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Re: DINOTRON: A cross-system hybrid MOC theme
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lugnet.duplo, lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 18:36:48 GMT
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In lugnet.duplo, Michele Evard writes:
> At 06:15 PM 4/3/00 +0000, Todd Lehman wrote:
> > I wonder if Winnie-the-Pooh can hold things in his hand or if they're just
> > build for honeydipping...? I'm pretty sure Eeyore has a DUPLO stud on his
> > back which would convert nicely to a 2x2 SYSTEM brick or larger.
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> todd, i loved the dinotron creations & pictures! thanks for sharing.
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> i got curious about winnie-the-pooh so i pulled out my 15-month-old son's
> 2987 set.
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> (i don't know all the jargon here yet, so i hope this is clear.)
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> bad news about eeyore--no studs on his back.
Nooo...? :-( :-( :-(
What hunched-over animal am I thinking of then? Must be one of the DUPLO
farm animals...maybe a tiger? Eeyore would've been a lot of fun.
> if there was a 3x3 duplo
> brick, each of his feet would connect to each corner stud.
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> similarly, piglet-attached-to-a-blue-boucy-ball only has a lego connector
> at his base; it sits on one duplo stud, and doesn't connect to system
> directly.
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> tigger has 3 ways to connect to a duplo brick--each foot & his
> tail. winnie's feet each have indentions for duplo studs as well.
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> winnie & tigger both have hands that grasp: tigger's back hand, and both of
> winnie's hand. either of them can therefore pull the blue wagon that comes
> with the set. (in its center it has 2x2 duplo studs, and underneath it has
> the same central post as a 2x2 duplo brick, so it can sit on duplo as well.)
Ahh -- cool -- that's encouraging! What other sorts of things (if anything?)
can they grasp? Do they grasp the standard rod/pole thickness (for example
the classic 4-tall antenna with a round stud at the bottom)? Or, like LEGO
TECHNIC figures, do they grasp TECHNIC pegs or LEGO SYSTEM studs?
(I'm just thinkin' that if there's something -- anything :) -- standard that
they can grasp, there'd be some path to making a Winnie-the-Poohzooka. :)
> i tried a few lego system items to see what they could hold, and didn't
> have a lot of luck. the only thing i found that winnie will hold securely
> is the hand of a minifig; the grasp is sufficiently tight to support the
> minifig's weight.
Ahh -- could you try something else?-- a minifig hand fits into a LEGO SYSTEM
tube (such as the bottom of a parro), which means that it's the same diameter
as a SYSTEM stud or a TECHNIC peg. Do you or Remy have any TECHNIC 2L gray
pegs or friction pegs that you could try out?
> tigger's hand will surround a minifig's hand, but not
> snugly. an axle fits in winnie's hand, but due to the angle of the hand
> position, it wasn't secure.
How about a bendy plastic ribbed TECHNIC tube? (Mmm, maybe those are too big.)
> you might want to use a soft washer-type item to compensate.
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> the only movable part on any of the four characters are winnie-the-pooh's
> legs; they move together, hinged at the hip, so he can stand or sit.
Wow, so his arms and head don't turn then? Well, at least he can bend over
to poke his nose into the honey! :)
Thanks for the details!
> michele
> (with andre's assistance)
What does Andre think of the W-t-P characters?
--Todd
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