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Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
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Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:41:18 GMT
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Steve Bliss writes:
Once upon a time, "Tom McDonald" <rocketman@familySPAMTHIS,PALradio.com>
wrote:

1. That 2x6, I think, with the 45 degree legs has got to be the lamest excuse
for a brick I've ever seen. See the top piece of the roof sign in set 6479
Emergency Response Center.

For some reason, I have a strong negative reaction to this piece.  Maybe
because it doesn't play well with other bricks?

Hmm. Hadn't thot of it that way, but it certainly makes sense. TLG could have
accomplished the same thing with 1 2x6, 4 2x2 med slopes and 4 2x2 med inv
slopes for use in other ways; or even made the legs themselves into a new type
of piece, like this:
_-_-_
\    \
\    \
  \    \
   \    \
    \    \
     \____\

which would have been tolerable.

From Tom McDonald
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http://mbr-hobby.neotown.com/radiotitan/lego/lego.html
radiotitan@SpamThisjuno.com
--
Do what you can, but behave yourself.

We'll have more, right after this.



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  Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
 
A 2x3 offset brick would be very cool! Like the 'zigzag octagonal brick' from Aquazone et al. Except a regular sloped brick. Actually, a 1x3 offset brick would be even better. I'm wanting those things everywhere. Does anyone else have new pieces (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
 
(...) For some reason, I have a strong negative reaction to this piece. Maybe because it doesn't play well with other bricks? Steve (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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