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(...) Sure, but a STACK of 10? (ie rigid column) no doubt. I'm talking about normal building tecniques and I'll wave the age limit. (12?) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The biggest plate you have with the 2x2 next smallest plate centered and firmly attached to the larger. Smaller on top. (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I dunno. Personally, I've always had problems with the 1x1 joystick piece. If I pull the handle, it simply comes off, and the rounded top base has nothing to hold onto when pulling it off. Fredrik (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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A Technic #2 axle in a Technic Connector (ldraw part 3651). Will Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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That's my vote too. There just is NOTHING to grip. and if you are not careful you can bend or break the antenna or the housing, it's a pretty fragile part. Plates can always be gotten off with those gray things, you know, the things you use to take (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't try this at home kids! The hardest parts I ever had to disentangle were two: (URL) you recall, they have a handle underneath with another three holes on the underside as well. Just idly playing with them, I wondered how tightly they (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As far as "normalcy" goes, I've drawn blood a few times separating two tighly-sealed 2x2 plates. Any bigger a plate and you can bend them just enough to create a seam into which a fingernail will fit. 2x2's are just too small, and God forbid (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is this the original criteria, or an extra one? It takes creativity (and admittedly, in some cases, stupidity) to to find non-normal hard to remove combinations :) (...) Usually I find these quite easy with a brick seperator, or maybe I just (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) thin rubber band around the protruding axle - it pulls out easily then. Chris (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Larry Pieniazek (<383FE36E.462C9BD6@...ager.net>) wrote at 13:58:06 (...) Yep. It definitely gets my vote. I've resorted to the careful use of a craft knife to prise them off on several occasions. (...) Brick Separator? (not in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Try getting getting one of a 1x1 round plate :( My fingers absent-mindedly found this particular combination as I played with some pieces whilst reading Lugnet today! After the two space laser-gun things almost tore off my thumb-nail, I think (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. My nastiest separations involved 2 2x2s. -John (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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The hardest piece I have ever removed was a 2x3 plate from a one brick high basic baseplate. I actually had to resort to using my teeth, and I broke one of the brackets on my braces trying, cement and all. That was a few years ago, and I have since (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I would say that any brick where one of those gizmos (I am NOT saying the name but John Neal knows what I mean, he usually catches me out and throws bricks hard enough to hurt) can get a grip is NOT in the "hardest piece" contest. Not even close. 2 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3840C7B7.1E7F0761@v...er.net>... (...) Actually, I usually find 2 2x2s fairly easy with one whatzit (a green one has a place of honor beside my keyboard, I've got grey ones for the kitchen and bathroom, and soon (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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OW! Painful memories of the same situation are coming back to me now. This is what keep me from reassembling my Galaxy Commander for several years. -Chris (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I did this recently, and I had little trouble. They were two new ones, so that may be the reason. Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Push a Technic Bush onto a regular antenna as far as it will go, then just try to get it off. Unfortunately, I've done this with 8 antennae for a spider walker, and I'm not sure if I'll ever get all 8 off. -John Van Rick Kujawa (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) firmly (...) Ahhh, this one is easy as long as it is a PLATE, not a tile. All you need is a 6+ length beam of any sort. connect beam to small plate, pull sideways. Done. Mike (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The final, final answer: :-) Two 2x4 bricks in a duplo car. I still haven't figured out how to get them out, they just fit going in. The duplo tubes are quit tall (relatively) so produce quite a bit of friction. The top of the studs are a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have no experience with Duplo, but I've had tremendous difficulty removing a 4x4 (or 4x6; I can't remember) from the inside of a Pirates rowboat. Dave! (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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This sounds impossible. Perhaps you can split the car in two and then remove the bricks and glue it all together :-) Seriously, the only thing that I can think of will make permanent damage to at least two lego bricks. You need a 2*2 brick and some (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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