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Subject:	Re: FS : Mars promo sets
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 1999 14:26:30 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Scott Arthur writes: > Let's get back on topic. Is lego sized metric, or imperial? You can check out Robert Munafo's research on this very subject: http://www.lugnet.com/faq/?n=376&t=i&v=a In short, it appears that LEGO bricks are neither, but hovering at some fudge factor in-between. Most likely, they started out using imperial measurements, were adjusted probably for manufacturing purposes, and then re-measured in metric to make TLG's press releases politically correct. Cheers, - jsproat

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		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
(...) This is a good point, and I do not see it changing in the short term. Every new car in the UK comes both mph and kph on the speedo. The cost of change (signs and accidents) would be huge. Additionally, just last week, my supermarket started (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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