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Re: LEGO brick bookends
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lugnet.fun.crafts
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Mon, 12 Jun 2000 02:40:57 GMT
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In lugnet.fun.crafts, Eric Kingsley writes:
> I havn't tried it but my guess would be that it would be too light just
> using bricks.
Hey -- wot about those "weight" bricks that they sell (or once sold) with
the Boats sets? I think they're 2x6x2 or 2x8x2 or something like that and
they're pretty heavy, and they're "real LEGO."
> You could try a couple of things I can think of off the top
> of my head.
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> 1. Use a heavy object (A real brick?) surrounded by LEGO bricks to add
> weight.
I could live with that.
> 2. Or more time consuming and tedious would be to use a metal soder -sp?
> that melts at a low temperature that you could melt to fill in 1/2 to
> 2/3'rds of each brick to add weight. IF you don't care about the brick of
> course.
I think LEGO bricks melt at a much, much lower temperature than solder. :-(
> Either way is somewhat unpurist so it depends if you want Bookends made out
> of LEGO or mostly LEGO like bookends.
Well, if I did it, I'd do it mainly for the fun of it (not so much for the
fun of doing it but for the fun of having it) -- assuming it came out bright
and cheerful and fun looking like a bright LEGO brick -- so the main thing
I'd go after would be something suggesting "ahh, LEGO!". If it had a lead
weight inside and still looked like LEGO bricks, that'd be Okie Dokie with me.
Even looked like a giant 2x4 brick and didn't use any LEGO elements at all
but maybe just painted wood around a lead weight -- Yah -- I'd love that!!
Here's a sketch of what I mea
http://www.lugnet.com/fun/crafts/~1/bookends/
--Todd
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| (...) Here's another thought along those lines. What about using one of the new "LEGO Soft" Bricks to create a mold? They have them down at TCS now and they look pretty cool. They are soft and not very heavy on their own but I think they are about (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| (...) If you go to some Toys R Us stores, they have large hollow plastic bricks for trim in their Lego section. I bet you could find a way to snag one, and use it for a mold. What you fill it with is up to you. (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| (...) I havn't tried it but my guess would be that it would be too light just using bricks. You could try a couple of things I can think of off the top of my head. 1. Use a heavy object (A real brick?) surrounded by LEGO bricks to add weight. 2. Or (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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