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Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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Date: 
Sat, 12 Apr 2003 00:22:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Stéphane Simard writes:
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. • In lugnet.general, Lars Gjerløw Jørgensen writes:
Stephane Simard's utterance expressed in news:HD56zs.12Aw@lugnet.com:
Any similar experiences?
Any more badly designed parts anyone is willing to list?
The standard pin http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3673
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 clip (old ones) often broke   :(
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4085a but they have been
modified for better endurance now  :)
When used with an antenna http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3957
the clip http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4081a sometimes
broke when I tried to remove the antenna. But.. this was in my
younger days - I might not have been as patient as now.. but
since it is meant for kids toplay with.. it must be considered
errors and faults in production!
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...



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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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