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(...) Most definately (...) Like half beams, they are very useful when you need to put another beam right next to it, while stud beam need to be two plates apart. (...) They are also useful when you just need so sort of cage. My take for truly bad (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) True but it would be better to use 2 half beans for this job... (...) Yes but it would be better for lego to be using the old style connectors that could be connected at any angle... (...) Yep, they are pretty useless. I have far more than I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> Subject: Re: what are the 5 worst lego elements? <snip> (...) connectors that (...) Well, remember that the old connectors need an axle with bushings running through them to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's fine so long as you don't need them to be any longer than 7 studs, in which case the beam made from the half beams will be substantially weaker than its single piece equivalent. I superglued a few half beams together to make the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I found that piece can have some use for mindstorm creations. If you need to pick up something by an arm that is hard to dig up, e.g. a cube on a flat surface, those pieces can be used as fingers. (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, that's a good one, I'll have to try making a grab or something similar out of those. I thought they could also make good crane outriggers with the rubber bit making sure the crane doesn't slide about or scratch your good furniture ;-) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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