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  Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick Part I -- Inferring the size of the 2 x 4 brick from Filed Patents and Trial Testomony RELATIVE DIMENSIONS STUD PITCH A standard Lego brick is a rectangle consisting of a number of projections, or (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
Umm ... How does this fit into lugnet.general? -- Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde "Jim Hughes" <hughesJ@one.net> wrote in message news:G8H1F9.ErE@lugnet.com... (...) bricks. (...) these (...) of (...) measured (...) towbar (...) micrometer or (...) (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
(...) lugnet.general– General community discussion of LEGO® sets, themes, promotions, characters, business units, parks, histories, future plans, catalogs, item pricing and availability, etc.; also, community-wide discussion of experiences and ideas (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
(...) The stud diameter above doesn't seem to match reality. That would imply that the space between two studs is 1.75 units, which is significantly different from the apparent measurement of 2 (recall that you can stand a plate on edge between two (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
Hi all, In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes writes: <snip> (...) What kit does this flexible towbar come from? I had one, but do not have all the old boxes, and instructions from when I was a kid. I'd like to get a list of all the kits I had all those (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
(...) I have a towbar that came with set #285 Samsonite Gift set. I'm assuming it came with the set, however I did recieve it opened but in very nice shape. I also have an instruction sheet to an unnumbered red Samsonite tanker truck with grey tires (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Relative and Absolute Measurement of the Lego Brick
 
(...) If I'm not mistaken, these values give an inter-stud distance of 1.875? That's closer to 2, and remember that a plate placed as you say is a *very* tight fit, and if you don't place / remove it carefully, you'll actually end up marking the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)

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