New Technic Part

[nychase]

I'm no builder....we all know this. But often I find myself looking through parts in the BL database.

I can across THIS part.

I can't say for certain but it looks as though it would be a standard technic pin hole in which case it could be very useful for some of the hybrid studded/studless builders out there like RoscoPC, Sariel, and Jennifer Clark (when we all twist her arm enough to start building again).

I recently worked on a project that had to utilize THIS part and cursed the fact that it was two studs tall when I was really hoping for just one. Its quite a useful part for spacing, but as I look at both of them together it appears as though the spacing is different from the bottom.

Just thought I would share this since I haven't seen anything about it.

[CM4Sci]

It's been in a lot of new sets for 2013.

-Sci

[Paul Boratko]

I've come accross those 2 parts in various system sets before.. Since I mostly build studless, I could never find a use for them.... There are some other oddball parts out there with Technic holes... I've been trying to find a use for this part too

[SNIPE]

I've come accross those 2 parts in various system sets before.. Since I mostly build studless, I could never find a use for them.... There are some other oddball parts out there with Technic holes... I've been trying to find a use for this part too

Maybe a wing mirror or put with a connector where you need two holes and something on a 22.5 degree angle.

Edited August 26, 2013 by SNIPE

[Junpei]

@SNIPE I'm pretty sure that's 45 degrees. Also I have been pondering uses for that part as well, but it seems pretty useless for techinc if you are looking at it in a functional perspective.

And yes, I have been in situations where I needed that older piece 1 stud shorter many times.

[weavil]

I've come accross those 2 parts in various system sets before.. Since I mostly build studless, I could never find a use for them.... There are some other oddball parts out there with Technic holes... I've been trying to find a use for this part too

The only thing that its been used for is with a minifig as opera binoculars. It was either a MOC and/or an official set. Or as regular binoculars.

[paul_delahaye]

I've been trying to find a use for this part too

The best use I've found for 8 of these little ones is in Barman's container crane http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63729&hl=%2Bcontainer+%2Bcrane until then, I had no idea how best to use them