That 'M' shape is an optical illusion created by the two pieces being one stud
back farther than the rest. You can see the stripe correctly in this picture.
(...) That's pretty symmetrical. But, the 'M' shape on the blue stripe destroys the top/bottom symmetry: (URL) bet it wouldn't take a whole lot of modifications to make it symmetrical in all three directions. Jeff J (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.space)