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Subject: 
Ritvik quality or lack of such (was Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Date: 
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 05:28:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Robert Munafo writes:
In case anyone wants to defend Ritvik (not likely 8-) I'll set followup-to the
infid^H^H^H^H^Hclone-brands discussion group

Okay, here we go...

Do Ritvik bricks really fall apart in the sun (that's an exxageration :-)

How suitable are they for a project like, for example, building a 5-foot-high
replica of the US Capitol Building?

I ask because Ritvik bricks can apparently be bulk-ordered:

  http://www.nd.edu/~lego/grp2/www/legobrdg.htm

and it seems to me that they would be very useful for building simple things
like the mass of this hillside:

  http://www.execpc.com/~pfoster/nmra/gmltc6.jpg

or this one:

  http://www.execpc.com/~pfoster/nmra/gmltc8.jpg

(The people who build these things often complain about the cost of all the
bricks.) Ignoring the fact that using all-LEGO is somehow more satisfying, is
there any other reason I can't build a huge hillside out of Ritvik?

- Robert Munafo
  LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13



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  Re: Ritvik quality or lack of such (was Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
(...) No. There's also no reason you can't build it out of Tente, wooden blocks, uncooked (or cooked!) macaroni, or dryer lint. But none of those things are Lego, and neither is Ritvik, even if Ritvik is more easily compatable with Lego. Some people (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
(...) don't (...) Silly me. I'll just go back to my robots now (-: In case anyone wants to defend Ritvik (not likely 8-) I'll set followup-to the infid^H^H^H^H^Hclone-brands discussion group - Robert Munafo LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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