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Re: Top ten useless Lego pieces (and how to use them...)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:03:56 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Duane Hess wrote:
>
> > OK Point well taken. I was speaking strictly from the instance where the
> > hinges are used in pairs. I can see not including the mating hinge half
> > when using it with other elements, but my opinion remains unchanged when
> > you have a pair of hinges with different colored halves. It would be nice
> > if I were able to make an all white hinge and an all blue hinge, instead
> > of two blue and white hinges.
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> Ah, NOW i get it. Is this it? "Suppose you have a model that for
> artistic reasons
> should have blue white hinges. Fine. Make one blue end the 2 end and the
> other blue end the 3 end, when possible. Ditto for white Then the
> builder later has one complete all white hinge and one complete all blue
> hinge..."
Correctamundo
> The reason I bet TLG doesn't do this relates to number of different
> parts. Each part is in a different cassette. you now have 4 cassettes
> that have to be present during part insertion into bags where doing it
> the other way you only have 2 cassettes... two less steps in the mfg
> process.
I can see their point in the manufacturing/packaging processes. With their
volume though, the added costs should be minimal. Think about the variety
of parts in many of their sets. I could argue this point for quite a while
without tiring. However, I won't hold my breath on this point - I'd be dead
before I ever saw the idea implemented.
> --
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
> For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
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