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 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Oct 11, 2019 18:01
 Subject: Re: Undetermined 3183
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In LEGO, axaday writes:
  
 
Part No: 3183  Name: Plate, Modified 1 x 4 with Tow Ball Socket (Undetermined Type)
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3183 Plate, Modified 1 x 4 with Tow Ball Socket (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Plate, Modified

I have this in a set and I want to determine it, but I'm a little lost.
It has the 4 slots, but I can't tell from the limited pics the long and short
socket. Can someone help?

The four I have are the same length but as one has two slots and the others 4,
I guess they are all “long.”
The length is a bit more than a stud: you can’t put a brick in front of the socket
and aligned on studs. (You can put a plate because the slots are high enough
for the tiny “bit more.”)

Oh, if you have
 
Part No: 3730  Name: Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Tow Ball Socket, Short, 4 Slots
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3730 Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Tow Ball Socket, Short, 4 Slots
Parts: Plate, Modified
those are shorter, by around 1mm.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Oct 10, 2019 18:28
 Subject: Re: Brick Color
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In Colors, iprice writes:
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I concur with the brownish looking older greys.

The light greys look yellow compared to lbg.

Yes. The “Bluish” aren’t bluish, they are really grey. They only appear bluer
than the old greys because those were actually yellowish. But they already had
a name and people were used to their names and tints, so the newer ones were
named “Bluish.”
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Oct 10, 2019 15:35
 Subject: Re: Brick Color
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In Colors, linesbusy writes:
  How do you tell the difference between Dark Grey and Dark Bluish Grey bricks?
I want to make sure I purchase ones that match what I already have.

Depends, what do you have?

If it’s post-2005, it’s DBG.
If it’s pre-2004, it’s DG.
In between, well, the Big Colour Shift happened in 2004 but LEGO used their stocks
for a while

You can also check the inventories of your sets. If both greys were used for
a set, it’s generally noted in the inventory (Alternates section).

Also some parts exist only, or are much more frequent, in one dark grey.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Oct 10, 2019 11:24
 Subject: Re: 49699 a Panel?!
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In Catalog, Turez writes:
  In Catalog, Teup writes:
  
 
Part No: 49699  Name: Panel 1 x 6 x 4 1/3 with Window and 4 Pin Holes
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49699 Panel 1 x 6 x 4 1/3 with Window and 4 Pin Holes
Parts: Panel

I can't discover anything panel-ish about this part. I'd say it's
window, door, technic, other, vehicle, or pretty much anything except a panel...
What do you think it should be?

Since
 
Part No: 30528  Name: Arch 1 x 8 x 6 (Portal)
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30528 Arch 1 x 8 x 6 (Portal)
Parts: Arch
is an arch, 49699 should perhaps just be a slope

I don’t quite follow the logic here
Half an arch might be a slope but, surely, an arch + an inverted arch is not
a slope, it’s a cylinder!


  At least it has something in common with
 
Part No: 30180  Name: Slope 45 10 x 2 x 2 Double
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30180 Slope 45 10 x 2 x 2 Double
Parts: Slope

Okay but then it should be a Slope AND a Slope Inverted. And both Double. So
does that make it Quadruple or Double-Double?


We really need a catmin who is used to deep and rigorous classifications.
I don’t know, maybe an entomologist or something like that?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Oct 10, 2019 09:16
 Subject: Re: 49699 a Panel?!
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In Catalog, firestar246 writes:
  In Catalog, Teup writes:
  
 
Part No: 49699  Name: Panel 1 x 6 x 4 1/3 with Window and 4 Pin Holes
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49699 Panel 1 x 6 x 4 1/3 with Window and 4 Pin Holes
Parts: Panel

I can't discover anything panel-ish about this part. I'd say it's
window, door, technic, other, vehicle, or pretty much anything except a panel...
What do you think it should be?

My first thought is technic or window frame

Well:

1. Window (or door) frame implies you could put a glass or panel (or door)
inside. That seems very unlikely with the technic holes in the way.

2. It’s been used in System (City) sets for now BUT it sure looks like a Technic
Brick, yet not really.
So Technic could do but not really “Technic Brick” and there are no similar parts
(that I know of) in the other Technic categories, that would mean it should fall
in the general “Technic” category, which is already overpopulated.

I’m not envying the catmins

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