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Re: definition of SPUD (was Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com)
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:11:38 GMT
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[snipped .belville and .faq]
In lugnet.belville, -.faq, and -.general, Nephilim wrote:
> In lugnet.belville, Shiri Dori writes:
> > BTW, SPUD stands for...?
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> SPUD = Single Purpose Unlegoish Decorative element. Coined by
> Paul Gyugyi in an r.t.l post on 12/27/1995 to describe the big
> barrel element that was introduced in the 1996 Wild West sets.
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> The "U" seems to have mutated over time to "ugly" or "useless"
> in common venacular, but I prefer the original "unlegoish."
I like the way the U can stand for all of these things. Poetic overloading of
the meaning. :)
> A SPUD differs from a POOP (a Piece that should made Of Other Pieces)
> in that it usually NOT something that could be easily constructed
> from other bricks - like a dolphin, a stingray, etc. I would
> consider the cannons on a pirate ship to be a canonical SPUD.
Especially the US cannons. Talk about useless and decorative.
SPUD-ness is in the eye of the beholder. For some builders, elements like
cannons and horses are essential to their creations. Others would rather they
didn't exist.
Ditto for POOP-ness. Heck, even deciding if a piece is a POOP or a SPUD depends
on your POV. Horses in the Yellow Castle are made out of many pieces. Later
castles had the modern horse element. So are horses SPUDdy, POOPy, or both?
Steve
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