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Re: Eidolon Engineering releases Spiffcraft to Public
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:31:52 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> In lugnet.space, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> > Thus, the smallest possible *true* monolith that can be built
> > using Lego would be 2 x 8 studs (40 x 160 LDU) at the "base",
> > and 15 bricks (360 LDU) tall. (Actually, I'd build it 14 bricks
> > tall, then add two layers of plates, and end it with one layer
> > of tiles, for that alien-manufactured smoothness. ;-)
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> I beg to differ :) The smallest monolith possible in LEGO is 1x4x9.
> You just have to orient it differently. Make it 9 studs long, 1 stud
> wide, and 3 bricks and 1 tile tall. Then stand it on the short end.
Yes, your math works... ;-) *However*, the "real" monolith
was "immoveable, fused to the bedrock on which it rested"
(or words to that effect; it's been awhile), and was perfectly smooth.
The not-necessarily-the-*absolute*-smallest-possible monolith
that I suggested would have the benefits of being reasonably
well-connected to the baseplate beneath it, as well as being
as close to perfectly smooth as could be determined by any
party of minifig astronauts investigating the site.
On the other hand, I concede that your suggestion might be closer
in scale to the "appropriate" size (compared to the minifig astronauts
alluded to earlier). ;-)
Franklin
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