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(...) I was under the impression that all the problems being listed in the post(s) I replied to were related to the short attention spans being cultivated in new generations these days. Addiction to one form of entertainment may be bad, but it's a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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I found this article from a few days ago on Rebelscum.com (URL) sucks I have to wait 6 months for it. :-( Jude (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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(...) I didn't say that; perhaps I was not clear enough. What I meant was: brand new bricks bought 10 years ago (before the claimed ABS change), and brand new bricks bought *now* click different from each other. In fact, the more recent ones don't (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Have HoverBike, will travel. Build your own today!
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Dang Chris! I love those bikes. they're so small, yet have some great detail. I might have to try building one myself :). Jamie www.ozbricks.com/jneufeld (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Abston Church of Christ
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Amy & All, (...) various forums and what not, this is one of the reasons I don't really do any outside of LUGNET and MichLUG of course. : ) I just want to say your all of your work, especially this project, is simply awesome, it is a beautiful (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Now here's a big one.
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(...) Cool! Of course, they could go modular with it - you can build the set in the phases of construction :-) Hey, we can dream, right? Brad, you listening? ;-) -Tim (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New MOCs: Some really tiny NYC landmarks
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Very cool. I like the detail you've managed to put into them at this small a scale. The underground detail completes the models, IMO. Nice. -Stefan- (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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Oh, COME ON. We go through this EVERY year. The new catalog comes out, people whine about no Technic in it. Technic is almost never listed in the first catalog of the year. There WILL be some nice Technic sets this year, they're just going to show (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Mecha (finally...)
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You've got some very cool stuff on you're site. This awsome mecha makes me want to watch ghost in the shell again ;) (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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While I can't reveal my source, I can confirm that Paul is correct. Though the Technic fire truck I saw wasn't red but black and lime green, kind of like an airport fire truck. There is a yellow backhoe that looks quite large. Also there is a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: My Adventurers ISCC entry
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Very cool. I'm going to be stealing quite a few ideas from your pictures. Great use of the lions heads in the archways. I also really liked the flower in the vase, the fire excape, and the armoured cars were cool.... I usually buy adventurer sets so (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva writes:> (...) I fail to see the logic in this statement. These stories talk about how older bricks *today* click differently than new bricks *today*. But I have seen no reference to how well old bricks were when (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2002 Rocket list!
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(...) Huh-- Now, this is odd. Using the search tool, I went back and searched for posts by me (Todd built in a little date checker-ish thing(1)) to see how I've done over the years: 1999 - 332 2000 - 354 2001 - 593 2002 - 300 Now, the interesting (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people)
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| | Abston Church of Christ
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Well, it's been up for a month and a half and is handling the traffic okay, so I thought I might risk an announcement... The Abston Church of Christ is back online. I've added some "...for dummies" style explanations about minifigs and other stuff (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: Now here's a big one.
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(...) Really frickin' huge :) The station is 240 feet across the solar arrays, 146 feet long, and 90 feet high. Using an extremely rough minifig scale conversion of 1:40, we're talking 6 feet by 3.6 feet by 2.3 feet. That would cover a tabletop area (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: (Drum Roll Please) SUPERHERO BRIKWARS
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POW! ZAP! Ka-BLAM! In 2 weeks Megopolus will never be the same. This wonderful city of ours will be besieged by unthinkable evil. Who dares to stand against this devilry and protect the innocent? So far, I have: Shaun "HOT TONGS" Sullivan Neil (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: My New Website
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(...) Well, I hope to see you present the story sometime in the future. (Reading about the characters is always interesting, and it is very tricky to write the descriptions without them turning out to be an all-out spoiler. I know from experience.) (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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(...) It woud make commercial sence as Megablocks make a large red fire engine. Fire engines I guess would alway be popular with parents and grandparents. In my opinion though a model team style model would have more appeal to the public. If it's (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oooo... I wonder how big that would be minifig scale[1]? I'd love to see a minifig scale set like that built with UCS quality and part quantities :-) And a true minifig scale Space Shuttle to go with it (sold separately) -Tim [1] Naturally, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) How about a UCS International Space Station? Now that would be fun. Adrian -- (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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(...) Great research, by the way. I would have taken longer to find out LEGO references in Bayer's website, mainly because I were not *expecting* there would be any... turns out they are proud of their role as suppliers - and they have reasons for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Now here's a big one.
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(...) Adrian, I agree a UCS space shuttle would be awesome, I've been a big space shuttle nut since I was a kid and 8480 still tops my list of all-time LEGO. Unfortunately, I recently noticed a big Mega Bloks Space Shuttle at TRU. I have a feeling (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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(...) Thanks for posting your experience, Allan. What I'm curious now is knowing how the more recent bricks will be in 25 years. If they look "less good" than the previous at this point in time, perhaps in 25 years they will have become *wrecks*. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Felice LEGO nuovo!
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Ciao Marco, ho sentito spesso parlare di te ma non abbiamo ancora avuto modo di conoscerci!:-((( Mi dicono tu sia il tramite, fra il mondo reale e i nostri desideri...COMPRARE TUTTO IL POSSIBILE IN FATTO DI LEGO! MOLTO BENE! Prima di tutto auguri di (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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(...) What, if it is true that's great news (and I said technic is alive did'nt I 8^)). But if it ain't, many people who have read your post may be very dissapointed. So please, we need some proof, some evidence. P.S what do you mean by shovel. Is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 2002 Rocket list!
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(...) Hm... I'm sorry for the line wrapping, don't know why that happended... /Tobbe (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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The list used incorrect values for 2001, se a new and improved list here (moved to new thread for convinience): (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Jude Beaudin 19 490 471 (...) The list used incorrect values for 2001, se a new and improved list here (moved to new thread for convinience): (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) The list used incorrect values for 2001, se a new and improved list here (moved to new thread for convinience): (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | 2002 Rocket list!
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Hi all! I've made a list of the 2002 rockets, that is, the people that increased their posting the most. I used Dan's list of how many posts each person did in 2001 & 2002 and calculated the difference. To keep this post a little shorter (and my (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general) !
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| | Now here's a big one.
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When I was wading through my brochures from the 80's , something caught my eye. On the back page of the 1986 US LEGO brochure is a poster titled ''All Systems Go!'' (P-1) that was about 19''x25''. (Did it go off the market after the Challenger (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New LEGO Star Wars Sets... (wishful thinking)
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Add to this: #xxxx Droids for Sale I $6.99 Luke, 2 jawas, and a droid or three. #xxxx Droids for Sale II $6.99 C3P0, R2 2 Jawas and another couple of droids. #xxxx Jedi Training I $6.99 Tan arch with cauldron (Yoda's hut) and Yoda, snake, Clear (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mechastruct Contest Voting!
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Hi Tony, I am unable to vote through my browser. Do you have any other methods? Can we email you our votes? -Anne (...) Lacking inspiration, I >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. waste this space again. -Tina Bird (v_," ; `,-\ ; : ; \/,-~) \ stripes at (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Star Wars Dioramas?
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Or the lack of interest in building them? For a genre that has so much potential in building scenes straight from the movies, I’ve been surprised when I joined up that the search only produced a handful of results. And though I’ve been doing (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: sfbay target clearance @ 50% off...
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NAPA TARGET %75 off. Some trains... until yesterday. Still lots of log cars there for $4. Good deal for train wheels. Others we hit yesterday on way home: Vallejo still 30% Pleasant Hill 50% (Met a potential new Baylug family here who said Martinez (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: New Mecha (finally...)
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(...) Thanks Chris! Yep, that's exactly what I was thinking of when building the machine guns. I wanted them to look like the jaws of a spider, on this mecha. (...) Thanks again, I put a lot of work into the legs. They are my number one priority (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New Mecha (finally...)
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(...) Thanks Jon! (...) Heh, yeah I figured people were starting to worry (lol, well not worry exactly, I'm not *that* important!), so I decided to build something big again... So, don't you guys be concerned, I'm always lurking around LUGNET, I (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Securities Firm and Statue Maker's Marketplace
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Wow Nathan, I finally got the chance to check out your BS folder, you've got some nice work there all around! CastleInn: I love seeing what others have done with this baseplate since I built my Inn on it. Proves that those 'crappy' baseplates can be (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Brick Sorting
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(...) Do you have that with the diving board and do you spend your afternoon swimming through all your bricks? :) -H. (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nano-Ships
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(...) That's very nice, the angles and sticking-out parts really give it the feel of a huge spaceship. The printed parts work out well, too. (...) This one is also nifty. The wierd wedge/plate part works really well here, and the overall shape is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A few comments on Dumbledore's Tower
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(...) I think that's supposed to be some kind of mail sorter, or mailbox. Mark (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project continues: Carrot-wing Fighter
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Oh, this is PERFECT!!! These are hilarious. The use of the orange curved slopes is very nice, and works perfectly. -Stefan- (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | My first kit, soon to be released
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Coming soon, a mini-tank waggon based on the 1252 Shell® promotional tanker truck. (URL) will be four studs wide by ten studs long, and be mounted on a two-axle chassis. This little model is so simple to assemble that printed instructions are not (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: building times
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(...) That's fine. Did you get the wires? SteveM (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) Oops, my mistake. Since I know I posted more than 1 message in 2001 I didn't twig that the first numerical column wasn't the difference!. (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | building times
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i'll be there around 9:30 am if that's ok, i think we still have a lot to accomplish and i'd like to get the bulk of it done saturday so we can focus on breaking down and what not the following sunday. jeramy ___...___ MSN 8 with e-mail virus (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Roll Call! (Almost 50 and 29 more to reach the real goal!)
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-Castle ROLL-CALL: ¯¯¯...¯¯¯ (1) Jeremy Scott - .castle since I came lugnet... .castle until I DIE! (2) Joey Finnell (3) Yaron Dori - proud to be a part of castle (4) Dan Thompson (5) John "Hendo" Henderson - not .castle only, but always around. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Looking for the plow blades: set 6573
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(...) My apologies for replying to my own post.... I just taught myself something & found them. Thanks again. Best, Jonathan (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Looking for the plow blades: set 6573
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Hello, I am looking for the black plow blades from this set: (URL) can't seem to bring them up on a bricklink search. Can anyone provide assistance? Thanks in advance. Jonathan (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: 10017 Mini-Hopper
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(...) It's interesting how two people can take divergent paths when it comes to their ideas for making a set smaller while still preserving the overall effect. I'm waiting for more tan slopes and 6×12 plates so I can remove those clumsy tie rods (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) Yes, it has been pointed out to me Dan posted two versions of the 2001 list and I used the incorrect one. I'll see if I can rework the whole thing later today or in the weekend. Best, /Tobbe (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) I think you may have a problem with your information for 2001. I posted more than 19 times and I am pretty sure Larry posted more than the 225 times you reported for him. Jude (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) ... Tobbe, I'm not as big a rocket as you might suggest. I think that you may have used the wrong list from 2001. As I recall, Dan Boger posted two lists; the first one was incorrect. correct 2001 list (URL) Clark 193 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Nano-Ships
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I was just messing around with some parts last night and came up with a couple of quick nano-ships. Luxury Cruiser: I made this one entirely from the Jedi Starfighter set. Actually, I was just disassembling it and some of the pieces came together. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | .loc.se sjunde största .loc.* gruppen!
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Hallåj! Då det är nytt år och en hel del statistik rabblas här på Lugnet tyckte jag det kunde vara skoj att se hur det går för vår kära .loc.se internationellt sett. Vi ligger idag på sjunde plats! Om jag kommer ihåg ska jag kolla igen om ett år så (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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Yeah, but a lot of this comes down to parents who should really monitor what their children are doing and make sure they don't do too much of one thing - be it watch TV, play video games or even read books or play with lego. Video games have an (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Lines in patterns
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(...) You don't actually have to draw them last. Just offset them in the Z buffer a bit toward the camera. It's cheap, and fast, and I think it looks pretty good. Opengl does it for you with glPolygonOffset but you can examine some homemade code (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) I'm not quite sure I follow you, but as I did the list I found _a_lot_ of people that either did not post at all or only a few posts in 2001 that had a fair amount of posts in 2002. Of course I took away everyone who posted less then 50 times (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Lines in patterns
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(...) Many renderers do transparency in a great looking way, that is not compatible with original LDraw... Think of the LDraw format as a 3D format usable in many contexts. It should not be tied to ONE implementation. Suppose we could increase (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Sorting tray suggestion.
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Hi! I've read a lot of threads about what to use when sorting and/or building. Most seem to favour the old plastic trays that came with larger sets. I got another idea when I was doing some serious cleaning in the kitchen. In our drawers we have (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build)
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| | Do you have LEGO (R) you buy wrapped up as a gift in shops?
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If so, why? (1) You do not want others to know that you are buying LEGO (R) for yourself; (2) You love unwrapping LEGO (R) sets when you get home; (3) Both; (4) Other reason(s), please specify. Rick. (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Incomplete parts
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(...) Idunno, but the lines in these pattens have totally wrong colors, and I doubt that in these cases lines are needed at all. /Tore (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project continues: Carrot-wing Fighter
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(...) over how *authentically carro* it lokos, given the medium! Great job ... (...) No way, there's lots more to do! As soon as I saw this, I got a great picture in my head: The Tomato-Wing Fighter. Bascially, make a big red ball, maybe with a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: My Adventurers ISCC entry
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(...) Very cool spider. Too bad Lego's spider in "Aragog in the Forest" was this cool. (...) Again neat details. (...) Absolutely fantastic. I will definitely be borrowing this detail. (...) Indeed I did. Great work. (...) -Jason +---...---+ Jason (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project continues: Carrot-wing Fighter
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(...) ROFL!! Ace, I love the way the wings fold out. Very cool. Next up: Watermelon Star Destroyer? ;-) -alex (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Felice LEGO nuovo!
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Visto che qualcuno non mi ha fatto arrivare in tempo il 10030 ho deciso di fare da solo e mi sono regalato i 4 spybotics 3806,7,8,9. Decisamente simpatici, ma sinceramente se ne prendete 2 è più che sufficiente. Consiglio il 3806 e il 3809. A chi (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Lines in patterns
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(...) Why should a renderer *NOT* draw lines last? Original LDraw did (IMMSMR). Better fix the renderers once than to burden the part authors with yet another META command each time they make a patterned part. Those lines in patterns served a good (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lines in patterns
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(...) The lines are there to have something drawn when the polygon would otherwise be too small to be rendered (at low magnification). Personally I don't like them in the present form, because they rely on renderers to draw objects in a certain (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project continues: Carrot-wing Fighter
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(...) [...] (...) *LOL* Very imaginative, and very silly! I'm putting in my vote for a Broccoli fighter (using new light green for the stalk)... please!!! :-) Cheers, Paul (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) Mine too - I got 147 posts, and I only ever post using Outlook Express! Go Microsoft!!! (j/k) ;-) Cheers, Paul (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) What I find most bizarre is how consistent the majority of posters are, the number of us who are within 0 or 1 of last years total is freakish. I imagine this is mostly down to the amount of time we each have to surf Lugnet. Psi (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: MOC: All Terrain Crane
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(...) Thanks Simon! (...) Well they weren't my idea, but they kinda grew on me... ROSCO (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Felice LEGO nuovo!
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(...) beh...per quello io non aspetterei natale per regalarmelo...qualsiasi giorno dell'anno è buono;-)) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Felice LEGO nuovo!
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porcaccia! un set come un altro, eh? ciao step "Ernesto Capobianco" <ernestocapobianco@libero.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:H84x5F.88E@lugnet.com... (...) 6764 e (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Felice LEGO nuovo!
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(...) Io mi sono regalato un bel 6399 :-) Auguri di buon anno Ciao Ernesto (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Have HoverBike, will travel. Build your own today!
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Awesome, I remember when you first made the hoverbike and i thought it was very cool. Right now i am working on my own hoverbike, I'll take pics of it tomorrow when it's finished. T. ps. Those new hoverbikes you made look great, I like the Rhino one (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC: All Terrain Crane
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(...) Well it do get it's fair share of abuse. (...) :) (...) I don't mind more in the 1:20 range and I don't mind building what others already have built but originality is better. (...) Yes, they are. But I prefer to keep my browser in the 800 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Incomplete parts
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When making lots of parts BFC compliant I noticed that some parts are incomplete. 2463.dat : Inside faces are missing! 2464.dat : Inside faces are missing! How could these parts be certified? ;-) And another question: 2431p02.dat : Shouldn't this (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Lines in patterns
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When making lots of parts BFC compliant I noticed that many parts have lines in the patterns. Most of these lines are surrounded by polygons. What is the use of lines in (flat) patterns? (L3P/POV ignore lines, right?) Am I right if I think that (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) As a matter of fact I myself thought I'd be a good rocket (went from two posts to 21st place) and before I fell asleep last nigth I thought it would be cool to make a list with the biggest rockets from 2002. So I made that. Due to the fact I (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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This was an extremely fun project to build and came out exactly the way I pictured it in my head. Links to a few images: (URL) the full page: (URL) may be pushing the limits of this parody... PLMKWYT!! (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars) !!
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project: Onion-wing Fighter
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(...) hmmm... sprout interceptor... haven't thought of that one yet... of course if i do lose my marbles and attempt such a model, you will get full credit. hehheh. Ace (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project: Onion-wing Fighter
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=D Thanks!! (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project: Onion-wing Fighter
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Not a pumpkin but close... I would have responded earlier but I didn't want to drop any hints until it was done. Hope you like carrots! I must say though, Brad's use of the onion dome for his museum is quite breathtaking.... Ace (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: MOC: All Terrain Crane
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(...) Superb! You've managed to get so much functionality and realism into such a relatively small scale model. I really love the engine(not sure about the pink seats though!). Psi (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The Vegetable Fighter Project: Onion-wing Fighter
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I've been meaning to respond to comments so I'll start with yours, Eric. I'm glad you like it. If you ever make it west again, you can see it in person 'cause i don't plan on breaking it down. You should see my next entry.. muwahahah! Ace (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: My first MOC ever posted!
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(...) Aaaah! thats better! Nice looking racer, Matthew. How did you get the nice swept angles on the wheel struts? (...) I'll be haning out for that one! Regards ROSCO (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Have HoverBike, will travel. Build your own today!
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(...) Chris, Great design, nice anime-style hoverbike. Good work. (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC: All Terrain Crane
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(...) Thanks Tobbe! (...) I like them too, though I'm disappointed how easily the elevating axle bends. (...) 8?) I doubt even John's miniature controls could be squeezed in there! (...) Yes, I'll probably try transparent next time. It's so (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Recent BS that struck my fancy.
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(...) Ah, thanks. I thought both "sounded" right. I think I need more theoretic English. Meanwhile Lord of the Rings must suffer - I can't believe how nice Tolkien makes English. Only read it in Swedish previously. (...) Ah, thanks! I'll give it (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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(...) My guess is kids today are forced to "get adult" faster thus turning away from LEGO sooner. This makes the Technic line in it's traditional meaning harder to sell. Since the rant is up I'll blame the lack of beams, I mean of we AFOL's have (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: MOC: All Terrain Crane
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(...) Thanks Eric! Though the pink seats weren't my idea..... (...) Well, I've been following the progress of Jama with interest too 8?) Regards ROSCO (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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(...) Well, my answer is buy Meccano instead ... they have some nice sets for reasonable prices. Meccano Motion System 50 Re-use 599 Meccano building pieces to make up to 50 different models with this sensational kit. Includes a 6 Volt motor and (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO compatible bungee cord source?
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(...) Real bungee jumping cords are hand made by most bungee jumping firms, if you know of one near you ask them. Some clothes might use thin rubber band like the one in those sets, ask at clothe-making shops (my English is not with me today). Best (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Posting frequency?
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(...) then ancient history quietly disappears from view. Kerry (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: An Australian legend in Lego for the ISCC2
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(...) What The FireTruck Does This Stand For? Kerry (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Brick Sorting
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Hi there! When I first came out of the black cave and picked up this amazing hobby once more my collection was in the 10K size and I realized I needed sorting. I bought a few boxes used to sort screw, nuts and bolts in garages, mounted them on a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Technic Set 8277 MIB from 1997 from ISLAND_OASIS
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Hello, There is only a short time left on this auction and it is only up to $5.50!!! Someone will be getting this great set at a STEAL of a price. Heres the link: (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: SW Mini Sets
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(...) I'm biting my tongue, I'm biting my tongue.... (...) That's Ok. Sometimes we forget where the USA is too :-) (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: MOC: All Terrain Crane
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(...) Clever design on the boom, both extension and elevating. But why didn't you use real drive and suspension, bet you could have fit some RC from HiTechnic in there aswell :) The stickers look OK from here, and they lead me to explore the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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