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Re: Elements I'd like to see...
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 19:10:12 GMT
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James Brown wrote:

> In lugnet.dear-lego, Robert M. Dye writes:
> > Gender changers...and no, I don't mean more wigs for the minifigs.
> > 
> > What I would like would be plates with studs on both sides...so that we
> > could make round windows out of the arches, and then some kind of brick with
> > recesses on both sides, so we could integrate the who thing back into the
> > other pieces.
> 
> Since the topic has come up again...I'd like to see:
> 
> Inverse corners, roof peak ends, roof peak joiners, and roof peak corners for
> the low-sloped bricks.
> 
> Ditto for the steep sloped corners.
> 
> Pieces for changing roof pitch - mostly corners and inverse corners.  I'd love
> to see a 3x2 corner slope (actually two - one for left and right) that is low-
> sloped on one side, and medium sloped on the other!
> 
> James
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James,  we must be reading from the same wish list.  I like your answers!  I would
add to the sloped bricks, inside (concave) corner bricks in extreme and low slope
sizes (along with the needed peaks and peak connectors).  I would also like to see
a 1x1 brick that is half of a "half pyramid" brick (a quarter pyramid).  I've
found a need for these in the past.

Also here are a few additional items:

Macaroni (quarter circle) bricks without that darn notch of missing plastic.  I
realize you need these when attaching to a baseplate, but back in 1956 when they
started with the macaroni bricks, they sold a parts pack that had them with and
without that notch (I have this pack - it also contains very rare 1/2 circle
bricks (2 macaroni bricks together) also with and without the notch.  Apparently
TLC discontinued these other pieces by 1958.   But that is a pity, because
everytime I look at some of TLC's master builders buildings, I find the macaroni
brick columns very noticeable and unsightly.  If TLC made the macaroni bricks
without the notches (in addition to the current ones), you could build a
smokestack or lighthouse, or one thick column, all without those unsightly holes
all over the structure.  On a similar note, I also think that the large 4x4
quarter circle brick would also be great with and without the notches.

On an earlier idea, I think that newr LEGO windows that fit comfortably within the
LEGO arches would be great.  Especially for 1x4, 2x6 and 2x8 arches.

Another idea I would love to see implemented would be to have TLC create a few
pointed Gothic type arches.  Say a 1x2x4 and a 1x2x6, and maybe even a new size
1x3x8).  All the current arches are really great, but more Romanesque in style
than Gothic.

And finally, I would like to see TLC reintroduce the old 1x1x1 white LEGO letters
and numbers bricks.  They were really great back when they were available in the
'58-'72 timeframe (possibly until later).  And while I'm on this tangent, I know
that LEGO Dacta sells 4x4 white tiles with huge letters and numbers on them.  It
would be nice to have a regular LEGO pack with smaller letters and numbers on 2x2
white tiles.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Elements I'd like to see...
 
<description of system of low slopes> How about stud-less slopes while we're at it, just the sloping part, no brick on the edge? I think that after Lego makes all of these different types of slope bricks for all situations, then, they should take a (...) (27 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: Elements I'd like to see...
 
Hi everybody, I made my own low slope inside corner by carrefully cutting 2 4X3 low slope diagonally, starting at the top right corner, then the right stud (in the middle) going down and finished 8 mm from the bottom left side (1 brick large). For (...) (27 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Elements I'd like to see...
 
(...) Since the topic has come up again...I'd like to see: Inverse corners, roof peak ends, roof peak joiners, and roof peak corners for the low-sloped bricks. Ditto for the steep sloped corners. Pieces for changing roof pitch - mostly corners and (...) (27 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  

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