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Re: Has anyone noticed this? Is it even important?
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.general
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Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:45:40 GMT
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Another part that has been changed is the black friction pin.
http://routetruck.com/pins.png
(I am not entirely sure which is old and which is new
actually :) Has this been noticed before?
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:22:18 +0000, Anthony Sava wrote:
> In a recent discussion over at Classic-Castle about maces, something came to my
> attention.
>
> The whole discussion is over this:
>
> <<http://www.ikros.net/characters/images/Mace.jpg>>
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> It's a design for a minifig mace that I've been using for five years or so.
> I've never had a problem with it, but those who have never tried this style of
> mace before have complained that this design is flawed. For them, the 8 toothed
> technic gear does not stay on the rod, it slips. For me, I've actually seen
> these gears crack because the fit was so tight.
>
> So I did some checking through Peeron. Only one version of the 8 toothed gear.
> Same with Bricklink, only one version.
>
> But when I started digging through my collection, I noticed that there is, in
> fact, two different versions of the 8 toothed gear.
>
> <<http://www.ikros.net/temp/gears.jpg>>
>
> The older version (left) has much sharper edges than the newer version (right),
> which has rounded edges. These rounded edges on the newer versions means there
> is less plasic inside the technic hole, and thus less plastic to grip the rod
> for the mace design.
>
> The teeth on the two gears also differ. The older style gear has thinner,
> longer teeth than this newer gear.
>
> Another noticable difference is the newer gear has a lip around the technic
> hole. It seems that both gears have a sort of a lip around the hole on one
> side, where the 'teeth' in the technic hole are rounded to allow the technic
> axle an easier time of being pushed through the gear. However on the older
> gear, on the other side, the 'teeth' are flush with the edge of the gear, there
> is no lip there. With the newer gear's opposite side, there's a noticable lip
> where the 'teeth' don't reach the edge of the gear. You can almost see this in
> the picture.
>
> Also, though this is not very important, the light grey color on my newer,
> pre-2004 new style 8 toothed gears (the four or five I have) is a different
> shade than the older gears. Perhaps a different plastic was used? Or maybe a
> different temperature was used in making it? Maybe a whole new color onto
> itself? I don't know, I'm not knowledgable in these things.
>
> Is this something that needs to be addressed? Has this already been addressed?
> Should there be an official differentiation between the two designs? Does
> anyone even care? Or is this just something castle-heads need to worry about
> alone?
>
> --Anthony
-- Peter
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Only when you try to build with Mega Bloks or you try to make a Lego compatible
cutting board do you realize the tremendous quality of Legos.
Peter Ehrlich
peter@dairysight.com
www.routetruck.com
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