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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
> Best-Lock is 20LDU's tall, while LEGO is the "correct" 24LDU's tall. That
> means, of course, that six Best-Lock bricks are as tall as five LEGO bricks, so
> you can cheat a little. Also, Best-Lock has a few 120LDU wall pieces that can
> be incorporated into LEGO without too much trouble. The main problem is that
> Best-Lock doesn't grip LEGO studs too well, and they're also 6LDU's tall, so
> LEGO plates don't sit well atop Best-Lock.
Oh, hey thanks for the info... yeah, I could tell the studs were too tall.
Hey, wait... that means Best-Lock bricks are exactly 1 stud high?!? (so a
1x1x1 brick would actually be a cube with a stud on top?!). Well, in that
case I guess I might go buy a set when they're on sale... I might be able to
work that into an moc at least. How easily depends on the height of a plates.
Mark W.
p.s. are the minifigs any good? They can't be worse than the MB ones, but I
mean do they look ok next to LEGO ones? And do you know if the heads are
compatible?
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| (...) Even better than that, Best-Lock has some 1x1 and 1x2 bricks with side studs; given the 20LDU height, you can stack several of these and make a secure perpedicular mounting surface for bricks. The colors aren't too far off LEGO true, so some (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Best-Lock is 20LDU's tall, while LEGO is the "correct" 24LDU's tall. That means, of course, that six Best-Lock bricks are as tall as five LEGO bricks, so you can cheat a little. Also, Best-Lock has a few 120LDU wall pieces that can be (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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