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Subject: 
Re: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:26:38 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote:
> > I read that, I just decided to be a little more apparent, as in 'Gee Steve, send
> > me some balls!' ;)
> > 
> > I have a grande total of, wait for it... 1 soccer ball, and it came with my
> > Brickfest '04 set.
> > 
> > At your convenience, of course :)
> 
> 
> Or someone who owns a soccer ball could measure it and publish the size.
> 
> Most craft stores sell a selection of little wooden balls. It might be cheaper
> to buy a few about the right size rather than paying to mail genuine Lego ones?
> Of course, I'm not a purist :) Would a wooden ball start to infect the rest of
> the contraption's Lego parts I wonder .....
> 
> "Oh no! Look! A knot hole is forming in that Technic beam over there!!!"
> 
> JB

Sure enough, that'll happen.  What about the sawdust envy that LEGO soccer balls
will inevitably suffer from?

Ed



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(...) This post will be overkill I am sure but this Bricklink store sells has 42 soccer balls $.10 US a piece (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Or someone who owns a soccer ball could measure it and publish the size. Most craft stores sell a selection of little wooden balls. It might be cheaper to buy a few about the right size rather than paying to mail genuine Lego ones? Of course, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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