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Wing 8 x 4 left or right, old vs new
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:41:04 GMT
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Hi,
I'm not sure if this has been noted before, but tonight I discovered something
about the Wing 8 x 4 piece. I was stacking some of them together, only to
discover that SOME will fit directly together, whereas others don't! I looked
closely at the bottom (socket) side of the wings that fit and noticed that one
edge has a slightly rounded spot that allows it to accept a stud.
Here's a picture with the edge I'm talking about circled:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Bryan/wing/wing4x8.jpg
The left piece has a straight edge. It will not accept a stud whatsoever. The
right piece is rounded in that particular spot so it can accept a stud.
I think the early wings (from classic space) are not stackable, whereas the more
recent molds are stackable. Can someone else confirm this?
-Bryan
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Wing 8 x 4 left or right, old vs new
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| (...) Yes, I noticed this about 10 years ago, when comparing my early-mid 80's sets with some of the newer wings. I'm figuring there was a mold upgrade to allow a builder to put the wing right out to the edge of a brick. -Scott Lyttle (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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