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Re: Why Gary cannot go to Legoland.
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 12 May 2001 18:32:37 GMT
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" wrote:
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> Kevin Loch wrote:
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> > P.S. the two digit _number_ on some elements is the "color" id.
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> So how do they handle 141 colors with 2 digits? Hex? Octal? ;-)
Now wait a minute. Why would they *mold* the color number?
Is a given mold only used for a single color?
I think it makes more sense to use a mold for whatever
color you need, instead of having to make a new mold for every color.
/Eric McC/
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 | | Re: Why Gary cannot go to Legoland.
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| (...) LEGO Foreman: Hey! We need the 2x8 brick mold on the number 17 machine today! LEGO Worker: Sorry boss. We sent that mold to Billund yesterday. You can only make 1x2 plates in white today. LEGO Foreman: OK. What was our total output for the (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Why Gary cannot go to Legoland.
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| (...) I thought that's what they did too. I don't know for sure. I do know *this*, though. It is possible to have a mold that has inserts to allow different numbers to be molded into the parts, you select the right insert at the time you deploy the (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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