Comment on My foot found the worst Lego that can be stepped on.

ooterness@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• frosch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Just some weeks ago, I talked with a friend about how in every Post about Lego, someone just fucking steps into the comments and knows the exact ID of some obscure piece or set shown.

  And now I see your comment 👏

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  • ooterness@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    In this case, I knew it because of a “botanicals” set that I assembled recently.

    Those sets use a lot of pieces in creative ways, often in unusual colors. In particularly obscure cases, like this crown or the rose petals that were originally from a car fender, the manual will include a brief trivia callout.

    I remembered the callout, and that was enough to find it by keyword on the fan database sites.

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  • Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think it’s almost a matter of reverse engineering the info.

    OP said the set.

    Rebrickable > search > input op’s set > parts list

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• Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Also used as a caltrop too apparently.

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  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Can I buy a bag of these to deter alley cats from using the fire escape as a highway?

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    • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I believe that’s a crime against catmanity

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