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 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 19:40
 Subject: Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants
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  The difference is actually more significant than that.
 
Part No: 2444  Name: Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Pin Hole
* 
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
* 
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?
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?
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 19:43
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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
* 
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
* 
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.
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 19:49
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Just start coding a database with umbrella options and WAIT. There is no urgency
to this project.
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 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 19:53
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In Catalog, axaday writes:
  Just start coding a database with umbrella options and WAIT. There is no urgency
to this project.

+1 that option would make 100% of users happy instead of making some happy and
really annoying others.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
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In Catalog, randyf writes:
  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
* 
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
* 
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.

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 off as there was no stud. Thankyou for clarifying