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Subject: 
Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
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Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:07:27 GMT
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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 they'd like to see?

Steve

Once upon a time, "Tom McDonald" <rocketman@familySPAMTHIS,PALradio.com>
wrote:

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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Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
 
(...) YES. Just about _every_ time I build something I wish for this: A black Technic Axle with Pin, where the "pin" part is high friction. Basically, a cross between part 3749 and 4459. I can't believe TLG has not made this piece. It is so obvious. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
 
Steve Bliss wrote in message <3671185f.2441426@lu...et.com>... (...) I'd like to see 1X1 and 1X2 plates with studs on top and bottom, and the same only with female top and bottom. For inverting pieces whenever you feel like it. -John Van (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
 
(...) Here's a simple one: 1x2 plate with *2-finger* hinge on the side. Sounds silly, but I could have used a bunch of these in one particular model. The alternatives I came up with weren't as good. How about port- and starboard- halves of the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Pieces we'd like to see (was: Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...))
 
(...) Indeed - I've been trying to hunt down transparent blue plates for a little while now, and have had to come to the conclusion they don't exist. Transparent blue bricks would be great too! (26 years ago, 18-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
 
(...) 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, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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