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Re: New angled beam
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Date: 
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:06:42 GMT
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I noticed this beam too and thought it was new.  I have a lot of Technic
(prolly not as much as Fredrik) and I do not have a specimen of this beam.

John Matthews

Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message
news:m33dw8o454.fsf@sade.uio.no...
> "Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> writes:
> 
> >  Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote
> > > Looking at the new LEGO Mindstorms-like R2D2 set (sorry I don't know • the
> > > number), it suddenly struck me that it contains a new angled beam. • It
> > > seems to have this basic shape:
> > > 
> > >  + o o o o o
> > >             o
> > >              +
> > > 
> > > I wonder what the angle of the bend is?  Looks a bit like 45° to me, • but
> > > it is hard to say for sure.
> > 
> >  I have the DDK and AFAICT there are no new pieces in it, at least none
> >  unique to the set except for a turntable-thingy which is used for R2's
> >  rotating middle wheel.
> > 
> >  The angled beams are the standard ones.
> 
> I don't know what the DDK is, but I assume you're refering to the set
> which is depicted on the images I refered to.
> 
> Does this mean that the "eight hole one bend" technic beam visible in
> the images in white and grey has been available before 1999?  So far, I
> have only seen the "nine holes one bend" (6629) and "eleven hole two
> bend" (32009) beams.
> 
> I don't regard the "eight hole one bend" beam as a standard beam just
> yet, as you do, but you may have more experience with the Technic LEGO
> bricks than me.
> 
> Fredrik



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  Re: New angled beam
 
(...) I don't know what the DDK is, but I assume you're refering to the set which is depicted on the images I refered to. Does this mean that the "eight hole one bend" technic beam visible in the images in white and grey has been available before (...) (27 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)

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