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Subject:	Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
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Date:	Wed, 9 Dec 1998 23:30:50 GMT
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Richard Dee writes: > > I WAS gonna say the 1x3 and 2x3 bricks but I just had a project that > > I would have said the same about those, too. But my pyramid consumed quite > a few of both, especially when I ran out of 2x4's, and 2x3's were all that > was left. 1x3's were essential for the corners. > > For me, probably the most generally useless is the 1x1 brick. On some > occasions > I use them for filling, but the silver bucket full of the things is rarely > ever opened. I find that I end up using most of my bricks regardless of size...I find the 1x1's _very_ useful in my projects because my attempts to replicate 'realistic' architecture on a minifig scale always seem to leave holes in the weirdest places. Personally I would say the most useless pieces (excepting, of course, that there are no useless pieces - just pieces you haven't used yet)are... 10: Those big western barrels - there aren't (as far as I'm aware) anything to lid them with, so they aren't ever going to be anything but rain barrels. 9: The bat. (and the 'smal animal' thing in general) Come on! Those things are bigger than the Lego cat! 8: The 'dual-wing' piece that they use for the front of space ships... of course, I build castle theme 7: The bright (yellow/orange/green) antennae - ditto last reason 6: The 'Witch' figure that permeates Fright Knights... That is IMHO, the least desirable minifig TLG has put out 5: The 'Excalibur' shiny silver swords - again the size ratio to the minifgs they go with seems out to lunch, to me 4: Most things yellow. I have no idea why, I just seem to never/rarely use yellow in my projects. 3: The various varieties of 'windsheild', but again, I build castle stuff 2: Hinges/turntables/revolving walls/othe moving things in more than one color. I mean really, what's the point of having a secret revolving wall chunk if everyone can point to the bright blue hinge? And the number one most useless pieces.... is not, a piece as such, more of a situation... 1: Half of a matched pair. (sets of wings, part of a hinge, etc)

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		Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
(...) you can use 4x4 radar dishes to lid them but since the dishes don't come in brown they are really, as you put it, best suited for rain barrels. I love the idea of this thread but where are the suggestions of "how to use them"? Most of the Town (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
James Brown writes: <SNIP> (...) My big gripe is the 1 x 2 plate 2 finger and 3 finger hinge pieces. TLG does a good job matching colors in sets, but I always end up with two 1 x 2 plate 2 finger hinge pieces in white (1) and two 1 x 2 plate 3 (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
(...) I would have said the same about those, too. But my pyramid consumed quite a few of both, especially when I ran out of 2x4's, and 2x3's were all that was left. 1x3's were essential for the corners. For me, probably the most generally useless (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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