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-- Mark Koesel koesel@umich.edu Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message 36DAC4A2.3A677305@umich.edu... (...) Hey Gary, check this out: (URL) you believe that they put red 2x4's in the same pack as black 2x3 gates? I fail to see the logic in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the info Mark, I guess those 2x3 black gates aren't as rare as I originally thought. But to put them together with red fence pieces? That seems pretty strange. It makes me think that sometimes TLG puts together service packs based on (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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Excuse my ignorance but I can't quite figure out what a gable connector is (even after looking at the 2152 set picture.) (Come to that, what's a gable?) Another roof brick I'd be interested in is the one for inside corners - I remember they used to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No problem Simon, a gable (in the context I am using it) is a peak roof piece. A gable connector is one of those 2x2 (regular sloped) peak pieces that looks like someone took a bite out of it. In a roof construction, it is used when you use (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A gable is the peak of the roof. The gable connector is the piece used to make two gables meet. It's a 1x2 peak with inverted slope sticking out the side. From the side, it looks something like this: +----- | / | / +--- Steve (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, you can get a view of it at (URL) Steve (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds like sound business policy. "Hey look, we've got a few million of these black slopey things... and we've been getting all these letters requesting a "black slope service pack". What to do, what to do... *ponder* *lightbulb* Hey! I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) L-shaped, too. At the corner of the L, you use a 1*2 half pyramid _and_ a 2*2 gable piece. Jasper (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "....let's create a Time-Cruisers theme and lump in all the odd pieces we have laying around!" (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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Wow! Thanks, Gary (and Steve for your other reply). That was an impressive explanation - answered several questions. And I know have another word in my vocabulary (gable) :) I haven't heard the term 'dormer' before so I assume that's a US one. I'll (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Simon, Here are 2 examples of what was available in the USA (Samsonite) in 1961 (first year LEGO available there), and what was available in the UK in 1961. (The USA brochure is from Bill Katz/Joe Lauher, the UK brochure is from Ray Gal.) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, they put 'Samsonite' on each stud. But they had to compress it so much, it came out looking exactly like 'Lego'. Steve (25 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nope, those are both standard terms for parts of buildings in the UK, too. (ex-Brit speaking here). Kevin (25 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:02:20 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following profundities... (...) Not to worry if you don't have one, I have a few. The black roof brick service pack, 5216, is *not* in the 1999 European Service brochure. :o( Nor do we get (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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