Random part of the day: Angle Element 135 Deg. [4]

Posted by Huwbot, 04 Jun 2023 01:01

Today's random part is 42156, 'Angle Element 135 Deg. [4]', which is a Technic part, category Connectors.

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By Randomness in United States, 04 Jun 2023 01:23

Another variety is https://brickset.com/parts/design-32192

By Murdoch17 in United States, 04 Jun 2023 01:25

This part had better go to the hospital.... it's got a fever of 135 degrees*!

*Before anybody asks, that's not in Fahrenheit or Celsius... it's in Kelvin.

By PurpleDave in United States, 04 Jun 2023 01:27

@Randomness:
I think that version may have broken the design aesthetic of the angle connectors. I know one of them had numbers and text on the sides that didn't match the other five.

By TheOtherMike in United States, 04 Jun 2023 02:00

@Murdoch17: 135 kelvins is negative 217 degrees Fahrenheit or negative 138 Celsius, so sort of the opposite of a fever.

By Murdoch17 in United States, 04 Jun 2023 02:05

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Murdoch17: 135 kelvins is negative 217 degrees Fahrenheit or negative 138 Celsius, so sort of the opposite of a fever."

Oh, ok. So he's frozen solid. That could explain why the ice packs weren't helping...

By MeisterDad in Canada, 04 Jun 2023 02:24

I like that the large numbers of the part type (in this case, 4) are seen on the sides of these connector parts. Though, I also find that they are fairly dissimilar when searching for them in a pile, so why they decided to have them at all is beyond me.

By tedgarb in United States, 04 Jun 2023 02:59

I'm shocked for a part this common produced for 10 years there are that few in collections

By Lemerbrix06 in United States, 04 Jun 2023 03:26

Most recent set I got this in: 71790 imperium dragon hunter hound

By ryuryuryu in United States, 04 Jun 2023 04:09

GBC legend

By NotProfessorWhymzi in United States, 04 Jun 2023 06:55

now that is a groovy angle. don't ask why, it just is.

By TheOtherMike in United States, 04 Jun 2023 09:08

@NotProfessorWhymzi: Groovy? No, it's not a tile, it's an angle connector.

By ThatBionicleGuy in United Kingdom, 04 Jun 2023 14:17

I always think of this whole family of angled connectors as Turaga arms. I know the ones actually used for the Turaga were the deg. [5] version; but they could easily be swapped out with any of the other angle versions of the part to add at least a little more variety to their poses.

(Not that I ever did that thing myself; although my second-hand Gahlok Va did mistakenly come with one of this angle instead of the correct one, which was when I realised it was possible.)