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Re: BURP rants and wishes!
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:52:21 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Reed writes:
> Hi All,
> I was wondering if anybody else finds working with BURPs to be frustrating
> and maddening!
> While I like the idea of having an alternative to having to buy a ton of
> dark gray brick, I can't help but think of how nice it would be to have a
> BURP that was easy to use and worked with other BURPs in a logical and
> blending way!  If Lego had only designed that part "right", then I believe
> my whole attitude towards the BURP to be different.  As it is, those stupid
> pieces are just a necessary evil in achieving a goal and not having to spend
> a ton of money.  Anyway, that's my two cents worth of complaining..  I have
> to get back to my mountain building and frustration now!
> build on...
> Tom

You know, all that frustration would be avoided if LEGO just made bulk dark
gray bricks like they should...LEGO made those BURPS to make their life easier,
not ours!  I know how you feel, Tom.  Every mountain I've built ends up with a
lot of bulk brick to bring it into proper shape anyway.

Ed



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(...) -snip- (...) Hi Ed, Yeh, I've been wondering if I don't use as many bricks trying to unite the BURPs into a decent looking model as I would if I just used bricks alone. I'm basing that on the idea of using other colors for the filling and dark (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)

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  BURP rants and wishes!
 
Hi All, I was wondering if anybody else finds working with BURPs to be frustrating and maddening! While I like the idea of having an alternative to having to buy a ton of dark gray brick, I can't help but think of how nice it would be to have a BURP (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)

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