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Hi, I was sorting some old bricks and plates and was amazed to find so much Pat Pend Parts (3P). I've found mainly 2x4 and 2x3 bricks because they are easy to distinguish (they don't have ribs). I've found also some 2x2 and 2x8 bricks and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) Definitely so! The earlier slopes had a texture that resembled overlapping circles, while the later texture is more evenly distributed teeny-weeny bumps. I can always tell if it's an old slope piece because of the funky circle pattern. Dave (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) :) Steve (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) Sure, but it's a rare day that I get to call someone on a parts-related question, given my usual specialization. Let me enjoy a few minutes of neener neener, if you please! Dave! (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) Too right -- sorry, I neglected to look at the history of decorated elements. Sorry. But I think my point is still valid -- part 3939 was designed/intended to be used as a windshield, not a roof. Steve (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) At the risk of picking nits, I seem to recall that (URL) this piece> in my old (URL) Space Cruiser> from 1978 was opaque blue. Dave! (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Strange. I never noticed that before. I just checked the one 2x3 slope that I have from McDonald's, and it's not textured. Every other printed slope that I have is textured, though. -Elroy (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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Something I have noted with recent roof bricks is that the texture on certain elements has become less and less. The 2x2 external and internal corner bricks I have had in recent sets and via pick a brick have been almost completely smooth. Pushing (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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Also, keep in mind that the slopes that came with the McDonald's Happy Meal sets a few years back were NOT textured. They had printed images on the sloped part, but if I remember correctly, that slope was smooth. eric harshbarger (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) Do you mean part 3939? [LDrawPart 3939:46] Going by the data collected on Peeron, this part first appeared in 1978. For the next ~13 years, the part only appeared in transparent colors. So I'd guess it was intended as a windshield/canopy, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) What about the 3x6 slopes? Okay, I know they are a little different but they don't have that "texture" you are speaking of. (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) OK, I would love to give some special reason, but I know of none. Ever since the sloped bricks first came out in red (1958) and blue (1960), they have had the textured finish. The simplest explanation I can think of is because most roofs are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | Why are slope bricks textured?
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Its one of the most trivial things, but its always bothered me. Why have that texture on the slope end? What purpose does it serve? From the small selection of un-textured slopes we have, one can only infer that these would be less trouble to (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Fairmont Speeder, small track powed motorcar
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(...) What happens when you run it off 9V as you do? Is the capacitor getting overvoltage? Would this have an effect on long term durability? I had been thinking of playing iwth these to try to make a people mover using Racers track but without much (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) A correction to the above. The cars run off of 3 volts max, not 6 volts! And the rechargable device is not a battery, but a specalized capacitor. (URL) These caps have amazing storage capacity, but are rated at 2.5v and 3v surge. The series (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | making parts Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.
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(...) snipped (...) James beutiful work as always. While we dream, a 4 wide version would be nice as well, not to mention a bulk pack! I've toyed with the idea of molding/casting repro parts. This may be the right part to try it with. The best resin (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) AAA...AAAHHH...HHH! I shouldve mentioned I'm a purist! (pukes) But I guess I wouldn't mind taking it apart to FIX it.... Though for that I'd like to be sure that there was no other way to fix the bulb first... A last resort type thing. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 different sliding doors
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(...) Might be worth checking if UV is a common acronym for anything in Danish. ROSCO (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: 2 different sliding doors
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(...) I have no idea myself, but prototype seems reasonable guessing to me. They may have decided that it required too fiddly of a position to cover the opening and that a wider opening was better... Thanks for sharing this, what ever it is! (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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Hi, I already asked this question in the forum at 1000steine.de but nobody could give an answer, although there a many 12V hardcore fans. I also emailed a couple of fans but nobody has ever seen the door at the bottom of the picture: (URL) pic (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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