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Re: Article about Quatro, Duplo and System bricks compatibility
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lugnet.quatro
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Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:21:22 GMT
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Didier Enjary wrote:
> http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=372
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> LMKWYT
I like it.
The incompatibility of Duplo 2x4s and Quatro is not really clear from the
photos. I only understood it because I've seen Quatro in person, and that
was almost the first thing we observed about it.
\begin{rant}
Something you don't cover is my pet peeve with Duplo/System
compatibility: 2x3 system bricks. When the 2x3 was redesigned with ribs
into the tubes, ribs were added to both tubes. This is clearly
uncessary---compare the 2x4, which has ribs for only the middle of its
three tubes. As a consequence of this change, modern 2x3s are
incompatible (from above) with Duplo. I find this obnoxious, and it is
the biggest hassle I encounter when working with Duplo.
\end{rant}
A few notes about Baby (Primo): it is compatible with Duplo via
http://peeron.com/inv/parts/31007
and Primo bricks do fit neatly onto Duplo studs (but with a
half-Duplo-stud offset). Primo has no clutch power.
There is another large brick system, Soft,
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=dacta/legosoft
which (IIRC) is directly compatible with Primo.
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
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