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Subject: 
Re: Another part variation
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:02:44 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> 
> obPartTrivia: Anyone notice that there are[1] two different versions of the
> "Palm Tree Trunk Segment"?  One is 40LDU[2] tall, the other is 44LDU tall.
> The difference is in the male connector on the bottom of the part.  The
> shorter version appears to be the same as the taller, just 4LDU-worth of
> connector has been removed.
> 
> The current version is the shorter.  It's used in set #8247, Road Rebel.
> 
> The longer version grips about 3x better, when trying to separate the parts
> by bending them sideways.  This could be important, if your palm trees are
> in a hurricane.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 1- Or were
> 2- LDraw Units

Plant those new hurricane proof palm trees!

Just kiddin', just the other day I had the new tree in my hands for the
first time. Yuck.
Julie



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  New Palm Tree (was: Re: Another part variation)
 
(...) Aren't they horrible? The new tree would be somewhat defensible if it held together. But it's more fragile than the old multi-part trees. One step backward, and two steps back. Steve (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)

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  Another part variation
 
obPartTrivia: Anyone notice that there are[1] two different versions of the "Palm Tree Trunk Segment"? One is 40LDU[2] tall, the other is 44LDU tall. The difference is in the male connector on the bottom of the part. The shorter version appears to (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)

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