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Subject: 
Re: Friday Surprise
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego
Date: 
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:18:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Sonnich Jensen wrote:
In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
In lugnet.general, Bryan Kinkel wrote:
Jake,

What an excellent Friday surprise.

Seems pretty clear that employees at Lego heard the plea for roof packs and
answered.

Green, brown & blue roof packs with these elements would be great too. But
the red and black elements are a great place to start.

Or at least the ones at LD did and pushed the necessary buttons.  ;)
And they're a great addition that will make roofbuilding better in the
basic colors, but I should ask:

Why are there no inside (concave) corners
What has happened to the auld, useful 2x2 convex/concave hybrid?

I agree on the clamor for "more colors" but having black and red
make for a pretty darn good start.  Kudos!

Agreed

I just looked at the shop.lego.com page, and found these (and 2 new train
sets!), but - I need 19 red concaves - why does TLC not make them, as well as
the small 2x2 top tile for those?
They would be very useful!

2x2 convex/concave hybrid - which?

One should keep in mind, that the roof is often the largest area on a building.

BR
S

(Spent 1 1/2 weeks without my PC due to the "Sasser" virus... but it's
recovered)....

I agree, the 2x2 inside corner bricks are missing from the new service packs, as
is the 2x2 gable connector ridge slope (the one that looks like someone took a
bite out of the slope).  It's not that they are discontinued.  The new Harry
Potter Shriek Shack has 4 of these in white, a color not seen in this part in
over 20 years.

As for the roof ridge equivalent, do you mean the double convex, double concave
ridge slope that hasn't been available since 1972? (And even then in only red or
blue.)  This piece can basically be made from (1) 1x2 half pyramid slope, (1)
1x2 ridge slope, and (1) gable connector ridge slope.  The only difference is
that instead the 2x2 area that the double convex/double concave ridge slope
takes up, the 3 pieces just mention take up an area of 2x3.

My upcoming CD/book discusses the old discontinued 2x2 double convex/double
concave ridge slope, as well as the 4 variations of the 2x2 gable connector
ridge slope.  In fact the CD will have about 11 pages devoted to sloped bricks.

Gary Istok



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(...) Agreed I just looked at the shop.lego.com page, and found these (and 2 new train sets!), but - I need 19 red concaves - why does TLC not make them, as well as the small 2x2 top tile for those? They would be very useful! 2x2 convex/concave (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

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