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Hi Tim, I agree with you completely, but I must correct you on the use of a term: SPUDs(*) are single-purpose-usele...decorative pieces. Think "rowboat". The 3-high 2x4 brick is not a SPUD. POOPs are pieces-out-of-other-pieces. I used to call these (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Paul Gyugyi" <paul@gyugyi.com> wrote in message news:G9C6Fu.3uB@lugnet.com... (...) Ok, my bad. The Single Purpose Useless...thing kinda did me in there :-) Still, POOPs are evil, nasty and very bad things. (...) Ok. (...) I don't know (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Tim, we came up with one... for all those blue castle toppers in the castle accessory pack... Freaking Annoying Roof Toppers Like anyone really needs anymore of those... I don't think we've gotten Shiri to add it yet though... Just figured I'd (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Duh Tim, you were there when I came up with that one :-P --Kyle High velocity LEGO/Keppler industries (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I remember it, but it just didn't catch on widespread like the rest. (duhh) ;) -Tim (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll continue to disagree, and I'll happily take those classic space printed 1x6x5 bricks off the hands of anyone who feels POOPs should never exist. I must say that I get tired listening to folks whining about POOPs when it is regularly (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3A99D1EF.5BDE29...ing.com... (...) when (...) Fine, if you're going to be picky about my statement, I'll revise it. Certain poops are a waste of money, and have no business existing. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Stop fighting! You're both right. (...) That statement is too strongly worded. I can come up with a justification for the existance of any part you care to name, and an example of a model that would be weaker if it had to use the composite parts (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ohh, I thought that was for the *big* tower roof sections, like in Dragon Masters... See, for instance, (URL). Steve (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G9DnBx.E2y@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) I bring to your attention the 1-piece axle/propeller in 8855. I can see *absolutely no justification* for that part. TLC could easily have (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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[removed .dear-lego from crosspost list on this reply] (...) The original example for a "POOP" (_P_ieces _O_utta _O_ther _P_ieces) back on RTL was a 1x1x5 tall brick, but IMHO, a BURP would also be an excellent example of a POOP. Naturally, it's (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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[removed .dear-lego from crosspost list on this reply -- remember that dear-lego is for open letters to TLC] (...) Frank said "good reasons," not "good uses." Big difference. :-) --Todd (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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Oh, well, so much for my resolve to stay out of the fray... (...) Part of my point on BURPs wasn't that in many instances they are effectively POOPs but that there are models which take advantage of their hollowness. Probably such a use wasn't (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're talking about the part in this view: (URL) a 1988 (!!!) Technic (!!!) set, right? If that's the best part you can come up with, perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule. I don't have a copy of this set, send me yours, let me (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I don't think anyone said that. But I know I've had creations (not good enough to see the light of day, my scrap ratio is higher than some folks) that took advantage of the hollowness. ++Lar (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Surely, if the propeller had been connected to an axle in the normal way, it could have slipped off during play and hit a child in the eye. Now, as it is always connected to the 1x4 beam, it is much safer, even when spinning at high speed. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That may well have been TLC's justification, however I don't buy it. Let's assume we're discussing MOCs using the part, because as it is on the model, with the piston attached, and the problem with binding I also mentioned, I don't see how it (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Maybe - if you promise to return it including the one piece that's missing - a yellow wing front (yeah I know they're not hard to find, I only bought it for parts). 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You got a deal, I have a lot of those. Contact me offline for my snail. Be forewarned, though, it may take a very very close and very very detailed examination, on the order of several years of study, before I'm ready to reply. (note carefully (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) After Larry is done, send it to me and I'll return you just the missing piece. Visu (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Jeez I'm glad I said "maybe"!!! ROSCO Visu <eng01241@NUS.EDU.SG> wrote in message news:G9F265.9C8@lugnet.com... (...) detailed (...) reply. (...) piece. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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