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(...) I just tried it and it doesn't well enough to convince me that it was intentional. Yes, there is something of an X-shaped socket in the middle, but the axle goes in really hard, comes out far too easy, and causes the sides to bow out quite a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just discovered you can do the same thing with the 1x2 log. If you look closely at the bottom, you can see the ridges. Steve (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, that seemed really odd to me as well. Thinking on it from the other direction, though, I've noticed that those little palm trunk segments can be fairly tough to link together compared to basic bricks and such. Perhaps they changed the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) Steve (21 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I never knew that! Just tried it and COOL! Sometimes I feel like I should have an entire display shelf of unusual part combinations as reminders and inspiration! Dave (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK Clark, Here we go..... (...) Yes, the white/off white inner boxes are of parts packs from 1955-59. The black inner boxes are 1960-62. The full color with flap and no inner box (tray) are from 1963-65. The monochromatic blue boxes are from (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, Thanks for the pictures and information. There is an interesting variety to these boxes: (URL) have a few questions: 1) Most of the boxes are colored sleeves that surround a white or black box with mono-colored graphics. But I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was when they juniorized the palm trees. In my mind, that's hard to top. - Mike (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm.. Is there any "truly" redundant brick in that respect? There's 1x1x5's which have a big hollow in them, usable for SOME things that a stack of 1x1 brick couldn't do (not to mention the hollow stud on the top). And IIRC the 1x2x2 brick (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Strand wrote in message ... (...) Aha! BUT, you can't put a technic pin up inside a stack of 1x1 plates like you can a 1x1 brick, so they are not functionally identical :-) Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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