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Subject: 
Re: And the July Surprise is...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:59:18 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Tom Stangl writes:
Nah, that doesn't make sense.  What WOULD make sense is ONE corner wall
and 2-4 straight walls.  Otherwise, you'd only be building skinny towers
over time, to use up all the excess corners.

IMHO.. Any time you put more than one kind of part into a pack, you run into
the problem of how many of each to put in. This is true EVEN when the parts
are "paired" like hinge tops and bottoms. So this is a real challenge. No
possible assortment can please everyone. And offering each part separately
isn't practical yet.

In this case I would agree with Tom, that a higher straight ratio is likely
to be better for the majority of builders, but in general, who can say?



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  Re: And the July Surprise is...
 
(...) I suspect that the number of builders who would have serious problems would be relatively small. One way you can get a higher ratio of corners would be to buy more Guarded Inn sets (may not be terribly practical depending on your ability to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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Nah, that doesn't make sense. What WOULD make sense is ONE corner wall and 2-4 straight walls. Otherwise, you'd only be building skinny towers over time, to use up all the excess corners. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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