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(...) This topic came up a few months back on the MichLUG mailing list and I modeled up a few of the wish parts. Curved Parts: (2 URLs) Gothic Arches: (2 URLs) Personally, I'm rather fond of the gothic arches, so I'd have to pick the 1x6x3 arch as (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:IF9I0q.1rw4@lugnet.com... (...) This is a strange piece: (URL) ('Windscreen 2 x 4 x 1 & 2/3') /Jocke (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) I had forgotten all about that piece, though I once asked for help in identifying it. (URL) it out!> Thanks for your input. Dave! (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Good call! That wasn't quite what I was envisioning, but I guess it qualifies. For that matter, one might make a half-hearted case that the "Space Positioning Rockets" might sort of partially qualify, with the one-stud-plate overhang. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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There's also the 1 x 20 x 2/3 rack piece. Not really a brick, but it is two thirds the height of one (URL) of the newest parts is the 1 x 1 x 2/3 slope (URL) again, not a brick though! Richard. "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) Would you count the classic Space camera/jet thingy? It's part #4595, and its main body is 2/3 the height of a brick. [LDrawPart 4595:0] Steve (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yes, they did. I actually own such a thing ;-) (URL) hth, Christian (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) The choice of the part itself is easy. I've long wanted to see this piece produced: (URL) The choice of color is more tricky. My first answer is red, since that's a color I tend to use a lot. However, in terms of overall usefulness (to a wide (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Since Lego plates are each a third of the height of a standard brick, then two of these would account for two thirds. I am not aware, however, of a brick half the height of the standard brick. -- (URL) - Build Robots (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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(...) Duplo plates are half the height of the standard Duplo brick. Does that count? :-P -Duane (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Has LEGO ever produced a brick that’s two-thirds or half the height of a standard 2x4 brick? Just wondering. Dave! (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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thanks for both replies! They are of great help. greetings, Anja (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) The superficial similarity is striking. (...) I don't know that much about tiling patterns, but I can see that all my LEGO patterns so far have been based on a certain pattern of bricks being turned by 90° angles. And I also wonder if someone (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) As Clark stated, dating Lego can be very tricky. Old molds were often used at the same time as new molds. TLG rarely discarded them if there was still life left in them. Here is a list that shows major brick changes (between Cellulose Acetate (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Yes, there are many smaller variations in brick molds than what is shown on Peeron. That site only tracks 'functional' differences in the brick. That is changes that effect the way you use bricks to build things. Many of the smaller mold (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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Perhaps somebody can help me out. A few weeks ago I bouht an amount of lego for my kids and myself. Some of it we will keep, but it is too much so we plan to sell part of it. We are in the process of sorting it all out, according to specifications (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) James- Here are some comparative pictures of the parts. So we are dealing with three versions of this part: (URL) Here are some pictures of the three: (URL) Type 1 is the grey one, with a round clear center Type 2 is the green one with a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX)
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(...) Matt, I've incountered the later two at about a year ago. I was mounting 4 in black of these on axels, and one was rotated 45 degrees. I never checked for part numbers. Mat (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Matt, Do you have pics of the other types? Meanwhile, I'm going to search my stuff (or rather, my 9 year old will do it for me) to see how many I have of each type. James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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I haven't seen it noted anywhere before, but there seem to be 3 different molds used to make functionally different versions of this part, the 2x2x2 round robot body (R2-D2 body): (URL) The difference is in how the center hole at the bottom of the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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