 | | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) Ugh. Is that metric? And you only count center-to-center, not the ends? Leave it Lego to think of something like this. (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) Also, in the distant past TLC has actually produced the non friction variety of axle pin in black (I own a few myself). Although that probably doesn't matter to TLC :) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) "TECHNIC building uses the "module" or "M" as a measurement of length. 1 M is the distance from the center of one hole on a TECHNIC beam to the center of the next hole. " So a 3 L studless beam is actually 2M Steve (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) I'm guessing they didn't want to use lt grey because they don't think kids can easily distinguish pins and axle pins. "Standard" colour of frictionless pins is lt grey. ROSCO (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) Dark Bley looks a lot like black in the instructions, I think that was the thinking there. And I don't know if white 2L(*) would be any better than red, from a standing-out point of view. So, maybe Light Bley for friction axle pins, and Tan (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) On this, i completely agree. They are two extremely similar parts, and I believe colour standardisation is needed. However, blue and tan ? Frictionless Axle pins were grey, Axle pins with friction were black. Easily distinguishable, neutral (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
In lugnet.technic, Timothy P. Smith wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP Sorry for replying to post addressed to someone else. Since TLC invented "studless" Technic, I thought they were trying to make something like MERKUR (= metal construction toys, see (URL) - (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) Being as I'm from the US, perhaps my English isn't as good as it could be... I was basically going off-topic. I understand your concern about certain parts being available in certain colors. But here's my question: We currently see axle pins (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
(...) Actualy, I suspect that *is* part of it. If I think of Technic as about function, not form (or at least making function primary), it makes sense. The transmission schematics my father worked on, and the rocket schematics I poured over as a (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
|
|
--snip-- (...) Actually all models (and often themes) do to some degree. Try to find a modern set with the same colour used for horizontal and vertical clips. (...) Presumably that explains why the Liberals are still in. Tim (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
