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(...) yah, we got it... and I was having quite a bit of fun to play with it. comes with 3 "light" bricks and 3 "sound" bricks... each makes the brick act differently... react to light, or movement, etc... Dan (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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Anyone bought the "my bot" yet? Is it worth it? The box sounds rather empty? Scott A (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Origin of the words "Duplo" and "Scala"
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(...) I always assumed that "Scala" was based on the word Scale. The figures and models seem geared towards a roughly real-world scale (as opposed to say, minifig scale... in which cars are never wide enough for two people to sit side-by-side). Tony (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: Origin of the words "Duplo" and "Scala"
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(...) DUPLO is like "double" or "duplicate" or "duplicity" -- i.e. 2x, which is how much bigger LEGO DUPLO bricks are compared to LEGO SYSTEM bricks. (Well, 2x in each of 3 dimensions, anyway.) SCALA was originally used for a line of LEGO jewelry (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.scala)
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| | Origin of the words "Duplo" and "Scala"
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How did they come up with those? They don't seem to be based on any words I can think of. (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.scala)
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