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I honestly don't understand this article. Why exactly can't the parts shown be taken apart by reversing the action? Could someone explain it for someone who h
by thrdbndndn 5y ago
I honestly don't understand this article.
Why exactly can't the parts shown be taken apart by reversing the action?
Could someone explain it for someone who have never played Lego other than simple bricks.
- hk1337 5y agoI think they're expecting for it to easily be taken apart but a lot of things they mentioned would require special tools and risk damaging the parts. Honestly, though, that's part of engineering, you're going to break things to figure out what works and doesn't work.
- rtkwe 5y agoUntil now Lego had been careful to not produce this kind of configuration where destructive disassembly was required which is an interesting shift in their design philosophy (assuming it's not just this slipping through the cracks of course).
- rtkwe 5y agoThe dark grey 4l flush end axel sits flush with the rectangular block when properly inserted so it's not possible to get a grip strong enough to pull it out of the grey piece and the light grey piece the red pin goes into has a wall in the middle so you can't push it out through that end. It's impossible to take out non-destructively.
- Karliss 5y agoImagine a nail without head that has been fully hit into a piece of wood. Reversing the action doesn't pull the nail out unless you weld the hammer to the end of nail. It can't be pulled out either because there is nothing sticking out from surface and can't be pushed from other side because it's blocked.
- thrdbndndn 5y agoAh, thanks! Now I finally get it.