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| | | (...) Exactly. And the more reinforcements you have to add, the more _extra_ pieces it requires. To my mind, that's no different than requiring a similar number of extra pieces in instances where you desire full System compatibility. (...) Both (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Ahem (URL) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —David Laswell
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| | | | | | (...) than two reissued sets, they were pretty much discontinued in 1997, and with good reason. They have fringed ends, which have proven to be very prone to breaking, if I'm not mistaken. Especially when the fringed ends are attached to studs. And (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | | | (...) They were perhaps a bit fragile but not that fragile. Here's another version still in production: (URL) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (remove SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —David Laswell
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| | | | | | (...) I seem to recall a friend of mine having a few that were missing one or both ends, and I know I've heard complaints about the old fringed half-bushings cracking apart, so I can't see how the old fringed plates could possibly be more (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —Jennifer Clark
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| | | | | | "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HrwMGt.1JB1@lugnet.com... (...) both (...) be more (...) They are pretty tough, I use them all the time to support the steering arms of the steered wheels on very heavy vehicles. One (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | (...) [snip] (...) In fact the RCX *does* have pin holes. Only four of them, but they are there. Two half pin holes on each side. [snip] I guess I'm not the only one who was lots of energy about the studless beam bashing. Kevin (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Studless Technic models —James Loewen
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| | | | (...) It isn't really like staying compatible with one little obscure product. Many Lego sets use bricks. (...) It's true that studless designs have been around for a while. At first they were used in a few very small Technic sets, then the Star (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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