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 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 19:43
 Subject: Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants
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In Catalog, Nubs_Select writes:
  
  The difference is actually more significant than that.
 
Part No: 2444  Name: Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Pin Hole
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2444 Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Pin Hole
Parts: Plate, Modified
cannot clutch a 1x2 jumper plate or any other hollow stud for that matter attached
to the center tube underneath.
 
Part No: 10247  Name: Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Pin Hole - Full Cross Support Underneath
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10247 Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Pin Hole - Full Cross Support Underneath
Parts: Plate, Modified
clutches them with ease.

The only thing about this one is that I do not have the time to look through
all 555 sets that use 10247 to see if it ever "officially" mattered.
However, the question I keep coming back to is why redesign the part in the first
place if not to use that additional functionality? And I believe the answer is
somewhere in those 555 sets.

So in theory, if we can find 1 set that has a 1x2 jumper under the modern base
of 1 it should then mean it cant be merged if I'm understanding correctly?


Yes.


  but then even if we dont find it and then a year later lego does do that it would
be something that has to be split again if I understand correctly?


Yes, again. This is one of the main reasons losing information that is already
here is not a good plan.

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View Thread Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants - Nubs_Select (3524)
[...] So in theory, if we can find 1 set that has a 1x2 jumper under the modern base of 1 it should then mean it cant be merged if I'm understanding correctly? but then [...]
(4 hours ago, Jan 25, 2024, to Catalog)

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View Thread Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants - axaday (7292)
Just start coding a database with umbrella options and WAIT. There is no urgency to this project.
(4 hours ago, Jan 25, 2024, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants - Nubs_Select (3524)
[...] mhm. a functional difference like this is not a good idea to merge. I just tested it out, out of curiosity with the parts on hand and it truly has no grip. it just falls [...]
(4 hours ago, Jan 25, 2024, to Catalog)

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