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Re: Play "I can name that piece..."
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:50:52 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (Joshua Delahunty) writes:
> > > Piece two: Maybe a stumper. It is black, and 2.256 inches high, x @ 1.25
> > > x@ 1.25. It has 8 sections on one side, and looks a little like a corner
> > > piece of some sortIt slopes out from the top to the halfway point, and
> > > then back again. Looks like a 45 degree slope, more or less. Says (c)
> > > LEGO group, which may help date it a bit, and has two ovals on the
> > > indented area. These don't seem to serve ANY purpuse, not even
> > > decoration, so may be for identifying in some way?
> > >
> > > Underneath, in the square to attach to the baseplate, says 4737, and
> > > then under that 3 (space) 02. Anybody know what it is, and what set it
> > > came from?
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> > 1x1 Tile, Top Compartmented, 1x1 Top, 6H (in Black)
> >
> > Qty Set U.S. Set Name Year Theme
> > --- ---- ---------------------- ---- --------------
> > 2 6891 Gamma-V Laser Craft 1985 LEGOLAND Space
> > 1 6972 Polaris-I Space Lab 1987 LEGOLAND Space
> > 2 6987 Message-Intercept Base 1988 Blacktron
> > 2 6956 Stellar Recon Voyager 1990 M:Tron
> > 2 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer 1990 M:Tron
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> Whoa there, daddio, I had to look at almost all the pictures of those sets
> before I understood what pieces that is. Calling it a tile and giving it a
> name like
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> 1x1 Tile, Top Compartmented, 1x1 Top, 6H (in Black)
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> doesn't take into consideration that the element is 3.5 x 3.5 studs in size
> when viewed from the top, so it kind of sounds like some tall skinny piece.
No, it doesn't (take that into consideration). The name comes from a
day when I named things more for their modification of a defined
element, rather than entire bounding-box approach to size.
Since they're no longer made, I haven't had reason to revisit the name
before.
> What is the function of those chiseled/recessed compartment/vent/indents?
> Is the element some kind of heat sink? I think it's a pretty cool piece --
> wish TLG still made it. Love the way it connects sideways like the 3x3x6
> corridor corner elements do in 6886 Galactic Peace Keeper.
Indeed, I believe an earlier name I had for it had "vented" or "heat
sink" involved in the name, but changed to "compartmented" for whatever
reason <shrug>.
I actually think of the element in terms of its relationship to
octagonal corridor elements, most especially the outside corner element.
> How about something like?--
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> 3.5x3.5x6 Quarter-Spherical Heat Sink
> or
> 3.5x3.5x6 Convex Corner Vent
Hmm. Don't like fractional lengths or widths, especially in light of my
brick.plate unit system for element heights, so I probably wouldn't use
either of those...
-- joshua
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| (...) Me too! If only they'd appeared in white a few times (because of all the white corridor elements). I think they only appeared in black & blue. (...) In that nomenclature, how do you write fractional plate measurements? A plate is 2 LU tall, 1 (...) (28 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Whoa there, daddio, I had to look at almost all the pictures of those sets before I understood what pieces that is. Calling it a tile and giving it a name like 1x1 Tile, Top Compartmented, 1x1 Top, 6H (in Black) doesn't take into consideration (...) (28 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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