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Subject:	Re: Nicknames for favorite LEGO parts
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:22:08 GMT
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Quoting John Riley <Rohnjiley@yahoo.com>: > I'm curious at some of the names for this part: > http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x179 I'd almost call these petals. IMHO only. To add some of my own nicknames for favorite LEGO parts: Old Pre-LUGNET/RTL days: tiles = smoothies plates = flats bricks = fatties/thicks studs = bumps Still think of to this day: universal joints = floppy fish brick 1 x 1 = candy Technic brick 1 x 1 with hole = lifesaver (the candy with a hole in the middle!) plate 1 x 1 round = dots flex cables = brake lines http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x377 Jennifer

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		Re: Nicknames for favorite LEGO parts
(...) Maybe you called them as follows: My brother and I, in our early years, called plates "flats," tiles "smooth flats," (or sometimes just "smooth" as in "smooth 1 x 2") and slope bricks "tiles" (the last because of Lego S&H calling slope bricks (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)

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