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Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:01:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Bellis wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> > I didn't want to bury this thread under lugnet.parts.... so I put it in
> > lugnet.general...
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> > We all have Lego parts that we really like.....
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> > But what parts don't you like at all.... what parts do you really dislike? (Yes
> > I know it sounds like Lego blasphemy!)
> >
> > But there are a few parts I really don't like....
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> I'm surprised that anyone dislikes 1x1x1 brick with a stud on the side or 1x2
> brick with 2 holes, since I use both types a lot for SNOT. Where colour doesn't
> matter inside a model (often the case with SNOT support bricks), I use the least
> useful colours with the highest stock level. I used grey 1x2 with 2 holes to
> support the SNOT letters inside my blue Class 50 loco:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/Trains/Diesel/Class-50-Hoover/class_50_glorious_side_hull_2004.jpg
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> In fact, the recess on the 1x1x1s is useful because the grilles stick out by the
> right amount on locos like this:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/Trains/Diesel/class_28_like_boco_kid_2004.jpg
> I used different colours of them to get the background colour of each grille.
> It also means that if you put two of them facing stud to the right, a 1x1 brick
> on its side will fit between them. This is the basis of supporting SNOT
> letters. Just change the 1x1 brick for 3 2x2 corner plates coming forward and
> down from the 1x1x1s with studs and raise them up.
> Mark
I agree that the SNOT technique is great for the 1x1x1 headlight bricks. I just
detest them because TLG uses them as a poor substitute for the old 1x1x1 classic
windows in the remake of the USS Constellation Ship model. And again in the
Lego Factory models.
Gary Istok
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| (...) I generally dislike big parts that have restrictions on how they connect to other pieces. I think LURPs and BURPs are OK, along with 6x6x10 stanchions, but a lot of other pieces that size or bigger are next to useless, unless you're really (...) (19 years ago, 4-Sep-05, to lugnet.general)
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