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Re: If TLG was going to cease production of any 5 pieces which ones should they be?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 01:43:47 GMT
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Now, now, all you Jr. bashers calm down!
The junior pieces (like the 1x2x5 and 1x1x5) are excellent for building
sky-scrapers with a lot of windows separated by small solid sections. In
this case, you would have MORE poop without those Jr. pieces!
Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message
news:FrFwoI.591@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Aaron Hines writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> > > If TLG was going to cease production of any 5 pieces which ones should
> > > they be?
> > > I vote for:
> > > the townjr carbase
> > > the castle crappy arch piece
> > > the townjr truck base
> > > the insectoids large leg
> > > the insectoids wing
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Wilson
> > > wilsonj@xoommail.com
> > > http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
> >
> > Hmmm...not sure which one you mean by the "castle crappy arch"...I like • most
> > of the arches. If you mean the 1x3x12, I like it for support underneath • large
> > structures. Here are my five choices:
> >
> > 1-piece palm tree
> > Rock Raiders chassis
> > 2x2x11 super-tall column
> > Moo Men heads (at least get rid of the grey eyes!)
> > CastleJr half-tower piece
>
> These are all decent selections but I do have a few I would get rid of • first.
>
> 1x2x2 Brick (This has to be my biggest pet peeve piece just give us 2 • 1x2's!)
> 2x2x3 Brick
> 1x2x5 Brick
> 1x1x5 Brick
> And just about any other POOP.
>
> Note: As for the CastleJr half-tower piece. It is awful yes and I could • do
> without it but it can be put to good use in places. Just check out my • Inn.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/castle/inn/
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> Granted this is the only MOC that I have seen using the piece but I just • set my
> mind to putting the part to use in a MOC and this is what came out of it • so I
> am pretty happy.
>
> My biggest pet peeve parts are those that can easily be made out of other • basic
> parts. Especially those that can be built out of basic bricks. The new
> CastleJr half-tower does not fall into that catagory so there are a lot of
> other parts I would like see gone before it.
>
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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