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Re: Granule bushes
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 12 May 2005 18:04:06 GMT
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"D. Shifflett" <shifflett@redshift.com> wrote in message
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> On my last trip to Legoland CA I spotted some unusual
> granule bushes in the miniland New Orleans section.
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> These don't appear to be standard Lego parts,
> and I thought that miniland models were all made out of standard parts.
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> Here is a link to my Brickshelf folder with the pics:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=129077
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> In case the size isn't apparent in the pics,
> the granule part is about 1/2 inch high.
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> dave
Strictly speaking, these aren't standard parts, but they are LEGO.
They are made out of the raw ABS granules which appear to have been glued
together into a ball shape.
Legoland uses this technique a fair bit - over at LLW, they have used it to
simulate ivy growing on walls of houses. I think they may have used blue
granules to simulate coal in the tenders of their steam engines as well (but
I'm not sure on that one).
It kind of is cheating, but at the same time it is LEGO, albeit not the
finished bricks!
Richard.
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