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Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:27:56 GMT
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"Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMBLOCKuccs.edu> wrote in message
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> Better yet, in a perfect world LEGO would develop small machines • that mold
> pieces on the fly. We would just buy raw ABS pellets, drop them in • the top
> of the coffee-pot size machine, select a part type and quantity from • the
> touchscreen LCD on the front, and *presto* the newly molded pieces • would
> come tumbling out. :-)
That would truly be a perfect world. LEGO could sell the machine for
say $100 and then ABS by the pound for about $5 a pound in all
available colors.
--
Overkill is the only sure kill.
SR
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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| (...) Just like the metal maker things that you could get a little while ago. You just put the pellets in, put in the mold, turn it on and presto! 500 homemade bulldozer treads for a quarter of the price! but if only lego did such a thing, Then that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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| (...) I seem to recall somebody telling me that there is a machine like this in the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan, USA. You put some money into it and it supposedly spits out a molded "LEGO" brick. Of course, the quality isn't that great... KDJ (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.general, Tom Reed writes: - snip - (...) That is true, but I don't always like it. (...) I agree. (...) I find some fun in having a hard time finding sets (or parts) that I want. I am actually grateful to those who make parts and sets (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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