Random part of the day: Plate 1X2, Rounded, No. 1
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random part is 35480, 'Plate 1X2, Rounded, No. 1', which is a System part, category Plates, Special Circles And Angles.
Our members collectively own a total of 22,804,605 of them. If you'd like to buy some you should find them for sale at BrickLink.
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Ah, the Tic-Tac plate. I used several of these to make packages of toilet paper, which was then being carted around by one person pushing a shopping cart, and another person pushing a wheelbarrow. It got a lot of laughs two years ago. Probably wouldn't have gone over so well half a year earlier.
BEST PART EVER!
Just short of 22,500,000; and I didn't even know this part existed. Heck, yesterday's part didn't even come close to that, and it's a rather common Technic bit I own several of.
@cody6268:
How...seriously? The fact that it has round ends and completely hollow studs made this almost immediately indispensable for SNOTwork.
I've done multiple builds over the last few years that would be impossible without this. The ability to turn 270+ degrees is extremely helpful when doing stuff not on the LEGO grid.
@Glacier_Phoenix:
Weirdest thing I've done so far is a curly stud reverser, achieved by mounting two of these with a pair of The One Rings to the face of a 1x2-1x2 up bracket. I had a space that needed a pair of 1x1 Technic brick, but with no stud on top, and this allowed me to fill the space with a pair of 1x1 corner panels instead. The reason I used this part was that the hollow studs sit flatter than a solid stud w/ logo, and I didn't want to risk a misalignment issue.
One of the most useful new pieces from recent times.
I have 1073 of these in 17 colors?!? Plus several dozen from PAB.
The dark tan and sand green ones make nice sandbags: you can make a curved wall- or just a little irregular.
I love using that part in my Space MOCs.
IndyLUG got this part in LUGBULK, and I am VERY glad we did! You can make walls of *any shape and curvature*. I used mine to make round Viking huts, and they turned out great. This part appeared in tan, reddish brown and dark tan, which were the main colors I was looking for. I was also very glad when it came out in dark orange. I LOVE THIS PART!!!
I hope we will get 1x4 version. AND 1x2 BRICK version
@560heliport said:
"I have 1073 of these in 17 colors?!? Plus several dozen from PAB.
The dark tan and sand green ones make nice sandbags: you can make a curved wall- or just a little irregular."
Just picked up a cup of the dark tan from my local store's PAB today.
Real game changer
Used that for the tracks of a small robot. Otherwise I think it's useful for organic things like plants and animals. Very useful in general !
This is, in fact, an exceptionally useful part, but I can't help feeling that it's cheating.
@Formendacil:
You’re right. We should limit everyone to a single 2x4 brick and they’ll have to imagine harder. Imagine it looks like car, a boat, a house, a spaceship. Imagine that it attaches to anything (or go play with the neighbor’s kid, and together you can build 24 amazing different models!).