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Re: WRONG Rung
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:05:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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I was pretty excited when TLG developed this part. I was never too happy with the rungs that had the grabbers
towards the middle of the element instead of on the ends. But now I’ve
changed my mind...
Here are 2 pics of the 2 elements in action:
 
Now, at first glance, I like what I see (not minding the fact of the
difference in brown tones!) The newer rungs look more like what I think real
rungs look like-- until I view them from the side:
Notice how fat and blobby they appear from this angle, and how the old style
looks more delicate. I really wanted to like these newer elements and was
planning on switching over to them eventually, but to my surprise, I am not
preferring them over the old ones-- certainly not enough to go through all of
the cost and trouble of switching out 100s of them.
So I will pass on them for now, although I might just build a dark red
Bethgon with them and see how it looks overall, and bring it to Cincy for
evaluation by all. Ah, the pursuit of the trivial:-)
JOHN
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I’m not even a Lego train builder, but when I look at the old version, they’re
so bad that anything is an improvement. If you could build your ends upside down
the new ones would even drop in the right direction.
And you have to take into account that lego’s a toy. I wouldn’t want to go back
to the bad old days where parts would regulary snap. This part looks like you
could stand on it without breaking it and without injuring your foot. A
prototypical part would never last.
Steve
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| I was pretty excited when TLG developed (URL) this part>. I was never too happy with the rungs that had the grabbers towards the middle of the element instead of on the ends. But now I've changed my mind... Here are 2 pics of the 2 elements in (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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