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Hey all, I flickr'd a (URL) pic> of the new bonus box that comes with the 4679 tub (which is, to remind everyone, a Toys R Us exclusive). Click "All sizes" to see the full-size image, and mouse over the image to read my notes on the colors. Oh, and (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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A couple of pertinent questions: 1. Did the side of the box it came in have any imprinted or indented markings that resembled a 4-digit number? 2. Was there a lot of stock of this bucket, or were shelves relatively empty? 3. In the first run of the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Neat! Very helpful, thanks for doing that. I love the spring cleaning concept, but I'm probably not going to shell out 50% more than for last year's tub and have to eat all those new color pieces. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Ditto. Unless some other bonus boxes show up with amazingly rare pieces that I've just GOT to have, I may buy 1-2, instead of the 50 I bought last year (and last year was limited by what I could find. Sadly, I found most of it while in Six (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow. Compared to the US version of 4679+bonus, that is a much more logical set. More like the 4400 "spumoni ice cream" tub two years ago. The US 4679 bonus was a wild mix typically including unpaired skew bricks. -Erik (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I thought something like this would come up... (...) Yes- "2915" (...) There were a half-dozen on the shelves. (...) I approve this message. (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) But that's what made the old 4679 bonus exciting. (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) True... (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Skew Bricks, huh?? Wow. I don't think anybody uses that ridiculous and outdated Auczilla term anymore. Now (as you know I am sure) they are classified as WEDGES (URL) yeah, there were a lot of unmatched wedges in the TRU bonus boxes from last (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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(...) Part names. One of my favorite topics. :) While I was working on the (URL) for my book I spent a lot of time thinking about part naming and categorization. (...) I don't know that I'd label that name as "ridiculous". It may be outdated(1), but (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) I always had a problem with "convex" and "concave" (and, of course, their "doubled" bretheren). I've always associated those words with curved parts. But I can't really think of a better way to describe them.. Darrell (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) In the Brickopedia I got away from those two terms, since I agree with you... they can be confusing at times. :) For example, I called this: (URL) an 'Outer Corner' as in the way it's sometimes used to create the outer corner or edge of a (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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I grabbed one of each 4679 tub with bonus box numbers 2915 and 3115. About the same parts inside. (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Definitely studs, as even french people use, not mainly but only, this term. (...) AZMEP plates :) (...) Erling bricks :) (...) If you talk about System plates, I've read "one third brick" from a LEGO book. If you talk about Duplo plates you (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Ha. It is single, but obviously not concave. The "double concave" could be more clearly written "double, concave" or "double & concave". But I'm sure you knew that. DFTT, etc., etc. A truly double-concave part would be interesting -- only two (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Interesting. To me, 'bevel' would apply to slope bricks more than wedge/skew bricks. Actually, it seems like a very good term for slope bricks. Hmm, excuse me, I need to go update some LDraw part names... ;) (...) I'm always up for part-name (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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I think a few of us have our own terms. I have heard the studs referred to as "lugs" as well, although I did have to explain to someone that it was not reason Lugnet is so named. How about Technic Beams vs Technic Bricks. I admit to never having (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) I found those elements to be difficult to label. I'm not sure 'bevel' is perfect, but then neither is wedge. ;) Had I known about 'skew' I just might have tried to resurrect that term. I quite like it. (...) I think slope bricks are actually (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) And from my perspective, if I heard the word 'lug' I would think of a 'lug nut' and studs don't really remind me of those. But it's interesting to hear that someone does, indeed, use a term like that. This is what makes this topic so much fun. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) I *think* that "knobs" may be more common in the U.K. but I could be very wrong. It would be interesting to hear from someone who uses the term (if anyone) and know where they are. I know at least one reference to it, and it was one made by (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Back to my childhood: They are bumps. One bumper, two bumper, four bumper (I never had any three bumpers when I named them) are 1x bricks. (...) One bumper center plate! (plates with no bumps are smooth plates.) (...) Headlight bricks. But the (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) IMHO, studs make sense more than knobs because of terms such "studless" or "SNOT"....knobs will lead to knobless and "KNOT". (...) In french, tiles are named "plaques lisses" (smooth plates)...but even more commonly "tiles". (...) Sorry. This (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) I will admit to being a big UNfan of acronyms, so I steer clear of using them, much less creating new ones. :) (...) Very good to know. (...) Ah ok, I see. :) Thanks for those links. Those are both excellent pages. (...) I think you're right. (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yes, exactly. (...) I wasn't seriously suggesting we try to rename slopes. But bevel would be so much more ... taxonimetrical. (...) We shoulda just stuck with "Roof tile" -- to be extra confusing. (...) Ooo. Good guess. But it was actually (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) You don't think it's a good idea to rename slopes? ;) But I agree with you, it's not a bad alternate name for them. In the Brickopedia I tried to find a balance between taxonomically correct labels and groupings/names that made sense from a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Did TRU up the price on this to $29.99 everywhere? Wasn't this $19.99 last year? What happened to the "FREE" 500 pieces? (19 years ago, 18-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Last Friday, the price has been lowered to $19.99. Most, if not all, TRU stores will refund you the difference, go back to the store where you bought them, and take your receipt to the help desk. Paul Janssen Lego Ambassador (19 years ago, 18-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) What curious timing. It was just last Thursday that I was in a TRU and made a point to the Manager about how the price had jumped by 50%. Hmmm.. nahhh ;) Ray (19 years ago, 18-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks for the photo Kevin. Whateverly Labs has done some further investigation with a sample of four 4679 tubs obtained from a TRU on the Canadian prairies. I hope this information is timely for those who want it. Here are the findings for 3 (...) (19 years ago, 21-Oct-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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