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In lugnet.general, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
> Hi, folks,
>
> Forgive the rather broad initial newsgroup distribution -- there's a method to
> my madness. Followups are set into a single newsgroup that many people may
> filter -- namely, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands.
>
> I have heard tell of a very useful part in the other groups to which I've
> posted. This part is a plate that has studs on both sides. Alternately, there
> has been mention of a plate that can accept studs on both sides.
>
> A clone brand apparently offered parts of this kind at one time. Which brand/
> brands? Are they still available? Did these parts "play well" with Lego parts?
> A piece that was not both reasonably compact and a standard Lego thickness would
> not be very useful to me. Plates with studs on both faces can and should be one
> standard plate thick. To me, this appears to be the more useful of the two
> types of parts.
>
> It was pointed out by another poster that a plate that can accept studs on both
> sides would probably be too fragile, if it were only as thick as a standard
> plate. I think that two plates thick would be acceptable, but not as thick as a
> brick (ouch).
>
> Does anyone have any of these gender-changing plates? Can you describe them or,
> better yet, post pictures of them?
>
> Many people would like to see TLC make such parts. Will they? (O.K., this is
> obviously a rhetorical question, but since I'm posting in lugnet.dear-lego, I
> thought that I would add my plea to the small chorus of requests.)
>
> --
> John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
> Department of Structural Biology
> Stanford University Medical Center
> Stanford, CA 94305
funny you should ask...
i just got a handful of these very tyco pieces in my wednesday fotw! both
douple-genders, even: in blue, a lt gray, and dark olive (military) green.
this fotw one of those deals where you get a forestmen's river fortress and
other great stuff if you can sort it out from a box of lego, tyco,
megablock, tinker toy, two other "mutant" clones, and bits of g.i.joe.
they are geat pieces, and i will use them, and tlc should make their own
superior version! the now defunct tyco is imho the best clone, and the only
one i use without feeling bad. i use a little mega-block here and there, but
it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste.
these are 2x2 square pieces. double males have open cylinder studs on
both sides of a square "plate" only about as thick as a thin wall lego element.
tyco plates are half a brick rater than a third like lego. double females
are a half brick thick square frames with a hollow thin wall center socket
floated by four horizontal and vertical thin walls. ingenious design, i must
admit, and it works with lego as if it was a lego element itself. i'm kind
of amazed, really.
hope this helps.
later ~ craig~
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| (...) It seems to me that I've seen a single stud double male part also (I'll have to dig into my clone-brands bucket tonight). I've also not checked what the actual thickness of the double male part is, it definitely is going to cause glitches in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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