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Re: new electrics
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:28:25 GMT
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Ahhh, this makes sense, as I guess it would be expensive to produce axle
joiners with electric contacts inside; plus it would be confusing for
most people who would try to use regular axles/axle joiners and get mad
when it doesn't work.

A wire with axles at each end for the contacts makes COMPLETE sense to
me now.

// Joe

pixel wrote:
> thanx man
> in fact i thought that the axle will be the only electric part
> i mean the axle should be connected to wire
> the axles on the ends of wire should replace electric bricks
> 
> it will allow us to put the axle into a hole and then move along
> so we would put wires through the bricks and of course liftarms
> that is the main idea
> 
> it is VERY hard to do other elements with electric connectors inside
> remember bricks have to be designed as forms and other stuff
> to press the plastic and put the finished element out of form
> so it is almost impossible to make all elements as electric
> 
> i'll update my drawings to be more clear :)
> 
> but thanx anyway
> 
> regards
> pixel
> 
> 
> "Joseph Woolley" <jwoolley@spamblock.insight.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:3E3F328E.7050001@spamblock.insight.rr.com...
> 
> > Regardless of the current state of the Lego Wire, brick, or other item
> > or the future plans of TLG for these items; I think Pixel has a good
> > idea here.
> > 
> > The idea of passing the power through an axle (and axle joiners, etc)
> > would definitely open the door to some very interesting designs!
> > 
> > Who knows what the future may hold  ;-)
> > // Joe
> > 
> > 
> > Steve Baker wrote:
> > 
> > > pixel wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > no but new sets are using less and less bricks
> > > > which are replaced by more and more liftarms
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes - but new sets are also using less and less yellow
> > > bricks - does that prove the immenent demise of yellow
> > > bricks?
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thanx man in fact i thought that the axle will be the only electric part i mean the axle should be connected to wire the axles on the ends of wire should replace electric bricks it will allow us to put the axle into a hole and then move along so we (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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