 | | What pieces do you wish existed? —Greg Majewski
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| | | Hello all, I have a list of pieces that have been bugging me for a while. Why? They don't exist! It seems like TLG can do mondo-super-juniorized pieces that can be used with a certain type of model, but why don't they make simple basic pieces that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Robert Farver
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| | | | | (...) Let's see... 2x3 low/medium slope outside corner (low slope on one side, medium on other) (note the above would HAVE to come in left and right versions) 3x3 low slope inside corners 1x3 low slope apex ends (tri-slope) 3x3 low slope apex (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | (...) (Shouldn't this be 1x2?) (...) Rob and I seem to be on the same wavelength when it comes to new pieces. Lot's of new slopes. In addition I would like to see: (for the 2x2 cylinder bricks) Capital tops and bottoms (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | The one part I'd really like to see... either done with special bricks... or a "carved" arch that gives you the ability to put stones around a door instead of just a plain arch. carved would be better, though painted would be cool.. I've been (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Rick Kujawa
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| | | | | My list includes more generic pieces like 1x1 sloped brick (no stud on top), 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x4 plates with studs on BOTH sides. 3x3, 3x4, 4x4, 4x5, 4x6 bricks. Also 1x5s and 1x7 bricks. These have lots of possibilities (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Martin Legault
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| | | | | | (...) 4x6 bricks already exist, it is found in some 3+ freestyle set and some Town Jr. I have some in IIRC yellow, red, bleu and gray Martin (...) don't (...) used (...) that (...) thought (...) or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Robert G. Fay
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| | | | | | I would like to see a rack gear segment that would mesh with the worm gear, slanted teeth with a concave contour. I would also vote for a plate with studs on both sides. Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | Greg Majewski wrote in message ... (...) [...] (...) Hehe, does this include RCX inputs and outputs? The list could get pretty large - Mmmmmm, miniature video camera with built-in vision-processing chip ;-) More seriously, though, I feel that it'd (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | I want halves. There are a number of pieces that form the entireity of some shape that I wish came in halves. I won't try to exhaustively list them but here are a few examples. Fenders. There are two 2x4 pieces used in a lot of vehicles, one with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | (...) Excellent idea. Then I could incorporate all of the puny 6 wide train stuff into my 8 wides;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Steve Demlow
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| | | | | | (...) This particular point has driven me nuts since childhood. As a teenager I built a large streamlined helicopter ("Airwolf" a.k.a. Bell 222) that used a lot of slopes, and kept eyeballing those airplane parts wishing they were split in half. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | No! No! No! There's already too many different Lego pieces. Everytime they bring out new pieces it just becomes harder to keep track of what's out there. Lego should stop designing different bricks and start producing more sets that make imaginative (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | I have to agree with you there Simon! Use some of the new pieces we've already got, give us more of the better ones and give us more in the new colors besides one or two in the bigger sets.. and give us some of the new pieces in the old and new (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | | | | | (...) Why don't we pool our resources and buy the Exin company that is up for auction on eBay...then we can create our own bricks...... It would only take about a quarter of Tom Stangl's stock options, probably :-) Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | Hah! I am NOT a Mozillionaire! If I were, you'd see me outbidding even Larry and Gary in auctions, and I rarely outbid the newbies. I'd also be retired and playing with racecars, and here I am slaving away. I missed the boat on stock options, got (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | While I'm not a "Mozillionaire" either, I have done well in the Stock Market in the last 5 years (thanks partly to the pending sale of my former employer - Ameritech). I plan on retiring in about 7 years (I'll be 53), and devoting my fulltime (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | Oh, Oh, Oh, I would work for you, Gary! Where do I sign up?! YES! :) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | | | Scott, In 2004, when they open up the three permanent downtown Detroit Casino's (MGM Grand, Circus Circus, etc) on the riverfront (800 million dollars each), there will probably be something like the "Caesar's World of Shops" (in Las Vegas). That is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | Can I do your retail automation, inventory control, and POS systems for a share in the equity? Gary Istok wrote: <snip a dream> (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Hey Lar, go for it, especially if it makes TLG's systems look downright primitive by comparison (that should be easy). Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | | If I ever had a real reason to move to a Detroit suburb here it is. ;-) $800M each? Sounds like expensive rent. And it'll probably be more like $900M when all is said and done due to cost overruns. -Tom McD. when replying, "My Life with Spamcake" (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Tom, the MGM Grand (temporary) $250 million casino opened 3 weeks ago with the other 2 "temps" opening up in the next 2 months. Metro Detroit will be North America's largest gaming center (population wise) when it's all done. There are 5 million (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) are 5 (...) And I thought cars funded that town! Silly me. No doubt Las Vegas will follow suit. That town has virtually no physical barriers to expansion. (...) lot (...) that's a (...) Are you luhring me with potential allusions to $$? :-) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Charles Seyferth
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Mmmm.... Just right for that late night LEGO fix! ;) Charles PS - Do you realize how many times I've longed for a 24hr hobby shop? (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Naji Norder
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Casino's (MGM Grand, (...) probably be (...) would love to (...) first AFOL (...) I don't know... The FAO in Las Vegas is in the Forum Shops at Ceasars. You might have to fight them for the rights to the highly-sought Detroit location. ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Schwarz Wars (was Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) No problem. I hear their jab is weak, and they telegraph their right;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Store 'pipe dream' —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I've heard rumours that LEGO might someday franchise their "Imagination Center" stores... This sounds like a good location to have one! John1 (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Store 'pipe dream' —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | John, Really? Do you have any details, or know where they came from. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Charles Seyferth
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| | | | | | | | | (...) in the (...) Ameritech). I (...) attention to (...) you can get (...) cityscape (...) I give (...) giving (...) Is it safe to assume that you'll be hiring all of the Michigan AFOL's? ;) Charles (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Beth Reiten
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| | | | | | | | (...) (snip Just make sure you carry the greys for us adults, and I'll subsume my fondness for bulk candy stores into this bulk idea!! Beth Reiten (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —John Neal
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| | | | | | RING RING! "Hello?......Lego Purists? Just a moment." "Simon, it's for you." ;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | (...) The piece that I've been wanting for about fifteen years is a 1x3 plate with two center studs. It would make offsetting stuff much more stable. Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | (...) None of this really gets in the way (I just figure out some other approach) but I might as well mention them because I do wish they existed (-: The mysterious missing #4 angle brick. At one point about 6 or 7 years ago LEGO phased out piece (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What pieces do you wish existed? —Robert Munafo
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| | | | (...) I thought of another one. It's not a piece per se, but I wish the wrists on Technic figures had ball-socket joints, just like the ankles. Scenes like these: (URL) have been much easier to do "right" if only the wrists could move like real (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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