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    ZNAP at GR TRU! —Jeremiah VanderMark
    The TRU on 28th just rearrranged the Lego department, and they've got more Znap stuff than I saw in Europe! BTW, does anyone know if this stuff is any good? (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
   
        Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) That's because I bought over USD 1K of it and TRU restocks based on what sells... you're welcome. (...) Gee I hope so :-) Seriously, my kids love it. And I see a lot of possibilities with it ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
   
        Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Jeremiah VanderMark
     (...) Wow, thanks. 1K? that's impressive. (...) Like what? How well does it work with other lego parts, and how does it look when they're mixed? Jeremiah (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
    
         Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Charles Eric McCarthy
     (...) Besides the other responses, this information might help: (URL) McC/ (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
   
        Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Steve Bliss
   (...) Other than bridges for your choo-choo, have you built any large structures incorporating ZNAP pieces? I see there's a message (maybe a thread by now) about using ZNAP for structural frameworks on buildings, but no positive conclusion. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
   
        Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Not yet, just test assemblies. Too much stuff in my basement to work on anythihg serious. (...) I don't know for sure. Preliminary tests are good. Big problem I see is the change in direction challenge. Assuming you're using the ZNAP parts in (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
   
        ZNAP as framework (was ZNAP at GR TRU!) —Cary Clark
     I'm building ZNAP choo-choo bridges as well. One is 6 feet long and carries two levels of trains, so I have some feel for how ZNAP would extend to large-scale construction frames. ZNAP is softer than TECHNIC beams; it flexes a lot more, which has (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
    
         Re: ZNAP as framework (was ZNAP at GR TRU!) —Erik Olson
      Thanks for the report! I hadn't thought of flexibility as an advantage. Now that you bring it up, it could be really cool, because it's another fact of life in a big city that will become exaggerated in the model. Except that instead of a 100-story (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
    
         Re: ZNAP as framework (was ZNAP at GR TRU!) —Erik Olson
     After a few observation sessions at the 383 Madison Av building site (that's in New York where my company is building anew) I have decided to try just a cubic lattice. No triangular beam thingies, and I don't yet know what a Znap "panel" is that (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
   
        Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Steve Bliss
     (...) Have you ever thought that maybe you need to get a house with a bigger basement? <gdr> In totally non-related news, I noticed in Sunday's GR Press that the Big White Cube at the end of your street has gone up for sale. I was staggered at the (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
    
         Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Adam Hoekwater
      (...) I was staggered at the notion that it is a perfect 42 _floor_ cube. Let's see, that's 176,400 square feet per floor, times 42 floors, equals almost 7,500,000 square feet of living space. Not bad for $800K. -Adam 8^D (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Steve Bliss
      (...) :) I think they meant "foot", although that seems a bit small, horizontally. But the house does look to be about 42 feet tall. It's a very weird thing to drive past. A big white cube, parked in the middle of a square clearing in the woods. (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) I DID! Or at least that was the start of this whole exercise, I went basement shopping and happened to find a nice one with a nice house attached too. (...) I knew it was going up for sale but not how much, what WAS the price (the more, the (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
   
        Re: ZNAP at GR TRU! —Steve Bliss
   (...) How about the yellow and black "swivel connector"? It's a yellow 1-beam, with knobs at each end, and two black rings wrapped around the middle, with a knob on each ring. The rings can rotate independently, positioning the two knobs anywhere (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
 

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