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Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
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lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:12:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brian H. Nielsen wrote:
Now, instead of filling in the gaps with bricks, the bulk of it will be
filled with plates shaped to fit the 4 curved sides. 38 2x4 plates are used
to build on a trapaziod footprint (13 studs long, base 8 studs wide, apex 4
studs wide) with a curved top that approximates the curve of the side of the
cup.  At the center of the base it will be 5 plates thick and taper down to 1
plate thick at the apex.

   A typo in the above: The base of the trapazoid is 6 studs, not 8.  Sorry.

Brian H. Nielsen



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  Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
Having now visited both a Lego Imagination Centre and a Legoland, I have to say that I prefer the pay-by-weight approach used at Legoland. I want to spend my time choosing my bricks, not spend hours trying to pack them into milkshake containers :-( (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
I recently made a trip to the pick-a-brick at the Orlando LEGO Imagination Center and spent time stacking bricks to fit inside the large cup. After I returned home and counted my booty (1071.67 cubic bricks) I decided to investigate what the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) ! 

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