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Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 22 May 2000 21:27:58 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Sonny Sidhu writes:
> >
> > I didn't realise there was a 1x4x3 brick (!!). I've only seen thinwalls and
> > windows of that dimension; the thinwalls, of course, don't count as POOPs, because
> > they perform a service that cannot be rendered with standard bricks--namely, making
> > 4-wide structures that allow minifig occupancy. (Or do you consider a minifig a
> > POOP too? ;) )
> >
> > Personally, I don't mind the large pieces. I'll incorporate them, as I always do,
> > and disguise them to the best of my ability. For example, the large Ninja wall
> > segment pieces make magnificent breakwaters in the stone pattern, and fantastic
> > torpedo bulges on warships if unprinted (I'm still looking for more, btw!). And
> > the saucer sections...ahhh, Brasso, my truest friend.
> >
> > best
> >
> > Lindsay
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> This raises an interesting point. Let's take, for example, some of the rock-patterned
> slopes on Ninja sets. If Lego gave you 20 preprinted slopes with which to make that
> shape, people would be whining day and night about having so many rock-patterned
> slopes. I think it is better to have one POOP and either use it or throw it in the
> "forgotten" bin than to have a stash of wasted preprinted parts (ie: a lot of
> preprinted slopes). And seriously, it would have to be preprinted, because if they
> gave you 80 tiny stickers to affix, we'd be coplaining even more! Not to mention that
> one POOP costs less than many "regular" pieces.
You make a good point, but I don't think that I agree with you. I wouldn't use
the 20 said bricks in all my building projects involving slopes, but I would use
them in some, as I felt appropriate. I would rather have 20 preprinted slopes
that I can either combine into the 1 large shape that we have now (ninja-
design), or which I can use to make a variety of different angles. The 20
pieces versus just the 1 is a matter of versatility; I would prefer to minimize
the limitations of the bricks as much as possible, and I have never complained
because Lego has given too many of any reasonably-basic shape.
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| (...) This raises an interesting point. Let's take, for example, some of the rock-patterned slopes on Ninja sets. If Lego gave you 20 preprinted slopes with which to make that shape, people would be whining day and night about having so many (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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