Finding A Use For This Strange LEGO Piece! Part
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Have you ever seen this particular piece of LEGO before? In this video, we discuss its history and how this specific part came into my collection. Oh, and of course it's related to Rock Raiders!
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I can't believe you somehow got this piece from a Legoland where you could just grab pieces in colors that didn't exist. What other pieces might have just existed in such uncertain, never-before-heard colors?
Also, amazing use of the piece! Having only just one makes it harder to use for something larger, but that's the perfect size.
Believe it or not, but I was able to grab a few more “Legoland pieces” from this same seller - 2 of which will be the topic of a similar video in the future. 😊
And thank you! I was so happy to get this MOC right - it’s one I’m really proud of. ❤️
The 2x2x3 corner slope had a transparent variant that was only used in Legoland parks. I know because I remember a Lego car builder used four of them to make the headlights on a Ferrari and mentioned that that’s where they came from.
Its not that they don't exist; its specific legoland pick-a-bricks that have rare/unproduced colored parts
The 2x4 brick in pearl silver is one of them
@@RRSlugger Imagine if there's them Life on Mars Martian arms back there... the LEGO vaults.....!..
Wow, I've never seen that piece before. Such a weird shape, using it as Chief's platform is brilliant.
This is my first interaction with the piece as well! It took me a while to figure out how to use it's strange shape to my advantage, but settling on Chief's platform was a stroke of luck! 😊
I have this piece on a old ship and it’s hard to find a use besides the use of keeping the sails up
To me, this seems like a perfect part for details for large structures, like modular buildings
Weird, I swear I have at least one in Dark Gray and one in Light Gray.
It's been so long since I broke out my childhood Lego totes, I'll need to cross reference what I have. A lot of what I've seen you mention as "rare" I have a few of over the past week or so since I found your channel.
I'm finally getting back to collecting after nearly 15 years of not picking up new sets! Thanks for helping me find my way back to Lego. LoL
Whoa, I have never seen that piece before! That would be outrageously useful for building more "accurate" houses as a wall mount; put the outside wall on the studs, and then an interior facing in the grooves!
We need more of that piece for sure! And your use for it, as well, is delightful!
I'm honestly kinda annoyed that LEGO keeps all the good parts for themselves. We want all the pieces!
It's certainly a strange little piece with a long career, yet very few retail releases. It must have been used extensively in Miniland scaled Legoland builds or something because it seems like they made them in a ton of other colours too (just never for retail)!
@@RRSlugger And that's the worst part! Release them to retail! Or at least on Pick-a-Brick!
@@TheHylianBatman what they all do is release Parts packs with some interesting parts and stuff you just don't see much and maybe some theme called extra parts or something like that you know the next step of Lego extra but where you get just selections of parts to enhance your models I know they did a bit of that but I mean it things that you don't see especially in certain colors but yet could be interesting incorporate I mean models or be quite useful but you don't normally see in larger quantities and so on might be like having snot breaks and maybe some of 1x2 bricks with grooves and also some of the Ingot bricks in possibly a pack that would also include some of the brick profile bricks as in the ones that look like brickwork as in my red bricks on a house something like this might just work perhaps in different themes of different types of parts and available in several different colors.
Or maybe a kid designed to do things like flooring and windows and so on and roofs more for the 18 plus crowd.
Might have stuff to do to pitch screws using Warden just slopes including the ball joints and some stuff to just get fancy with bottles and enough to actually do a small section at least of a model.
We're kind of like an expansion pack to help integrate different structures into your Lego setup such as maybe transition sections for modular buildings perhaps where you might have maybe a back alley and this would get you started.
I doubt this would ever happen but it would be cool or maybe occasionally release limited runs of things that would have those parts that you don't see in certain colors just available for even a limited time and perhaps things like that being there.
Or maybe release something called studs not on top series and have some pretty cool stuff or perhaps one that would be things like the stuff to build light fixtures and coach lights and not just street lights and at least include parts to build a chandelier as well maybe even throwing in a few LED bricks with white LEDs and them I don't know if they exist yet officially!
I know they have the Amber but as far as I know not white as of yet!
I hope that that comes out soon enough if not sooner.
It's all possible to build wide switches that mechanically operate with these light brakes to operate light in a Lego room or otherwise finally got the parts to work on this!
By the way got the most awesome Christmas this year ahead of the holidays!
First trip to bricks and minifigures ever and ditto on Lego retail store talk about adult then of Lego heaven!
Would encourage anyone if there is an opportunity go to those places you won't regret it.
Oh and yeah unlike what some have said online there is still the discount for bringing back your pickup brick cups for reuse.
Can't remember the exact amount but you'll find it on the web just throwing that out there plus they're well designed containers anyways and definitely going to be using those you won't have to worry about the lids coming off unless you want to as long as you're on properly that's a lot better than going up to your local gas station to get a soda I can tell you that
And yes I agree that it'd be interesting to try to do some construction as in more realistic than plopping bricks on top of each other as in like more like what would be done in constructing a real world house in theory it could be done the handles large wall element pieces here and there it was close but not quite.
That even went back as far as some Duplo sets and not to mention well that Girls theme that will not be mentioned by name although we did get some interesting parts that are quite useful in their own right but most Parts not quite as useful out of those two themes meant for girls but not limited to which of course I actually did want to get some of the parts from there that could have been really useful for some large builds.
Got my eye on doing a train tunnel eventually and some type of locomotive Workshop not on bike what was officially released although better.
There are those awkward pieces that are larger that are windows with the double sloped Windows either side and I think a good use for those would be for a covered train station even though really some people would really go further in just either do clear pieces and hinges or otherwise it would be a way to do it effectively but without breaking the bank not only on money but in terms of the number of parts needed when I look down at some parts I'm like wait a sec this would be great for a train station like this or even an Atrium on a building or also even large interior space and I already threw together a prototype of an entrance to something like a doctor's office or otherwise where you've got the doors and often times the sloped Windows above.
And you would know there's also the let's call them bow or Arch pieces that have the same profile pretty much.
If those are combined oh yeah plus easily lines up with a standard brick construction they would not perfectly but it's doable with the right parts.
Either the newer taller window and door pieces or the older shorter ones.
Looking to hopefully find a bay window piece for a large bay window in a house Mark I'm looking to build as well.
Don't forget not just studs done on top but using it plates and tiles to fit things like Windows sideways and others and even just using one by one clear plates to represent glass block.
And doing Brick Road window frames and using the transfer clear as window panes.
Even using possibly the horror and the illegal building technique to stick the mullion in the middle of a window to produce Windows more pains than the standard windows are.
What I need to have is pieces are specifically meant to do this with so that illegal building text means wouldn't be no longer illegal that would be a plus but then again with does not on top and bracket pieces now that might become a reality or just creative Parts usage sometimes might be able to solve this issue and yeah I think we've all done the illegal building techniques at least once in our life especially as kids about that again some of them also well have eaten or accidentally swallowed a Lego for you I do actually know someone that did once wasn't me but seriously is okay though.
And this was not a kid well friends was trying to separate two pieces and not doing it the right way and guess what happened yep down the oh esophagus.
He said that's probably about the only time he'd ever been gone to ER when working with Lego he did get checked out they said it would pass he said that he was expecting it to be almost like passing out like a kidney stone but he said he didn't even notice it luckily it was a one by one round plate so probably made it better for him where to wise don't use your teeth besides could do more harm to the Lego piece as well!
100% true story that I knew someone years ago and found out long time ago that it happened yeah and they talk about kids doing something like that this guy was well seasoned enough to know not to do this but well just don't is better idea.
I'm sure you've heard of someone trying to replace a battery in something with a button cell and well it's something happening I have also heard a kid swallowing a penny or a dime years ago and they still talk about it haven't known anyone to swallow a battery but it's possible does tiny button cells could easily have this happen although not in the family I do one person that had that happen when I had mentioned batteries it was someone that I knew into medical industry told me this that it was one of his family members.
Possibly a hearing aid cell.
This is incredible! Such a creative idea & perfect execution.
Thank you! ❤
Every new video you upload now feels like a surprise topic. I did not expect it but as always, I enjoyed watching. Thank you!
Thank you! I’ve got more surprises coming up soon! 😊
I’m definitely cutting against the grain of the TH-cam algorithm in doing this as it thrives on consistency, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I really appreciate folks like yourself who are willing to take a leap of faith with me on each upload! ❤️
It's an odd piece for sure but my introduction to it came with set 6274 Caribbean Clipper back in 1991. Next time I would see it in an official set was decades later when I finally picked up 6268 Renegade Runner. It's actually quite useful for MOC'ing your own ships and centering masts in tight areas.
I’m a little jealous of what sounds like an awesome Pirate collection you have there! 😊
There are no slots on the back of the pillar because it would be impossible to mold. The studs would require a slide to mold and the other studs on the 2x2 prevent said action...
Didnt expect it to look so much like the game!
I think you could probably continue the construction with some technic gears and railing pieces to make it lowerable with a play function, if you had something to attach the platform too. Makes me wonder what Chief's platform is actually lowering from in the game...
I've been buying sets that I always wanted as a kid, mainly sets from the late 1990s, the kind that I would have drooled over in catalogues and displays and one of those sets was 6456 Mission Control. I got four of this piece in yellow, where it's used to stabilize the rocket on the launch pad. It's such an interesting SNOT piece from back in the day, and it made me wish I'd had the piece sooner when I was a kid - what creations would I have come up with? My Lego MOC building techniques are still rooted in the 90s, brick on brick, and I'm not too good with modern Lego SNOT techniques in MOC making.
Anyway, great video as always! You always knock it out of the park with the production values. Can't wait for the Twisted Time Train in Time Cruisers!
That has got to be my favourite use of this 2422 piece that I’ve seen! Those yellow prongs all sticking up to hold the rocket - simply awesome!
I’ve got a couple more episodes before the Time Train, but we’re getting there! Should only be a few months away now…
Interesting, i have this piece in white and light gray, wonder where that one comes from. Also, piece 3743 was the first one i had in mind, when you showed the game clip, so it's great to see you also come to that conclusion.
I think I had this piece in white from a Sea Port. in the ends of the crane rails.
I have 4 yellow ones from 1999 space mission control set and 4 black ones from 1995 space rocket set.
In general through the years ran into bunch of black ones probably from the repair truck and pirate sets since they were quite common and popular back in a day so as those space rocket launch control whatevers .... they were quite popular in general.
I don't remember using these for much just a forklift build one time and that is it. Such an odd piece never could utilize it for my builds. Usually I made vehicles in minifig scale and this piece isn't much for those. Maybe if I would have much more of it, it could be great for truck structures especially cargo bay box pieces, other then that no clue. The offset is what makes it weird to use.
Something tells me I either have-had or seen the grey one too, can't tell ... considering how hard is to obtain this I would rather say it got to be a bootleg one and not official.
For those who don't know LEGO actually stole and still to this day steals designs from bootleg toys. It's ironic how they steal things from each other meanwhile LEGO being the one ignorantly parading legal patent claims and lawsuits like it matter anything ...
This piece looks like its legalizing an illegal building technique
That piece seems actually very useful, it can be used for stuff like support beams, street light bases, as well as completely unique sliding mechanisim designs with that lack of antistuds.
I can imagine using these on walls to make it look like they are concrete reinforced with steel bars up the sides in tough looking building designs.
I also can see a good use for them jn mech or creature designs as this compresses the job that normally must be done with more pieces while taking up more space.
I actually adore this piece as it can do so many things I wish I had a better way to do previously and I am greatly upset knowing this piece is both rare but that it doesn't have many in such a highly usable color like dark grey.
this is awesome! i hope you do more videos like this on niche pieces!
Thank you! I do have another one planned, as hinted in the video, but it won’t be for a few months still…
It's it used for lifts, like on a ForkLift, or in a garage.?.
It looks like it could be used for the basis of a throne
I feel like it could be used for an assassins creed leap of faith moc
Hey RR! I’m was a big rock raider enthusiast and now I’m getting into power miners, my goal is to collect every set and I was wondering what you thought of the theme
Hey Jeptha! I don’t have a ton of PM sets, but three I do have are all great: Thunder Driller, Claw Digger, and Granite Grinder haha. I think any one or all of them would make for great additions to a PM collection!
@@RRSlugger lol I just got the thunder driller and the granite grinder off brick link as my first two, I will be starting a review series on them as I collect
If you have many of them, you can make a fence!
Wait, that piece isn't exclusive to offbrands?
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How to subtly flex the most expensive Rock Raiders minifigure 😂😂
I have one of these kicking around. You’ve given me more to think about with it!! Funnily enough, that gear brick is the exact part that popped into my mind when I saw the Chief drop down at the start of the video, so it’s fun to see you pull it off!!
I'd love to see whatever you come up with when you use it! ❤
The use of this piece in the Futron Monorail was for a platform elevator.
It was really interesting learning about this piece! Just the fact it doesn't have anti studs on the SNOT bit feels so weird, but it sure helps it stand out.
I couldn't help but think that you could find some way to incorporate this into a bigger MOC using a gear to lift the platform up and down. I'm not sure what it'd be a part of, but just thinking of how to make that mechanism certainly has my gears turning.
Exactly! I feel like the lack of anti studs there *should* lead to an interesting build, but I wasn’t able to make that particular element work for me this time.
I want to pick up a few in Yellow now and try them out in a bigger RR MOC! 😊
Fantastic video! Very well paced, too. It was exciting to watch the mystery of this unusual piece unfold and watch your MOC come together! Seeing the animation of Chief descending on the platform and giving orders just like in the game was a super satisfying end.
Thank you! I worked quite hard on that final bit of stop motion and I'm glad it turned out as well as it did! If you want to use the clip for your own purposes, it's available in my G Drive linked in the description. There's also a behind the scenes picture of the rig I built in order to suspend Chief into the shot! 🙂
I have quite a few of these pieces, as they appeared in several of highlight sets of the late 80s and early 90s, however had never looked at it any closer. It was basically the replacement for 4169, which had the survival rate of snow in the desert and usually used to put some 1-by-very long stuff upright.
being such a rare piece, putting it in a museum build might be cool
"it was produced in 4 colours: Red. Black. White. and-"
me: dark gray
"Yellow-"
what-?
Hahaha, right? 😂
I really expected it to be green, smh
It feels like a mendela effect for me, because I've definitely seen this piece several times before but I had no idea that it wasn't from an official lego set. Or at least in this color. And once you said what you were going to use it for, it made perfect sense, this is a fun little tutorial!
I immediately thought of #3743 when you were looking for a groove texture. It's SUCH a useful brick for everything from gears, to texturing!
Great mini MOC; you making some like these just made me realize that a MOC can be for tiny things too!
Nice! A deep cut, LEGO parts edition.
Was trying to remember what set I have that uses this...and ah-ha! It's in two legendary space sets: 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer (red), and set 6990, Monorail Transport (black).
What's cool about this bracket piece is it'snot only SNOT, it's also a jumper piece--the SNOT part is jumpered. This feature seems useful for shaping the prow of a ship or vehicle if you put attached this bracket to another SNOT assembly, such that the 1x4 portion is oriented horizontally.
That’s a great point about the Jumper-ness of this piece; I kind of glossed over that bit, eh? 😅
A ship’s prow would be perfect! I’ll have to try that next…
Those are some wicked sets you have there - enjoy ‘em! ❤️
i remember this piece. only set i can remember it being in was the space monorail - it was put on the end of a single stud wide shaft and was used to raise and lower astronauts up to a platform. i know i had a bunch of these pieces, but can't remember any other sets that i KNOW they were used it.
Smart stuff. I could maybe see this piece serving its purpose as a base for a mast in a small (pirate) ship.
I have seen one in my entire life. It was in primary school in a miscellaneous Lego box.
I got it in the Petrol Station/Carpark so I took it for granted, but it certainly has some good potential for SNOT stuff. That is so cool you got your hands on a piece like that!
This is super interesting 😁 A similar, but arguably even weirder piece is 4169, would be interesting to see your thoughts on it
That’s the bizarre cousin of this piece, that’s for sure!
Love it! Build looks great, very faithful. I love obscure things with interesting background stories. Makes me wish there was some grand adventure story behind all my sets haha
Thank you! ❤
It really was a matter of "well, I'd better find *something* to do with this piece", haha. 😅
Clever stuff! I like what you ended up building! The rack gear part was the first thing that came to mind for me with that texture, but I imagine I would have been building something without that rare starting brick that is the basis for this video.
With that part, what immediately comes to mind for me is the drag racing Christmas tree. Probably the perfect color for it, too; while black would in theory be more accurate, using transparent yellow, green, and red would not show up very clearly placed directly on it.
Huh I had this piece in my drawer for some time now never knew it was so rare
I like it, as “useless” as it is! I have a knack for novelties.
lego lore master slugger
I've seen it, but I've never gotten a set with it, it was always in collections I stumbled on. So cool to have a non production part!
I had never seen this piece before until I purchased a used Renegade Runner 2 years ago. So cool you were able to find it in a rare color, AND a perfect use to boot!
Thanks! ❤️
It must be used up somewhere near the bow of the ship, right?
@@RRSlugger yep, the sails boom to be exact. It slides into the mast upside down and a turntable hinge plate extends out under the sail so that it can swivel a little
I love the weird old offset/SNOT pieces. Kinda wondering where the pieces are used in sets, though! Guess I gotta go do some digging as I may have at least one of them myself! :)
EDIT: Indeed I have a flea-market find of the 6268 Renegade Runner, though currently unbuilt (and never fully complete I think), and I have the 6456 Mission Control set in amazing condition sitting on my shelf from a recent Bricklink score! The latter one uses this piece to stabilize the vertical space shuttle on the mobile part of the launch site (clearly inspired by the giant moving platforms that used to wheel rockets into place from the Cape Canaveral Assembly Hall to the Launch Tower). It fits quite snugly!
I sadly can't remember how the former uses this piece, though I would guess it would be something to do with the mast, a very hard to accomodate piece outside of its full-scale double-sail bearing system!
Oh, I love the way 6456 uses the piece! Such a clever function that other pieces just wouldn't quite capture. I would be interested in figuring out how the Renegade Runner manages to make use of it too; I might have to look up the instructions and find out. 😊
I remember getting a white one from the police port set. Oogled the piece quite a bit when I dug it out from the pile of bricks. Its a really cool piece, and very cool story for the rare color one you have.
Wonder how many rare unreleased pieces are floating around out there that came from parks or factory lines producing test items that never saw the light of day.
Sure... instantly recognized it. Had it in set 6394 for the car elevator and in the Futuron sets.
Damn... again, this says a lot about my age 😀
That’s awesome! This was my first experience with it, but I’d like to buy a bunch of Yellow ones now. 😊
I was similarly confused when I came across a Light Gray 4169 which appears to be in the same family. It has a 2x3 tile for a base and then a part sticking up like yours but facing the other way around with three studs on it. According to Rebrickable it was only in 11 sets between 1980 and 1988 and used mainly for holding up telegraph poles.
4169 also came in white in the Futuron set 6828 Twin-Winged Spoiler. As I had 6828 growing up, but managed to break one of my 4169's, it got stuck in my mind for a long time before I had a chance to replace it.
That groove for the platform is very reminiscent of an actual piece that was actually used with part 2422. It was this very odd, almost zipper-like piece with a groove on one side and stud attatchments on the back (I think that's right, not great with Lego terminology). It was used in 6990 Monorail Transport System, which I'm lucky enough to own. Definitely a great way to use 2422 if you have it.
The story behind it is most intriguing.
legit the first lego youtuber i've seen that actually knows that piece numbers
I've never known any and I'd never have the patience to know them (I'm fine calling them 2x1s or modified plates) , so massive respect to you
Thanks! It’s hard to keep them in order so often I have to look them up before writing the script. 😊
I think it’s helpful so others can find them more easily!
Oh, you like lego? Name every brick
@5:12 ,,am gonna say that for another video" so slugger when is the new video comming?
Hahaha, maybe one day 😅
You know, looking at this piece, the first idea I had was using it as a railroad signal. Building it up on a pole, and then adding some lights could make simple, yet convincing trackside signal. Of course, the beauty of LEGO is that pieces can be used in unique and creative ways that you may not think of initially!
I was practically screaming at my phone for you to use part 3743 for that. It would be cool to make some sort of geared technic thing to raise and lower it. Maybe MOC the in-game hud lol
Привет ! Очень рад тебя снова видеть. Классное видео , не знал что леговцы раньше делали подобное , мне кажется эта деталь мало применима , поэтому и исчезла. Насчет рок райдерс , мне удалось приобрести набор 4930 , как не странно , я не нашел к нему инструкции в интернете , видимо все собирали по коробке)
Thank you! ❤️
Yes, 4930 did *not* come with any instructions - pretty weird, right?
@@RRSlugger Очень странно. Видимо решили сэкономить на бумаге )
Hearing about the free non-production piece handout makes me so jealous, you have no idea what I'd give to be there
you can use 2 stud with ball pieces and a 1x2 plate with curved bar to create a realistic naked male minifigure
I dare you to submit this, Chief and all, to Lego Ideas.
You know what I find funny? That piece was never officially released in dark grey.
I got mine from 6540, where it went together with an even more peculiar piece; 4168 Support 1x 16 Lattice.
2422 is a very odd piece. Keep making the great vids
It sure is! Thank you, Daniel! 😊
Hmm, at first I thought this was the somewhat similar bracket piece 4169. As I had the Futuron set 6828 Twin-Winged Spoiler growing up, but broke one of the parts, it stuck in my mind for a long time before I had the chance to replace it. (4169 was mostly used in Train sets otherwise, and 6828 was the only occurrence of it in white...)
Feels so nostalgic seeing that him drop down from the ceiling like that.
Rock Raiders is the best and worst Lego game from that era.
I learned that the hard way when I bought the PS1 version thinking it'd be the same as the PC version 🤢
I found another one of these on bricklink not too long ago! I was rewatching this to see if I might be able to make one of these for my own Chief. Even with your amazing photography and animation Slugger, I'm having a little trouble identifying all of the parts you used. Any chance I could get the list of what you used?
Nice! I don't still have this model constructed, unfortunately, so the photos are all we have to go off of...
Did you check the photos in the G Drive link within the description? There may be something helpful there!
Otherwise, it looks like the picture at 4:06 in the video spells out most of the pieces, other than those 1x4 SNOT bricks I added after.
The final piece I added was a tiny 1x1 tile in Light Grey to kind of "close the gap" between the SNOT bricks and the strange piece in question. You have to stick this tile on before attaching the SNOT bricks.
Hopefully this helps! Let me know if you have questions. 😊
@@RRSlugger Thanks for the reply! I'll give them a look. I'm not the best at identifying parts, but with a bit of time I'm sure I can get it all figured out. If I get stumped, I'll let you know! Keep up the great work Slugger!
@@jediknightryan It should all just be plates of different sizes other than the interesting parts I mentioned in the video and the 1x1 tile I mentioned in my reply. Good luck! ❤
I’ve seen this one, actually. I think I had one in a bin of hand-me-down Lego I got from my uncles. Curiosly, I seem to remember that mine was also grey, but it might have actually been black?
I had a lot of weird bricks back then.
I actually have quite a few of these from my LEGO 1682 model. Quite the unique element.
1682 looks like an awesome set! I love the excessive use of those rare red beam pillars in there. 😊
@@RRSlugger Definitely one of the coolest classic sets I still own.
OldDarkGrey is such a good color for the bricks. Unfortunately, it was discontinued in 2004. The new dark gray hurts my eyes.
I have some red one's from the old 90's space shuttle set. never really use them xD if I had some in dark grey like this they'd be perfect for something like a stakeside flatbed!
i have this piece in my collection, very usefull for attaching things under your lego jets and making elevator and antenas
i already have idea of using this myself. im thinking bout building speed champs sized deathrace/madmax mashup ride, and this can make sweet base for frontal plow/ram
You should go a step further and create whatever construct that platform would hypothetically lower down from.
Whenever I go on Bricklink I always go through the entire store I'm shopping in and look for any pieces I don't have yet and I add it to my cart. I want some of every piece cause the more options u have, the better ur builds will be
I remember seeing this used for the Caribbean Clipper set from the old Pirates theme.
I know that part as the bit that holds the magnet onto the crane of 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer... and falls off if you look at it for too long.
Great find in dark grey!
I think the one thing I do have such strong nostalgia for with LEGO is the old Dark Brown Grey.
Another spectacular video!
Thank you! ❤
One of these was the first element that I ever experienced breaking, when as a child I used one to hold a wing onto a spaceship. Ever since, the part has felt haunted to me.
I usually use that piece to make elevators or work lifts, kind of what you did here
At 2:55, id have just not slid the plate all the way in, getting it alligned and and fastened on the other side with another plate. But it would have drastically changed the path of this build
I've noticed on bricklink its available in a lot of different colours now
YES DUDE!
I got this peace in 1999 with the set 4541-1 where it was used as a base of a railway signal
I think I found this in a kre-o set once
Yeah hasbro is goofy ahh
Piece was initially created to connect the masts to the deck of pirate ships.
It really opens up a lot of building possibilities when you realize how the dimensions work with all the stud on the side pieces. I would not know what to do with this one though, definitely would be an interesting piece to try to find a use for. And find a use you did, well done. I even like the usage at 2:12 the dimensions kind of line up with the ladder element.
Yeah! This was a fun challenge. 😊 Having *just one* 2422 was the big hurdle - if I had 6 or 8 of them, I could see them making up the frame of some vehicle.
And I agree - I might have to go back to 2:12 and see if I can extrapolate on that idea further!
@@RRSlugger it looks like it could be the mount for some sort of drill on that vehicle that's what i thought you were originally going to use it for
That piece would work really well in a forklift moc
I wish I was one of those people that got some of the rare peices from legoland like you getting that dark gray strange peice
They can be hard to search for on Bricklink, but they’re out there for sure!
I have several of this piece in tan/sand (which ever is the correct name for it)
I got them and a load of other bits in a selection of sealed cellophane bags of lego parts sold out of a tent a which was set up inside lego land Windsor. Each bag of a type had the same set of parts within them and they were excess and old stock being sold off at a discount. I can't remember the year exactly off hand but it must have been bit after 2005 as some of the bags available had some of the and green gold parts for Toa Iruni including his mask. They had a few much older things available as well though such as new in box slizer's 8508 supplementary disk
packs.
Wish they would do events like that again nowadays
That's awesome!! What are you going to build with them?
Hey out there in Lego fanatic land.
When I first saw this part in any color first one I had was in white it was in one of those police stations I'm not sure what era of Lego this was is too far back it was one I had gotten for Christmas like a lot of them at least back in the day since it was kind of an expensive thing and still is nonetheless but yeah expensive Hobby as we probably all know that's out of the way now!
I seem to remember that set may have been around 25 or $30 or close to that even back in the day but in that set what the one in white was used for was to support a lettuce piece also known as a signal mast used in the 12 volt train era for things like the lights and also signals and just about a lot of other things you name it in trouble trains even sometimes it appearing as a ramp or even on a mobile crane.
Also in that police said it was the one that came with two or so of the raised parts one head of ramp and the other just a flat Road area it's the ones that were often used on sets for a dark or other structure and on some of the train stations back in the day in the 9 volt era!
But back to the part in question in my case in white as I mentioned!
And also I believe this one might have been well at least in part in the design-wise derived from possibly the part that was used to support those signal posts in the 12 volt era but of course both of those would have been an old gray at the time.
That was a rather interesting piece itself and it had a very specific purpose and had some very specific features because of this.
For one thing where at the bottom there was a notch and then a little bit sticking up that when a single Mast had been in attached to the studs on the upright portion of this part would be closed off.
The idea would have been to be able to clamp a 12 volt/4.5 volt electrical cable there so as to be able to secure it in place pretty novel for a specific piece.
I think the part it has been referred to in the video might have been some type of derivative or possibly they got the idea for this piece from this.
I think I've got a few of these pieces the original ones you're referring to and I've got a few of the ones that would normally appear in old gray in the 12 volt trains sets.
But they are in white.
I think if I remember correctly they came from a classic space set I think I got all the ones from the same set that I have.
The other day I threw together a train light post to show someone of an idea of what a Cobalt train light would look like set up as a track light or station light for an overhead light pole.
Just For What parts I had and no I never did have 12 volt trains although the hope is to be able to do this for the future!
Although there's a few issues when you live in the United States with doing this only downside to it!!!
That and having enough room to set everything up of course!
But if you have enough threat Parts enough of all the Lego Hardware all generations including back to 4.5 volt blue era in some cases!
Using everything that's available to your advantage you can do some pretty cool stuff.
Even throwing in a few power function Servo Motors a few of the infrared receivers and the sensor units as I'll call them that work with the above.
There were things back in the day that even work for the NXT as well and more plus third party stuff of course that is officially supported that is.
Also since the rcx is a brand and you can run alternate firmware of course there's other ways to do this but yeah can leverage a lot more powerful things than just what the stock my storm software did for us back then!
You know with most things there's always some backwards compatibility in one way or another with different Lego Systems I think the lowest cost mine storms ish thing think Droid developer.
And it had the ability to take commands over visual light Link over a fiber optic cable more so than you think you do things speak that language you can say.
Even things as weird and odd and seemingly not very useful is bybiotics oh no is very capable depending on how it's put to use and use with what other devices and maybe a few custom pieces of hardware would not be out of the picture.
One of the real issues is getting stuff to work with modern computer equipment although there are solutions that work sometimes even better than they would have originally on Modern Hardware as in like gpio pins!
Something like and aldrino board addicted to the Lego interface a you've got 450 motor control into touch sensors or light sensors not not be much but it's something that could really be could put good use.
Combine that with the Lego interface B oh yeah automation anyone.
Yeah sure parallel and cereal ports but on the right system and right Hardware no problem.
Not to mention an operating system that's much more flexible than you know apple or Microsoft yeah I'm talking Lenox OS.
The thing with the interface a is you could easily just bit bang the inputs and received the two outputs!
By the way the original intent was to make that compatible with the parallel port directly which can be done.
There are plans for this online.
They did something rather clever to be able to get power for the logic side of this regarding the actual parallel interface essentially you have two lines that stay high logic level uses a pair of them to have enough power to operate that side of things since everything is optically isolated of course for safety of computer hardware.
Also for a lot of the Lego Hardware that uses a power adapter it's a lot more flexible than one might think once you get into it.
If for example one thing that could be of interest combine a power function Servo motor with the throttle of the 12 volt train transformer you got remote control train controls.
In theory the skin that even be done with the novel train speed regulator as well they're actually is a way to couple that we are knob reliably.
Oh by the way need 4.5 volts on your 12 volt layout simple flip the throttle knob upside down bingo 0 to to 4.5 volt for reverse and stop variable.
Note the connection for the throttle knob is a technic axle!!!
There is a way to build a train regulator handle that exploits this as well using a set of 90° gearing and a few technique parts and system brick.
And if you really know your way around electrical it's easy enough to use both the single conductor plugs and two conductor plugs to really do some interesting things there is a ton of different switches electrical switches that are available back in the day actually a lot more flexible than 12 volt and 4.5 volt system something that really should not have been so hard to do I believe and takes a lot more parts and less flexible but yet more flexible at the same time take it either way
Set 6540 Pier Police.
It's used to act as mooring for a mast on
The Renegade Runner pirate ship in 1993.
I could see it working well as a piece to make signs for buildings or advertisements as well
Just looked through my lego and found it , only in white
I need help finding a part. A 1 x 4 hinged plate to go witj the 1 x 4 hinged tile. i remember having one in red. I think. Can anyone help? I need it for the R.R. Command Rig. Trying to add a collapsible teleporter pad.
That's a tough call... My best guess is Part #4531 and Part #4275b.
If you could draw the parts from memory though and send it to my email, I might be able to help further!
rrslugger@protonmail.com
Maybe you could use it as a base for a lamp post or something
How dare you randomly pop up in my recommended and remind of of this childhood game I loved (but was too dumb to complete) uwu
Sorry! 😅