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Re: Murasaki modular corridor system
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Tue, 6 Jul 2004 17:02:49 GMT
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In lugnet.space, William R. Ward wrote:
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In the text you mention that you used the bricks with pegs instead of bricks
with peg-holes, to avoid “wasting” the connector pegs. Two questions:
1. Don’t you find that the bricks with pegs are difficult to attach/detach?
That’s been my experience with this kind of solution. The added slop in the
actual Technic peg connection makes this much easier without accidentally
squeezing a corridor and shattering it, for example.
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Heh. We (and by “we” I mean “I”, since I was the only one moving them around
during setup) actually found that when you make the mistake of picking them up
by the far ends of the corridors, the central hub is self-ejecting. I’d
originally considered adding extra pins on the top and bottom of the connection
flanges, which would have done a lot to help stabilize the connections, but it
might have made disconnecting them a chore.
The single-pin bricks that it uses don’t make very strong connections, and the
structures on these components is very strong (the only weak points are where
the lights are mounted, since those are the only places that have stacked bricks
instead of overlapping bricks).
Now, the cover plates are a different story. There’s not much I could do to
build structural integrity into them, so if you try to attach or remove it by
the top and bottom, it’ll crumble in your hand. The only safe place to grab it
is by the sides, right on the pin-bricks. I noticed at the last show that one
of the MichLUG members had built his cover plates using regular TECHNIC bricks
with stud-pins, so instead of clipping into the open corridor flange with full
pins, it’s just a 2-stud connection. I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but the
Bohrok eyes would completely cover the pin-holes, which I hadn’t wanted to have
showing. I’m really tempted now to go back and tweak those cover plates so they
won’t be exploding during setup or strike at a show.
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2. Are Technic pegs in short supply? I don’t have much Technic, but I have
never come close to running low on them. The bricks with built-in pegs are
often unused, I admit, but are you actually low on pegs or did I misread your
post?
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In my own collection? No, not really (it’s #2-4 axles and black axle-pins
that I keep running out of). At a show, however, you only have what you bring
with you, which is something to consider when you’ve got suspended hallway
sections. Also, since I had to buy most of the components on Bricklink, and it
cost about as much to get 1x2 single-pin bricks as it did to get 1x2 single-hole
TECHNIC bricks, I didn’t see any reason to spend the same amount of money on
pieces that would require me to use more pieces out of my collection when the
other pieces would take care of the whole job by themselves. I mean, if you can
do the exact same job with one piece or two, why force yourself to have to use
and keep track of the extra part?
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