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Re: the latest news
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Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:24:06 GMT
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Jason Catena wrote:
> If we counted an "element" as a single piece in a single color, then
> the brick-only tubs alone would contain 66 different elements: 1x1,
> 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 bricks, in black,
> red, yellow, green, blue, and white.
The tubs don't have 2x8 bricks in any color.
They don't have 2x6, 1x6, or 1x8 bricks in green.
There might be other omissions I'm not remembering.
> If we list the common sizes of bricks, tiles, and plates, regardless
> of color, we come up with a list of 39 "elements":
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> 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 bricks (11);
> 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 plates (11);
> 4x4, 4x6, 4x8, 4x10, 4x12, 4x16, 6x6, 6x8, 6x10, 6x12, and 6x16 plates (11);
> and 1x1, 1x2, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, and 2x2 tiles (6).
I would also consider the following size of bricks and plates as
"basic", even though they don't come in tubs:
bricks: 1x10, 1x12, 1x16, 2x10, 4x6, 4x10, 4x12, 8x8, 8x16, 12x24
plates: 1x10, 2x10, 2x12, 2x16, 6x14, 6x24
An offering that consisted solely of basic bricks, plates, and tiles
in the sizes and colors that don't come in tubs would be a great start.
/Eric McC/
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| (...) Don't forget 2x2 "corner" (L-shaped) plates and bricks. I consider these to be essentails, even though they don't show up in buckets. And there are always the 1x1x5, 1x2x5, 1x3x5, 1x6x5. Less popular, for certain, but still useful. I note (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) If we counted an "element" as a single piece in a single color, then the brick-only tubs alone would contain 66 different elements: 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 bricks, in black, red, yellow, green, blue, and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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