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Wow, I didn't know that verdigris was the word for it. I thought verdigris was the pearly grey stuff that came out of whales. See Moby Dick, where Herman Melville writes pages about it and what people will do to get it and what it feels like and (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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G'day, I'm just thinking [It does occasionally happen] that it may be useful to give us an idea of exactly WHERE you'll be in Australia, so we can have some little chance of working out what we can arrange...Just because TLG treat us like an (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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As some of you may know, we bought a new house, but it's taking 5 months to build so we have to live in an apartment (1/2 the size of our previous house) for that period of time. I had thought I would have to go without LEGO during that time period, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) Well, I consider Naboo Swamp is one of those "good" ones because it parts out so easily, whereas Speeder Bikes doesn't (lack of plates and bricks.) But any Star Wars set is a far above average part mine. (...) Yeah, I think so too. I have a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Hey folks, Just thought I would put some closure to the Gift many of you contributed to for Suzanne. I met with Todd today at The Construction Site in Waltham MA to round out the gift and I then transfered the flowers and other LEGO I had already (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Pat, You make me sick. ;^) Well done. ~Mark (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.space)
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Priority colors would be neat. What exactly is the market value for a brown 1x4 brick? I tried to determine if these really existed a while ago. (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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It's not the greatest set, but, 4556 the train station has 233 pieces, many of which contribute incrementally to the vertical growth of the building. It's two stories high with a flag on top (could be the final piece.) It also has 30 red 2x2 round (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Well I have seen J-Box 3 (Minifigs) and passed it on to Huw, who has confirmed receipt. I emailed Liam on receipt and dispatch but the tracking site does not appear to have been updated, so the accuracy of the status of the other boxes may (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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It isn't in any other set. However, this set can often be found at Zainy Brainy for $45 or less. It is my favorite set, and has lots of cool parts besides the doors. I bought 2 of these sets and traded with some other folks for 4 more sets of doors, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) lit. (...) I would have called it a "copper Patenia" colour (not sure on the spelling)...but that is what I was brought up with the copper roofs being called. James (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Ah, yes. It took me a second or two, but that other stuff is called ambergris: Thanks to Merriam-Webster Online (URL) Entry: am·ber·gris Pronunciation: 'am-b&r-"gris, -"grE(s) Function: noun Etymology: Middle English ambregris, from Middle French (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Hi I have a tool called bmp2avi. What it does is it takes a bunch of bmp's and stitches them together into an avi file... Now when I take tha avi file and converts it into an mpeg file, the colors goes crazy. If I make an avi by hand i Corels (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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There are 8 jobs listed on (URL) also. One of the interesting ones was for a designer for a new line of "girl" toys. Here is part of the description: -- We are focused on building a line of Girls products ranging from Arts & Crafts, to Accessories (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | WHAT IF? Take a look!
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I was talking with someone in a Toystore of all places about Lego trains and we got into a discussion about some of the older trains. While I was driving home it hit me. While everyone here is a loyalist to lego I want to get everyone's input as a (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.cad.ray, John Jensen writes: .>it gets a bit tedious adding every single frame by hand:) (...) mpeg encoder avi2vcd (URL) will make an mpeg1 file that can be played on your computer and it ready to burn to VCD for your DVD player. Many VCD (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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The answers: (...) It really was fun to gather by same interest! Now about your question: A1 Twelve gathered including me. All are lovers of robos and real world mechanics! Mostly age of 20s and 30s except a 7 year boy. (You might guess which work (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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WOW! Awesome models, looking at the "King Crab" I say to myself "Ugly looking mech, but somehow interesting..." BTW why did you make the pictures on you _Mech_ section smaller? I'm currently re-doing all my renderings on my site and they are all (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: I need help on a custom
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(...) program (...) Thanks for the help. Gerry (26 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: LEGO Direct Job openings
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Well, it seems that we're [1] not the only country to have this side of TLG exposed...For an earlier example of this policy of TLG towards 'Boy' and 'Girl' toys, as distinct from childrens toys, have a look at: (URL) for the text component of the (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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