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Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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lugnet.general
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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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