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Re: WTB: A Few 2x2x3 Extreme Steep-Slope CORNERS
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:37:19 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> Hi Lindsay, I just saw a group of 16 of these go for over $23 on US EBAY. I
> was bidding on them, but then I decided it was getting pricey, and figured
> that when LEGO Direct starts with bulk sales, I could get a lot more of them
> for $23. But I did buy a lot of 20 of the regular 2x2x3 blue steep slopes
> there for $10.50.
Yeah, the exchange rate of standard==corner steep slopes is pretty much 2.5:1, as
I'd kind of presumed. (Actually, from that reckoning it's more like 2.3:1, but
I'm willing to go a little above that. ;) ) I'll be very happy to get those
things--they're very useful on my naval vessels, to build torpedo bulges into the
hulls. It's OK, I'll still have about 100 of the slopes left.
> I already have my sights on a vast number of the blue steep slopes. I one day
> want to build the Louvre, the enormous palace in the heart of Paris that is a
> museum today. If I can purchase (from LEGO Direct) a large number of Tan
> bricks and white windows, plus the blue extreme slopes (I prefer that color to
> dark grey), I think I can produce a relatively decent copy in the classic LEGO
> scale (1 door = 3 bricks high). Even then, it will probably be about 10 feet
> long, due to the vastness of the original (on its south flank, the Louvre has
> 1,800 ft frontage on the Seine River).
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> There is just something about extreme sloped bricks that lends itself very
> well to making French Mansard roofed buildings.
I think gentle slopes just look fantastic for subtle detail, which is what a lot
of architecture is about (and not just buildings). However, I didn't bat an eye
on reading your project description, Gary--if anyone on Earth can pull this off
(outside of the Master Builders who have unlimited Lego parts available, of
course) it's you! I only hope you'll post pictures...lots of pictures...*drool*
Maybe this should be in .dear-lego just so I can pine for them to sell you white
windows and tan bricks too--I really do enjoy your creations.
best,
Lindsay
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