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(...) Never mind, I see the piece in one of the other photos :) This has to be one of the worst pieces ever made by the lego company, up there with the town jr car bases for crapness. (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:3A8A075D.7DE22C....com.au... (...) with a (...) peg. (...) there (...) Add to that the poxy 1-piece propeller on the 8855 prop plane ROSCO (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) a (...) Actually, I think this piece will find some good use. It has the advantage that it can be mounted stronger than the normal 2x2 tile with vertical peg. One thing it might be usefull for is an alternate bogie plate for trains. Frank (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree, Frank. It is also far superior to the 2x2 tile brick with top pin for the same reason. This new part is also found in the Life on Mars mecha, btw. Jeff (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes! I totally agree. This piece is more than the sum of its parts. The problem with the 2x2 tile with peg is that it does not have good adhesion. While it's fine for holding light things above it like copter rotors, the use in a train bogie (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In fact, I think in the Life on Mars sets, they actually take advantage of the ability to bury it for more strength, which is good since the LOM sets also have something heavier than a rotor. My guess is that it is showing up in the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll let you know when I have 10 of them scraped together. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Plus, when the LEGO-people are running their little ROI analyses to justify creating the new part mold, showing as many uses as possible for the piece has got to go a long way toward the bottom line. Ignoring the cost savings of using existing (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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