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    Re: Containers —Karim Nassar
   (...) Oooh, Drat! I forgot about the "lego" logos extruded on the tops of the studs... Oh well, just goes to show the dangers of designing lego models in your head... :) BTW, I just tried it myself, and it does work... almost... the deflection of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Containers —Frank Filz
   (...) It's more than just the letters, the actual stud is ever so slightly taller. When I gently slid a plate into a chanel made by reversing two thin walls, the top of the stud caught the edge of the wall. The two stud wide channel with 3 plates + (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Containers —Karim Nassar
   (...) Hmmm, we may be running into the limit of lego tolerances here. When I tried the assembly, it was clearly just the letters on top of the studs that kept it from working perfectly. In fact, it does actually hold together, and works just as I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Containers —Mike Poindexter
   You could always "accidentally" stick a MegaBlock plate back there. It would be obscured from view and I don't think they have markings on the studs, but maybe they do. (I don't use MB, so I wouldn't know). I know Tyco had blank studs, but their (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
 

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