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Re: From the useless statistics department...
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Tue, 29 Oct 2002 18:55:43 GMT
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> One blue tub (used by set 3033, 4107 and so on) holds around 1500 loose 2x4
> bricks. And those 1500 2x4s, stacked, can form an 8x8 column with a hollow
> center about 8.5 feet (2.5 meters) high.
Inquiring minds want to know how many 2x4s will fit in the blue tub if you pack
them carefully as opposed to loose?
Maybe we need the LUGnet Book Of Records to record the person who can get the
most 2x4s into a Blue Tub, and other amazing feats of Lego.
Kerry
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| (...) ... It's a difficult problem, because the blue tub's interior is an irregular shape. However, the inside is about 19 bricks high, a fraction over 30 studs wide at the top, tapering down to 29 studs, with the length averaging 39 or 40 studs. My (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| One blue tub (used by set 3033, 4107 and so on) holds around 1500 loose 2x4 bricks. And those 1500 2x4s, stacked, can form an 8x8 column with a hollow center about 8.5 feet (2.5 meters) high. Cary (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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