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Re: Elements I'd like to see...
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Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:10:55 GMT
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Wow, Stephane, can I send you some 4x3 bricks to customize? I could have used 12
of those in red in my new Cathedral. You could start a LEGO Customizing Service!
Gary Istok
Stephane Pilon wrote:
> 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 the other one, it's the same except it's left to
> right. I used A.B.S. plumbing glue and I got a pretty nice result.
>
> Here a little exemple: (Excuse it, pretty tough to do it with text
> editor)
> ___________________ Start at the corner
> I /I
> I O O O O I Cut in the middle of stud
> I____________ / I
> I / I O I
> I / I I
> I / I O I
> I_____ / I I
> 8 mm I I O I
> 8 mm I I I
> I_______I___I
>
> Is this a sacrilege to modify the Lego brick?
> This could be a interrestig debate!
>
> Stephane...
>
> "I did'nt play with lego, I express my creativity" Yeah right!
>
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Gary R. Istok writes:
> >
> >
> > 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
> > > http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
> > > I'm getting paid for this --> Alladvantage.com
> > > Sign up via me, the reference $$ go to fund Lugnet.
> >
> > 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.
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| Gary, I'm not interested to start my own "Customize brick compagnie" ;-) But I can tell the Lego community how I do it. Customize theses bricks is not something easy but, I'm sure if you use the right tool, and if you realy take the time to be (...) (27 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Elements I'd like to see...
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| 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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