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Re: Why 5 to 6?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 9 Aug 1999 11:39:25 GMT
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"Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> writes:
> Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ...
> > It's probably not perfect, but I suppose that a 1-1 ratio would have
> > caused problems with the Technic bricks with holes, i.e., the holes
> > would have to be made smaller to fit in the "stud holes" beneath the
> > brick. Also, a 1-1 ratio would probably have caused similar problems
> > with parts like the 1x1 brick with side stud.
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> i don't suppose these were considerations back when the first brick was
> designed in Brittain.
Neither do I.
Robert Munafo said that a 1-1 ratio would have been better than the 5-6
ratio we have today. I just wanted to give some examples where a 1-1
ratio would have been inferior to the system we have today.
I did not say anything about the considerations of the designers of the
first brick, be it in Britain or anywhere else.
Fredrik
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 | | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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| If i remember correctly, Modulex bricks *do* have a 1 to 1 ratio. They were designed by TLG later than the basic LEGO bricks, so this *suggests* TLG retrospectively would have preferred the simpler ratio for the LEGO system as well, but were (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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| Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) i don't suppose these were considerations back when the first brick was designed in Brittain. Eric (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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