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Re: Lego vs. K-nex
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:45:03 GMT
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Eric Brok wrote:
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> > Roller Coasters (looped tracks and all)
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> The flexible tracks are the one thing that I hope Znap will copy from K'NEX
> in one way or the other.
I meant to imply that very wish myself through my posting. Good to
see it worked. :-P
I've been thinking of using aquarium pump tubing along with (maybe)
1x1 plates with Side Rotated Studs as mounts, and see how that works
(I'd try slicing holes at appropriate points in the tubes). I
couldn't decide if using such a foreign substance would break the Coda
of LEGO or not. As it turns out, the idea comes up for me a lot, but
I have yet to actually try to implement it. I fear that tubing with a
large enough inner diameter to fit around that element would have too
large an outer diameter for LEGO hubs (notably, 2x2 hubs) to proper
grip.
That type of tubing would have the advantages of:
1: Being transparent (nice form, plus the functionality of being able
to readily see that it was seated properly).
2: Availability in bulk. MUCH bulk.
3: Fairly cheap.
4: Easily cut-up/modified, etc. (see #3). This is my problem with
K'NEX tubing: I'm not willing to cut it up since it's not easily and
cheaply replaced. When I built the Big Ball Factory according to
spec, for instance, I left the extraneous tubing hanging off the top
of the run rather than cut it. Very ugly.
-- joshua
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Lego vs. K-nex
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| (...) Another (all Lego) Option would be to use the Technic Pneumatic Tubing or that new Corrugated Tube that's used in a lot of the new Technic models. The advantage of this is that: It's all Lego. The disadvantage is that : It's all Lego (and (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego vs. K-nex
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| Surgical tubing might work as well. Might be cheaper, however, a bit more stretchy since it's more rubbery. Technic pneumatic tubing is very similar to this type of tubing, and might stretch too much. To make a decent rollercoaster though, the set (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego vs. K-nex
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| (...) The flexible tracks are the one thing that I hope Znap will copy from K'NEX in one way or the other. Eric (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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