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Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 2 Sep 2005 04:52:58 GMT
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"Johannes 'Jojo' Koehler" <chutspe@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> Hello!
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> In lugnet.general, David Simmons wrote:
> > if you turn the piece on it's back it's exactly two plates high) but
> > I'vehardly ever used it this way. You can see it applied here:
> > http://www.peeron.com/scans/6957-1/4 in step 7
> > I was totally surprised by this when I rebuilt this set for the first
> > time.
> > I had no idea that they could be used this way!
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> I wonder what purposes the turned headlight bricks serve in the place you
> showed. They seem to be there just for the looks. Or wait: Does the base
> of the
> headlight give support to the transgreen Facet Top? Turning the headlight
> brick
> makes its base stand out by 1/6 brick-width. (Which makes it additionally
> hard
> to use it this way since you don't always have the room to absorb this
> outstanding 1/6 brick-width.)
I know. It's not a particularly useful configuration (I've never used it so
far!), I just wasn't aware of it and I like finding out stuff like that.
Dave S.
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| (...) It's a pretty useful snot techniquie actually. Any brick you connect to the stud on the side will be flush on the bottom face, which can be useful. I used it (URL) in this moc> fairly extensively. Cheers, Allister (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Hello! (...) I wonder what purposes the turned headlight bricks serve in the place you showed. They seem to be there just for the looks. Or wait: Does the base of the headlight give support to the transgreen Facet Top? Turning the headlight brick (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.general)
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