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Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:46:37 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Stéphane Simard writes:
> 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.
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 edges!
Luckily, I only cracked one. But that's one damaged Lego piece too many!
-Bryan
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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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| 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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