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Re: Nicknames for favorite LEGO parts
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)

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