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Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be?
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Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:49:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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Things are a little slow (besides the survey’s), so I thought I would start a
new thread.
OK, say TLG came up to you and said that they would make one single mold of
any part that you wanted. But only one part, and only in one color. And it
would be sold to the public as well. What would that part be?
Originally I thought about a window (cuz we all know that there are currently
some many varieties to choose from), but then I thought about something that
would be juniorized to the max (otherwise it would have to be 3 parts). Folks
have seen the 2x2x11 column bricks, produced for a few years. With that part
as an inspiration, I would love to see a WHITE 2x2x11 Corinthian column. It
would have a classic Greek base, a “fluted” (with ridges) column, and a
Corinthian top (the fancy one with all the Acanthus leaves). With a bunch of
those (heavily juniorized) columns, with low slope bricks (for the roof), and
plenty of white tiles for the floor and all the steps, one could make an
awesome Greco-Roman temple similar to the Parthenon, or the even larger (but
now destroyed) Temple of Ephesus (of the 7 Wonders of the World), or the
Temple at Nimes in southern France.
This one piece could spawn a whole new “System” of Lego building, namely
Classic Greek and Roman Architecture. (Of course a “fluted” Ionic column and
a “non-fluted” Doric column would be even more spectacular.)
For those who haven’t seen it, Erik Wilson’s Acropolis Contest of Greek and
Roman buildings about 7 years ago is great sourse of what “could be”, if TLG
ever decided to launch a theme in Classical Antiquity. Check out the website
(of course yours truly had an entry :-).
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~erikred/brick/classic/ancient.html
The amazing thing about these entries is that they were made before we ever
had the benefit of buying from Bricklink.
What would be your Lego part wish?
Gary Istok
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The fluted column idea would be one I would definitely go for, just make it in
old light gray. 2x2x11 seems like a bit too much in height, so mine would just
be 2x2x2.
Not too long ago
Bill
Vollbrecht came up with a column design that I think comes close to what your
after but I’m not quite sure what he used.
Adr.
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