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Subject:	Re: !!!IMPORTANT!!!-SPUDS No fault of TLG-!!!IMPORTANT!!!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Tue, 27 Feb 2001 01:43:19 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G9DnBx.E2y@lugnet.com... > > 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 instead. 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 produced just the propeller, either with an axle hole, or with a molded axle, and let the user attach a 4x1 beam & 24 tooth gear. In fact the POOP actually makes it work worse - the axle used for the big end can move easily in the (one) hole provided, and binds on the big-end connector, making it hard to turn. If they were gonna put just one hole for this, why not make it the cross-style hole closer to the centre? But lets see you try 8?) ROSCO

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		Re: !!!IMPORTANT!!!-SPUDS No fault of TLG-!!!IMPORTANT!!!
(...) 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)

		Re: !!!IMPORTANT!!!-SPUDS No fault of TLG-!!!IMPORTANT!!!
(...) 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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		Re: !!!IMPORTANT!!!-SPUDS No fault of TLG-!!!IMPORTANT!!!
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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