to do.
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I've recently built part of Rebel compound in the spirit of the moon of Yavin IV
(i.e., tropical), and I had the problem of not owning enough vegetation (and in
particular flowers). I came up with the following design for a large flowering
tropical plant, and I think that it came out quite nice:
Pieces:
1 brown 2x2 round plate (from Speeder Bikes)
1 green 4x4x2 cone (from Gasgano's pod)
9 green 1x1 round bricks (from Gasgano's pod)
5 red 1x1 round plates
4 white 1x1 round plates
Turn the brown plate upside down, and attach the cone. Thus, the green cone
will be inverted, with the brown plate as a base (studs down), and the green
female stud receptacles will be pointing up. Next, attach a 1x1 round brick to
the top of a 1x1 round plate. Do this 8 more times. Next, invert said round
brick/round plate units, and attach 5 units to receptacles of inverted cone.
Finally place 1 of the remaining inverted round brick/plate units in each of the
respective spaces between cone receptacles and cone walls. (There will be 4
such spaces--one in each corner of the cone.) Offset these round units so that
they lie at an angle, facing away from the upright units.
I hope that this explanation makes sense. I apologize for not having a scanned
picture. Anyway, though this plant cannot be attached to a baseplate, it is
wide enough to stay upright, and I think that it compliments a vegetated
landscape.
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