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Re: Amazing new part!
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Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:31:11 GMT
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   looks like its now the size of standard “bar” items... like these...



Can anyone confirm or deny that?


It does look like that bar peice. Nice to see TLG maintain a standard, however the linking socket must then be bigger than the standard “clip” items so that friction between the links is minimised.

It seems limiting that there is only one sprocket size....

Steve



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  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) Yes the piece is exactly like you described. The bar is the standard size, and a minifig can hold it as a shield. The 2 holds are exacted 3 wide. You can pass axle and pins through them and the half pin will latch perfectly. The whole piece is (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) I was thinking that myself. I wonder if Lego have already designed the family of sprocket sizes or whether they design them only "on demand". If Jake Mckee was still around I'd ask him. Lego might have a policy to complete the whole system (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

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  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) Well that new "link"... (URL) looks like its now the size of standard "bar" items... like these... (URL) Can anyone confirm or deny that? If so, I could see that part being used for much more, in many other builds, aside from just something (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

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