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Re: New Click Hinges??
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 21:42:15 GMT
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@usgs.gov> wrote in message
news:38288DEB.5BE56D1C@usgs.gov...
Does anyone else see a new style of click hinge in the 'City Center' Sets.
It appears in 6600 on the digger bucket that is laying on the ground.
There
appears to be a 1x6x1 and 1x4x1 double sided click hinge(and a 1x2x1).  My
guess
is that it attaches to the loader or maybe the crane.

The new hinges also appear in 6478 and 6477 as supports for the fire
trucks

TLG appears to be using the click-hinge geometry in several places including
the goofy cockpit hatch in the Rock Raiders sets.  Maybe they're trying to
amortize the development costs over as many pieces as possible.

-Rob.



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Does anyone else see a new style of click hinge in the 'City Center' Sets. It appears in 6600 on the digger bucket that is laying on the ground. There appears to be a 1x6x1 and 1x4x1 double sided click hinge(and a 1x2x1). My guess is that it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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