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Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be?
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Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:13:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> Things are a little slow (besides the survey's), so I thought I would start a
> new thread.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.)
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> 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 :-).
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> http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~erikred/brick/classic/ancient.html
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> The amazing thing about these entries is that they were made before we ever had
> the benefit of buying from Bricklink.
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> What would be your Lego part wish?
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> Gary Istok
Wow, it is nice to see that there are others out there that have really
interesting ideas. I like them all, except for Allan Bedford (just kidding
Allan, it just seems such a waste of a wish, a 3x3 brick could be made with a
2x3 and a 1x3 with glue, and you could save a wish! :-)
I always liked the idea of a sloped brick corner that changed from a low slope
to a regular slope.
Here are 21 other ideas (I am not a Technic person and it shows with these
ideas). I am sure some you folks can agree with some of them:
1) half of a 1/2 Pyramid (triple) regular slope, call it a 1/4 Pyramid.
2) the valley part of a 2x2 regular slope inside corner (double concave), call
it a 1x1 double concave.
2) a 3x3 low slope inside corner (who doesn't want this one).
3) a 2x2x3 steep slope inside corner (again who doesn't want this one).
4) low slope 1x2 triple (1/2 pyramid).
5) low slope 1x2 double/inverted (gable connector).
6) macaroni brick without the missing notch of plastic (these were produced from
1955-57, but discontinued.... a bad mistake).
7) 4x4 quarter circle brick without the missing notch of plastic (and lets
produce some of these in trans-clear!).
8) 1x1 log brick.
9) 1x1 corner log brick (pattern on 2 perpendicular sides).
10) 2x2 "L" corner log bricks (pattern on 2 perpendicular sides).
11) A 2x6 Gothic pointed arch.
12) A 2x4 Gothic pointed arch.
13) a macaroni plate.
14) a macaroni tile that exactly covers a macaroni brick.
15) a macaroni tile that is like a 2x2 tile but one side has a curve.
16) 1x2x2 classic windows in black, old gray, new gray, green, orange, Maersk
blue, blue, yellow.
17) 1x4x3 classic windows in the same colors as the 1x2x2.
18) 1x2x2 windows with light blue tints that match the 1x4x6.
19) Window pane stickers (like in the Spider Man Doc Ock's hideout) that
transform the 1x4x5 single pane windows into classic style windows suitable for
Independence Hall (Philadelphia).
20) Letter and Number bricks (like the old #234 and #237 from the 1960's) that
are 1x1 white bricks with a single upper case letter on one side of each 1x1.
21) 2x2 white tiles that have letters of the alphabet in large letters. These
would make for great theatre marquees, or business signs.
Gary Istok
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