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(...) Bricks have studs, Beams do not, They are good, For some SNOT. (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That set description was supplied by LUGNET data admins, not by TLC. The curly brackets indicate this. AFAIK, the traditional TLC name for those parts with studs and pin holes are "Technic Bricks". But "beam" has been commonly used for some (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:H0F3x6.BLy@lugnet.com... (...) Remember (...) The service catalogue was still active until relatively recently in the UK, certainly I ordered bits from it after the release of the 8448. I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) argument. What better way to destroy the memory of the old part than to reuse it's name. Actually as I said before they're both beams. The old type is the default beam so gets the short hand 'beam'. In order to distinguish the new type from (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(URL) scan shows an old accessory pack of (pre studless) Lego elements. It cleary describes them as beams. So can we stop calling beams, bricks, when they're obviously beams, and can we call the new imposters studless beams therefore creating a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I never had the 8860, I had the 851 red tractor (URL) actually liked that car actually, still don't. I supplemented my bricks with expansion sets and motor sets and then got the JCB. And I used my plentiful colletion of system sets to provide (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) My 853 was and still is my pride and joy. Never crashed - even the box is still quite good. I guess that's the difference between men and women drivers ;-0 (ducks and runs) Mark (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:H0DzB7.83t@lugnet.com... (...) You mean you never crash tested your 8860 to destruction as a child? That front bumper was surprisingly tough! Jennifer (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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