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Re: All Terrain Crane
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:40:23 GMT
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Elijah Meeker <elijah@tds.netNOMORESPAM>
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> I can't figure out which is the greater sin: violating Lego Purist
> theology or critisizing a Lego Goddess.
Hee!
Purism, of any sort, rests on a foundation of an assertion of wholeness.
"There is no need" says the Purist, "of anything outside of The System,
because The System is Whole and Complete." And for the record I say this
about well roasted, well brewed coffee :o) so I am not Anti-Purism per-se.
But it's hard to make the assertion that Technic is whole and complete (does
Lego?), whatever parts exist are the accidental result of Lego's needs when
producing sets they think will sell. More importantly, we are using Technic
to address engineering problems which Lego did not themselves set out to
solve. Even if we say that "I want to solve this with only the parts I
have", any intersection between our engineering problem and our Technic
collection is completely accidental. The System may or may not be complete,
this is at times described as part of the challenge, but a self-set
challenge is no proof of the completeeness of The System.
While it's certainly courteous to build models that others could build *if*
they have a similar collection, asking someone to file the stud off an Axle
3 With Stud is fundamentally no different than asking them to go to
Bricklink to buy a piece (which one does everytime they post directions as
there is no way to know the extent of the audiance's collections). The only
offense to any real Purism is if we hallow the pieces themselves, which, um,
I leave as an exercise for the reader.
That's my theory. Which is mine. My Theory number One. I wrote it.
Speaking of filing the stud off of an "Axle 3 With Stud", that's my vote for
number one most useful part mod. Second, and a recent discovery, is filing
one end off an Liftarm 1 x 3.
Erm, that last bit probably blew any chance I had at appearing neutral on
the topic. :o)
Elijah
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| I can't figure out which is the greater sin: violating Lego Purist theology or critisizing a Lego Goddess. Then there's my sin: spending two hours reading, marveling, and, dare I say, worshipping Jennifer's work when I should be in bed. Some of the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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