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Re: Pre-1995 strong pieces/attachments
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 13 Jan 2001 02:08:19 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Gaurav Thakur writes:
> This could just be something to do with the sets I have, but I noticed that
> many sets before 1995 seem to have really stiff and strong pieces. They take
> a lot more strength to join but once connected, they stay on very tightly.
> Some models I got in the last year (i.e. 8856, 8858, 8880) seemed to have
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Well, since you only mention Technic sets, I can only assume you're
referring to the change in friction pins. I don't know exactly when this
occurred (since the mid 90's was my LEGO Dark Ages) but I'm sure somebody on
here does. Anyway, if you look at the black technic pegs (the ones that join
beams laterally while providing some resistance to rotation) you'll notice
they're solid, whereas the new ones have twin strips of plastic removed
running parallel to the axis of the peg. There's the difference in strength
(and why people here talk about shoving paper in the technic pin gap to
strengthen a rotational joint) because this removed plastic allows for much
greater flex in the peg.
I'm not sure why they did this, but I assume it is because it was
occasionally difficult to remove a friction pin from another piece, even if
you used an axel to push through from the other side. The new ones are much
more 'reconstruction' friendly, which is really the point of LEGO. (They are
also unfortunately, much less mecha friendly).
Mark W.
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