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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  

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