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Re: cupboard 2x3x4 question
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Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:56:05 GMT
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In lugnet.parts, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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In lugnet.parts, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i have recently come into ownership of part 4535,
cupboard 2x3x4. it was available in the
mid 80’s in basic building sets. i am more familiar with the similar,
smaller part, cupboard 2x3x2 which takes 2 drawers or one door. this piece
in question takes one door but is molded inside with slots that take
drawers. it would seem, as the picture indicates that it would take 5
drawers, but in fact only 4 slots, from the top - the 2nd to the 5th, fit
with drawers. the top slot is much narrower. does anyone know what was
supposed to go in here, if anything, if you used drawers on this piece
instead of a door? if it wasn’t intended to use with drawers, why the
slots?
any help/info is appreciated.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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I wondered the same thing when I got a few of those too. It comes only in
yellow, afaik, and the door comes in red. Hardly the colour combo I would
have picked but worked well enough for “lockers” in my Fire Station. It made
me wonder why they didnt make it to take all 5 drawers instead of 4 with a
gap. I have tried to find something that fits, and I have come to the
conclusion that there isnt a part, I would love to be proved wrong though. I
think the only reason that it is the height is as it is, (instead of tall
enough for 5 drawers) is so the overall unit is the height of 2 standard (2
drawers/one small door) unit... as can be seen here...
http://peeron.com/scans/730-2/2/
If you look at the “kitchen” picture on that page, you will see that 2
cupboards equal the larger one.
I can only then be left to guess, that the grooves only serve a “structural”
need, or allow for 4 with a gap. Seems like a bit of “bad planning” which is
why I guess we never saw them in other sets, since those 2 from the eighties.
Janey “Red (but no yellow, please) Brick”
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can’t say as i like yellow at all either, but then again, i’m not fond of red
(exceptions are made for certain people!), so the combo is really bad in my
books, but must have appealed to all those little ‘uns whom people think like
primary colours (yeuck). thanks for the info, i hadn’t seen those instruction
scans.
maybe they found the math too hard! (let’s go shopping!)
-§ deborah §-
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| In lugnet.parts, Deborah Higdon wrote: Snip (...) Oops, sorry, it must be too early on a Sunday for me, I stuffed the link (not only did I make it not clickable, I also gave you the wrong one) ... I actually meant to link this one, as a referal to (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) I wondered the same thing when I got a few of those too. It comes only in yellow, afaik, and the door comes in red. Hardly the colour combo I would have picked but worked well enough for "lockers" in my Fire Station. It made me wonder why they (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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