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What store did you buy your Znaps in? I've tried Zellers, The Bay, Wal-Mart, and TRU here in Toronto. -- ~mek~ (remove cc from atkincc to email me) Dean Husby wrote in message <392C611F.F710D1A2@a....bc.ca>... (...) Great (...) out of (...) Bridges? (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: $20 Znap sets WITH 9V MOTOR !!!
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(...) Sadly YES. I just bough the yellow/black car. Motor + Wire + 9 Volt Box. Great deal for $30 CDN! The two flex axles are GREAT! I plan on making a bridge out of the black parts. Any URL's with pics and maybe building instructions for Bridges? (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Toronto, Ontario Canada
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Ah ha, you're not from around there are ye? Anyway, I drove down there without looking in the telephone book to confirm and paid the price. :) The store is actually at Younge and Eglinton, And to make it worse they didn't have any Znaps. :( -- ~mek~ (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) Since there are no 2000 Znap sets, I wouldn't hold my breath for service packs. However, some sets have more bumble bees (yellow/black hinged connectors) than others. For just useful pieces, I've found the best source for black pieces (beams (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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(...) with (...) The trouble is you only get a couple per set! They are certainly handy pieces though. I wonder when Znap service packs will become available ;) JB (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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(...) How about the yellow and black "swivel connector"? It's a yellow 1-beam, with knobs at each end, and two black rings wrapped around the middle, with a knob on each ring. The rings can rotate independently, positioning the two knobs anywhere (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) Besides the other responses, this information might help: (URL) McC/ (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Which set to buy?
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I've bought a number of copies of several of the larger sets: 3551, 3552, 3571, 3591 as well as dozens of the smaller ones. I haven't done a part analysis, but it seems like I get proportionally more straight beams in the larger sets. I'd recommend (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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It's time for me to buy more $2 of Znap. I just want a lot of straight beams and connectors. Does anybody want to recommend a set out of those currently available at TRU? (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP as framework (was ZNAP at GR TRU!)
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After a few observation sessions at the 383 Madison Av building site (that's in New York where my company is building anew) I have decided to try just a cubic lattice. No triangular beam thingies, and I don't yet know what a Znap "panel" is that (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) I DID! Or at least that was the start of this whole exercise, I went basement shopping and happened to find a nice one with a nice house attached too. (...) I knew it was going up for sale but not how much, what WAS the price (the more, the (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP as framework (was ZNAP at GR TRU!)
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Thanks for the report! I hadn't thought of flexibility as an advantage. Now that you bring it up, it could be really cool, because it's another fact of life in a big city that will become exaggerated in the model. Except that instead of a 100-story (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) Have you ever thought that maybe you need to get a house with a bigger basement? <gdr> In totally non-related news, I noticed in Sunday's GR Press that the Big White Cube at the end of your street has gone up for sale. I was staggered at the (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | ZNAP as framework (was ZNAP at GR TRU!)
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I'm building ZNAP choo-choo bridges as well. One is 6 feet long and carries two levels of trains, so I have some feel for how ZNAP would extend to large-scale construction frames. ZNAP is softer than TECHNIC beams; it flexes a lot more, which has (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) Not yet, just test assemblies. Too much stuff in my basement to work on anythihg serious. (...) I don't know for sure. Preliminary tests are good. Big problem I see is the change in direction challenge. Assuming you're using the ZNAP parts in (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) Other than bridges for your choo-choo, have you built any large structures incorporating ZNAP pieces? I see there's a message (maybe a thread by now) about using ZNAP for structural frameworks on buildings, but no positive conclusion. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Toronto, Ontario Canada
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When did they build a TRU there? -- ~mek~ (remove cc from atkincc to email me) Greg Vander Mark wrote in message ... (...) All (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Toronto, Ontario Canada
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(...) Try the TRU at Young(sp?) and Dundas. If what I suspect really happened, All the TRU's have started carrying Znap stuff. (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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Is Znap available around here some where? -- ~mek~ (remove cc from atkincc to email me) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Znap with bricks, for tall buildings
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Hi, Znap came to a nearby TRU so I bought the 3510 polybag to check it out. I wonder about using Znap for a skyscraper skeleton. Does anybody have a working scheme for this? Below are some of my thoughts so far. Why do it? Load-bearing brick walls (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) Wow, thanks. 1K? that's impressive. (...) Like what? How well does it work with other lego parts, and how does it look when they're mixed? Jeremiah (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP at GR TRU!
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(...) That's because I bought over USD 1K of it and TRU restocks based on what sells... you're welcome. (...) Gee I hope so :-) Seriously, my kids love it. And I see a lot of possibilities with it ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | ZNAP at GR TRU!
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The TRU on 28th just rearrranged the Lego department, and they've got more Znap stuff than I saw in Europe! BTW, does anyone know if this stuff is any good? (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: sets 3503 & 3504
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(...) Your request is quite easy here on lugnet.... (URL) 3504) Results: 3503: Mini-sonic, 22pcs, 1998 (no price listed) 3504: Hook-truck, 32pcs, 1998 (no price listed) Dave (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | sets 3503 & 3504
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what is the name and the piece count of these sets? many thanks! (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Znap set 3510
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Well, I went back to TRU today and bought another Znap set. Although the sign said the promotion was still going, the checkout girl did not have any of the 3510s. Sorry, Christian. John C. (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: trivia- parts bags smooth
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(...) Some of my ZNAP sets had perforated bags. Most of them didn't however. There's nothing new about non-perforated bags, though. LEGO seems to randomly use them in some sets. In recent years I've seen about a 50/50 mix in perforated vs. (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Znap set 3510
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Oh, so it's even a kind of promotional set then. Anybody who can help me getting it, I don't think it's available here in Germany. Just contact me. Thanks, Christian --- xTI@N. P.S.: Note that I usually reply slow... ---...--- The World is full of (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Znap set 3510
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I received this set free at TRU when I bought a 3591. It's a polybag set. I didn't see it on the shelves, but the girl at checkout pulled it out from under her counter and gave it to me. as evah, John C. (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Znap set 3510
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Hi all, I have seen a small LEGO Znap set on Pause db: (URL) anyone tell me where it comes from; is it still available?? Thanks. Bye, Christian --- xTI@N. P.S.: Note that I usually reply slow... ---...--- The World is full of AFOLs - (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: trivia- parts bags smooth
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(...) Maybe that has something to do with it as well -- it would be easier to print images on a non-perforated bag, so make all the bags (printed or not) non- perforated. --daveL Is there a pamphlets and packaging discussion group? Or just .general? (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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(...) In Australia, more and more bags in sets are coming non-perforated and we get our supply from Europe. I collect a lot of themes and the proportion gets more and more. I'd say it's a cost-cutting idea, since surely not doing somethimg to a (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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I built w/znap for the first time Sun.- set 3551 ( the bird on p28 of instructions). I like it even though , well, maybe because, it is sort of strange. Even the bags the parts were packaged in were different. They were smooth - no little holes. I (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Piece count of some sets
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(...) This is an UN-official hand-counting. Ok, here's how I'll rephrase it then: Since there appears to be no "official" piece count of this and a few other items in the ZNAP line-up, I've counted what is in the box for 3520, and found 39 pieces (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Piece count of some sets
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(...) Richard, is this piece count an official count from the box or from a LEGO catalog or is it an unofficial hand-counting? --Todd (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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I was hoping for more information for this, so perhaps I'll updated it again this weekend. (6-7 May) 3520- 39 pcs Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Review of my Znap experience
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If you're interested in one way to connect LEGO bricks / beams with (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.general)
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| | Review of my Znap experience
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This message contains a review of my experience with Znap as well as some thoughts on the meaning of "Lego". I bought 4 Znap sets: 3551 $10 3552 $20 3571 $20 3591 $30 I built one model from each of the sets, I modified a couple of the models to see (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Pronunciation
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(...) As you've probably surmised by now, there is no one answer. But I ran into a gaggle of Lego reps at the Redwood City TRU recently (there were about six of them) and they pronounce it the last way you describe: `blend the "Z" into the "nap" for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: ZNAP Parts
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(...) Hmm. Actually, the cross-section of a ZNAP beam is the same size as one of the newer Technic smooth-beams, or just slightly smaller than the standard stud-pitch. (...) This double-stud spacing c/should be considered the unit dimension of LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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