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Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:21:50 GMT
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Remy Evard (<8EB7E4871evardmcsanlgov@lugnet.com>)
wrote at 04:27:45
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> Speaking of which - when did the 1x1 cylinders switch from having
> complete studs to the crater look style? In the cylinders of course,
> it's not actually a crater, it's actually an open hole.
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> The 1975 sets I have all had solid studs, but after that I'm not sure.
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> And why, I wonder? Certainly you can use the hole to push tubes
> through, but that's not done all that frequently, and you could make
> the same argument for having holes in the studs of bricks...
It's probably the same reason as minifig heads changed. The proposed
reason is that it reduces the choking risk when small children swallow
them.
That doesn't explain why it wasn't done to 1x1x1 bricks, though.
--
Tony Priestman
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| gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <3879FD58.50B7BAB1@umich.edu>: <snip> (...) Speaking of which - when did the 1x1 cylinders switch from having complete studs to the crater look style? In the cylinders of course, it's not actually a crater, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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