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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:03:24 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Micah J. Mabelitini writes:
> Despite your assertions to the contrary, many of the elements you listed
> are *not* junk. The corrugated tubes are extremely useful, not only for
> decoration but for constructing flexible articulated touch bumpers in
> robots. Many of the Throwbot joints and liftarms have superfluous
> decorative characteristics, but are nonetheless functional; and the
> projectile cannon is quite good at what it does (it's optimized for
> shooting cats, right?), and cannot be feasibly replicated with other elements.
The projectiles make great legs for multi-legged robots. The rubber tip
offers optimal grip on all sorts of surfaces.
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| Bah! I wish LEGO would just release the 8880 SuperCar and the SpaceShuttle for 2001. hell, just release the parts in a BAG, with no instructions. (online only) R & D for new design ....... $0.00 Packaging ......... $0.05 I bet they would the BEST (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) are *not* junk. The corrugated tubes are extremely useful, not only for decoration but for constructing flexible articulated touch bumpers in robots. Many of the Throwbot joints and liftarms have superfluous decorative characteristics, but are (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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