In the 1.2.5 update, the pick block command was upgraded to allow picking any placed block, not just one already in your hotbar. An interesting little observation is this works on blocks that were not previously attainable and even blocks never meant to be acquired:
The blocks I've managed to acquire so far are:
monster spawner
end portal frame
end portal
portal block
piston head
wheat block (not the item)
pumpkin stem
melon stem
nether wart block (not the item)
block 97 (silverfish block)
block 36 (only exists because of the way pistons are implemented)
cake block (not the item)
No doubt this little glitch will be fixed in the next update.
I would be interested to know any other previously unattainable blocks people have acquired.
[Update]
As of snapshot 12w15a several more blocks have become obtainable:
redstone dust block (not the item)
snow (the thin layer that covers snowy biomes)
dead shrub (looks like dead bush from desert biome but can be planted on grass)
I, in my opinion think that those blocks (except for ones like the melon and pumpkin stems, you just get a seed and bonemeal for that) should be added to the Creative mode menu itself, along with a GUI for configuring monster spawners for nearly every entity. I mean, it allows more creativity to Creative mode, so why not? Not sure why they are not in the Creative mode menu in the first place though, can someone explain?
Interesting find! I feel as though the creative item bar should be organizable into tabs, with a "miscellaneous" tab for these kinds of things players can use yet are oddly unavailable without mods/server 'give" commands.
The blocks I've managed to acquire so far are:
I would be interested to know any other previously unattainable blocks people have acquired.
[Update]
As of snapshot 12w15a several more blocks have become obtainable:
They WERE already available to use in mods like TooManyItems, but that's not vanilla.
Vanilla single-player anyway. You could give yourself these items in multiplayer.
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upside-down half-slabs for easy placement?
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And if youre referring to creative mode, what does it matter? if you really cared about building stuff youd be using TMI/NEI in combo with creative.
It is only for creative mode. But the blocks he listed aren't available in the creative menu without inventory modding.
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Middle click monster spawner and you get it....same with everything else....