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1) Headlight 1x1 brick. (URL) 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. (URL) used in large Town vehicles such as buses, and almost all (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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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)
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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)
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(...) When removing the (...) Hmm, cracked wheels... never has that happened to me, although sometimes the axles don't work, and this is because the axles have slits on the stick parts to let the wheels on and stay on, but only slightly so you can (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In lugnet.general, Lars Gjerløw Jørgensen writes: (...) I've never had any problem with any of the above parts, and I have never even seen a 6351 so thanks for that info, Stéphane. Those are cool... (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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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)
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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)
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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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To add a new piece to the mix, I've had problems with the Turntable 2 x 2 top (URL) I use the turntable underneath large plates (4 x 4 and larger), the top had a rather good chance of separating from the bottom and stay with the plate. The top, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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