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Re: Anyone want hinge bricks from Lego Direct?
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Wed, 3 May 2000 14:07:34 GMT
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Dr. John,
You've got my attention. I'll take 100 in each color.
They make for great multi-sided buildings, and buildings of odd angles.
I'll take any color they produce.
But I still want classic windows....
Gary Istok
"Representing the interests of the skyscraper folks"
John J. Ladasky Jr. wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I'm not posting this to the Lego Direct newsgroup at the moment. Unless there
> is a large amount of interest in this topic, this post will just qualify as
> noise over there.
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> By now, most Lugnet readers have heard about the forthcoming Lego Direct service
> -- however, just a few days ago I mentioned LD casually in a post and got a
> response from another reader asking, "what's that?" So, I'll summarize briefly.
> Soon, we part-hungry AFOL will be able to order SOME parts in bulk lots (roughly
> 50 to 100 parts each, depending on the piece) from the factory. There will be
> approximately forty standard bricks, tiles and plates offered at all times.
> However, additional parts will be offered at times. These extra parts will only
> be made if enough people commit to buying them.
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> Which additional parts might people want? I know, the train heads are already
> clamoring for train doors and windows, and the skyscraper folks want hundreds of
> other window types. Cool, I might need some of those. However, I've got this
> urge to build angled walls using 1 X 4 hinge bricks. You know, this part...
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> http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/images/3830.gif
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> ... connected to this part:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/images/3831.gif
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> To build (for example) a complete octagonal one-story building and have it hold
> together reasonably well requires 16 hinges. I do have 16 of these, but they're
> all different colors. To make a multi-story structure (and what AFOL doesn't
> want to make something big!) would require many more. I've checked some of the
> reseller's sites. Ouch. Prices are $0.70 per assembly or higher, and nobody
> has nearly the quantities I want. I could clean everyone out and still not be
> able to build what I have in mind.
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> These are pretty basic parts. I can't be alone in wanting them. If the price
> was not unreasonable, I would be interested in ordering 48 (O.K., 50 if that's
> the minimum) of these hinge assemblies in black, white, yellow, and blue, for
> starters -- and if the LD basic-brick selection includes light gray and tan,
> then I would want hinges in those colors as well.
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> My order alone probably won't convince the factory to produce the extra parts.
> So I'm hoping that some of you folks out there will speak up and indicate your
> interest in these parts. When the offer comes, we can line up as a coordinated
> buyers' club and get the parts made. Let me know!
>
> --
> John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
> Department of Structural Biology
> Stanford University Medical Center
> Stanford, CA 94305
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| Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:391032A5.6B0922...ich.edu... (...) Hey that gives me an idea! With hinges and classic windows, I could build a Flat Iron Building! Cool! Yeah, I want some of these parts... Build On! John Matthews (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi, everyone, I'm not posting this to the Lego Direct newsgroup at the moment. Unless there is a large amount of interest in this topic, this post will just qualify as noise over there. By now, most Lugnet readers have heard about the forthcoming (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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