In the Lego instructions of the set 8016, on p. 31, a 1x2 light bluish gray plate
is shown. In the BL inventory that piece is correctly present in 7 units. In
the videos on Youtube there is NOT that piece as, at that point of construction,
all 7 samples of the plate have already been used before pag. 31 of the instructions.
How can this be explained?
In the Lego instructions of the set 8016, on p. 31, a 1x2 light bluish gray plate
is shown. In the BL inventory that piece is correctly present in 7 units. In
the videos on Youtube there is NOT that piece as, at that point of construction,
all 7 samples of the plate have already been used before pag. 31 of the instructions.
How can this be explained?
In the Lego instructions of the set 8016, on p. 31, a 1x2 light bluish gray plate
is shown. In the BL inventory that piece is correctly present in 7 units. In
the videos on Youtube there is NOT that piece as, at that point of construction,
all 7 samples of the plate have already been used before pag. 31 of the instructions.
How can this be explained?
In the Lego instructions of the set 8016, on p. 31, a 1x2 light bluish gray plate
is shown. In the BL inventory that piece is correctly present in 7 units. In
the videos on Youtube there is NOT that piece as, at that point of construction,
all 7 samples of the plate have already been used before pag. 31 of the instructions.
How can this be explained?
Probably also due to redesign of certain parts I fail while assembling the black
antennas into the black technic pin as shown in no. 4 on page 36 of the original
8016-1 instruction leaflet. I tried many of exactly the specified pins an eight
of the antennas. No combination worked. So, how can I get the right parts? Were
there ever thinner antennas available?
I can‘t push those antennas deeper into the pin like shown on the picture, not
even when using brute force.
Who can solve that riddle perhaps by measuring parts that work nicely?
[…]
Probably also due to redesign of certain parts I fail while assembling the black
antennas into the black technic pin as shown in no. 4 on page 36 of the original
8016-1 instruction leaflet. I tried many of exactly the specified pins an eight
of the antennas. No combination worked. So, how can I get the right parts? Were
there ever thinner antennas available?
I can‘t push those antennas deeper into the pin like shown on the picture, not
even when using brute force.
Who can solve that riddle perhaps by measuring parts that work nicely?
All 2780 pins can accept bars, and all antennas (round or flat end) have the
correct diameter.
I just tested a few (new/old pins, new/old antennas) and the antennas all easily
enter all the pins. Some more easily than others, but there’s never a need to
force.
It even works when the pins are aleardy in Technic holes.
[…]
Probably also due to redesign of certain parts I fail while assembling the black
antennas into the black technic pin as shown in no. 4 on page 36 of the original
8016-1 instruction leaflet. I tried many of exactly the specified pins an eight
of the antennas. No combination worked. So, how can I get the right parts? Were
there ever thinner antennas available?
I can‘t push those antennas deeper into the pin like shown on the picture, not
even when using brute force.
Who can solve that riddle perhaps by measuring parts that work nicely?
All 2780 pins can accept bars, and all antennas (round or flat end) have the
correct diameter.
I just tested a few (new/old pins, new/old antennas) and the antennas all easily
enter all the pins. Some more easily than others, but there’s never a need to
force.
It even works when the pins are aleardy in Technic holes.
Are you sure you have genuine LEGO parts?
Yes, my technic pins are all genuine Lego, but much older than the set 8016.
I found the four pins from set 8016 in other sets, which I built from a convolut.
Those were the original ones from this set, I guess. The older ones look exactly
the same with the only difference of a smaller inner diameter.
These old technic pins were part of the set 8855. 1988 the idea of pushing bars
through pins probably didn’t exist yet.
[…]
Yes, my technic pins are all genuine Lego, but much older than the set 8016.
I found the four pins from set 8016 in other sets, which I built from a convolut.
“convolut” = “mixed lot” I guess
Those were the original ones from this set, I guess. The older ones look exactly
the same with the only difference of a smaller inner diameter.
These old technic pins were part of the set 8855. 1988 the idea of pushing bars
through pins probably didn’t exist yet.
Hmm, according to the note on 2780, “versions of the part with item number 2780
have differences in the thickness of the plastic at the pin ends.”
I don’t have very old 2780, only 4459 and those didn’t accept bars, but they
are still 2780, not the more modern 61332, and they all accept bars, so I thought
it was one of the differences between the two parts (besides the slots and the
difficulty to remove 4459 from holes).
But I also have old Light Gray 3673 from the 1980s and I just checked and they
don’t accept bars while modern ones do.
So it’s possible the first 2780 didn’t accept bars after all 🤔
So, yes, you need to find 2780 that are at least a bit less old than the ones
from 8855-1
Italy, Veneto
Germany, Niedersachsen
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
