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  Wing 8 x 4 left or right, old vs new
 
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 (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Wing 8 x 4 left or right, old vs new
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Wing 8 x 4 left or right, old vs new
 
(...) Yup. Bricklink makes a distinction and has a clear picture: (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Wing 8 x 4 left or right, old vs new
 
(...) Ahh yes that picture is *much* more clear than mine... Now the only problem is, I don't think most sellers make the distinction between the two types of wing pieces... It's not a problem in most cases, since I don't encounter very many (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)

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