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Badly designed common Lego parts
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:19:04 GMT
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1) Headlight 1x1 brick.
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4070
I wish I had a dime everytime I buy some used headlight bricks and there's a
crack in the front center of the base...
2) Standard 3-stud-diameter wheel.
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3482
Widely used in large Town vehicles such as buses, and almost all Technic
airplanes, helicopters and aircraft use those as landing gear. Not only are
those things likely to snap at any time should you remove them from their
tyres, but Lego's been producing them for 25+ years now and have never
improved them.
3) Standard technic connector.
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3651
Inevitable cracks at the base. Discontinued by Lego, replaced by the much
sturdier
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/32013
at the loss of "piston" studs.
Any similar experiences?
Any more badly designed parts anyone is willing to list?
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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| Stephane Simard's utterance expressed in news:HD56zs.12Aw@lugnet.com: (...) The standard pin (URL) All of mine older than 5-7 years are bent in the end so that they doesn't "click" into place :( luckily they come in great numbers... The plate with (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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| (...) Oh yeah! I just realized this one not too long ago. When removing the tyres, make sure you DON'T press on the center of the wheel where it holds the axle in place. And when pulling this wheel off from an axle, DON'T pull the wheel by its (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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| (...) I had problems with all these parts as well. Add to that the original classic space helmet. The chin strap was too thin, and they would frequently snap in half. Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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| (...) Yes, many of my freqently used headlight bricks are cracked... :-( They can still be used, though, but they don't grip that well. (...) I think that these have become of better quality, though. In my childhood, probably every second wheel (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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| (...) 1. The un-notched Technic axle 2: (URL) when trying to remove it, because you can't get much leverage on it. Replaced by the better notched Technic axle 2: (URL) And the Technic axle 3. I wish it would be notched as well. (URL) Technic axle 3 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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