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Re: New Dinosaurs
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lugnet.year.2001
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Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:42:30 GMT
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In lugnet.year.2001, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.year.2001, Norman Mensing writes:
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> > I'm not sure yet what to say about the Spionsaurus. At first sight it looked
> > very unlego-ish to me. But after I had a closer look, I might change my mind:
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> > The front and the rear part of the torso look like it's two identical parts,
> > which you can put arms or legs (probably in different sizes) and a neck or a
> > tail piece on.
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> It's actually *4* parts. Not identical. You have seen that it is divided
> symmetrically from side to side, making what you think are two identical parts
> in the front and back- it's also divided from front to back symetrically, so
> the body is actually four seperate peices (according to pictures I have seen).
> This means you can vary the length and width of the body by inserting bricks!
After having another look, I agree happily. The more parts, the better.
> > That's modular, but still not Lego.
Unfortunately, you snipped the rest of my post. The next sentence was
begining with "But". I only wanted to say that at that point I did not see
any typical Lego-Stud-Connections.
> Well, I for one feel that it's a pretty LEGO way of making organic creatures >in a modular way.
As I said, I might change my mind to liking it. If I find out that I can use
the torso pieces e.g. in a spaceship and attach something else than limbs to
it, I will actually love those pieces.
-Norman
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| (...) I'm sorry, I didn't mean to misrepresent what you were saying. <:( I try to trim stuff down to it's bare minimum, perhaps in this case I was a little overzealous. (...) Well, we know the torso piece limb placement will hold a dragon arm. That (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) It's actually *4* parts. Not identical. You have seen that it is divided symmetrically from side to side, making what you think are two identical parts in the front and back- it's also divided from front to back symetrically, so the body is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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