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Subject: 
I thought as much
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Date: 
Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:44:32 GMT
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This scan shows an old accessory pack of (pre studless) Lego elements.

It cleary describes them as beams. So can we stop calling beams, bricks,
when they're obviously beams, and can we call the new imposters studless
beams therefore creating a clear naming convention and avoiding confusion.

Steve

Who would happily use studless beams, but I can't get them in quantity either.



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  Re: I thought as much
 
(...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: I thought as much
 
(...) That set description was supplied by LUGNET data admins, not by TLC. The curly brackets indicate this. AFAIK, the traditional TLC name for those parts with studs and pin holes are "Technic Bricks". But "beam" has been commonly used for some (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: I thought as much
 
(...) Bricks have studs, Beams do not, They are good, For some SNOT. (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)

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