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(...) *waves away the soap bubbles* You know what's even older than complaining, Gene? It's complaining about complainers - especially if the complainers do have pefectly valid points of concern. Your observations at WalMart indicate you have at (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego) !
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| | Re: Newer Mod (was: New mod)
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(...) Thanks Lar. Ya, I wish there was a better way (probably is, I just haven't thought of it yet) to make it show less of the shadows. I'm really enthusiastic about this new idea. Who knows, it could make its way into the train scene too. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Oprah's Favorite Things: LEGO Mosaic
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Prepare for a run on (URL) LEGO Mosaic> sets this holiday season. Oprah Winfrey, whose purchasing advice can make or break a small company, has listed LEGO Mosaics as one of her "Favorite Things" in this month's "O" magazine. She might feature it on (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Newer Mod (was: New mod)
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(...) I think I like the slope better because you can't see the LED shadow as clearly, thicker makes it more translucent or something. But, all in all, truely a tour-de-force, modboy... I wasn't able to make out what the wording on the first line of (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Darn, I could have used some of those parts.....
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(...) elements. :) Best regards, Allan B. (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Clicky clicky again and see the new 1 x 2 tile with lights. I'm having WAY too much fun this weekend! Rob (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Q 'bout Space Wheels contest
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(...) The idea is wheels used as wheels, but this doesn't preclude other, non-wheel parts used as wheels. Wheels used as non-wheels doesn't qualify. Show us anyway. The worst that could happen is that it doesn't win. Cheers, Allister (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Coplanarity Pro
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(...) It's on my list. Thanks for the nudge. -Orion (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Some 2005 sets showing up already in regular stores.
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Hi everyone, I have just returned from ToysRUs in Fond-Du-Lac WI and to my suprise they have some of the new 2005 sets in stock already - including a couple that I don't think have been mentioned yet. Among others, they had: 7239 Fire Truck (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) :-) I just went online to suggest that you shot down the computer and went to bed: It usually helps when the programs begins to behave funny... But I guess that advice only work here in Europe right now, as you obviously don't need sleep to (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Coplanarity Pro
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(...) I found the problem: I'm an idiot. I was looking at the wrong line. -Orion (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: One last Spring Cleaning set
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(...) Good to know. I was watching for them to show up, but now I think I won't bother. The Walgreens sale is consistently offering a buy two get one sale that has the Lego at a penny per piece. 8.99 for 400 doesn't cut the mustard. If anyone does (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | You know you love it.
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(URL) New MOC from "ayucow". Sooo cuuuute~ Soren (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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My local Kmart had a pile of these on the shelf today, or at least they had a set that I believe to be these. It was a small blue bucket with 200 pieces + 200 bonus pieces on it. Seemed to be very similar to the Walgreen's set as far as the standard (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Terry, I understand where you are coming from. And your message was received with good intentions. But by bringing it up over and over again, the message gets lost. This was not the first time TLG made a major change. They did it twice before. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Darn, I could have used some of those parts.....
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Its up in smokes.... (URL) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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I am a lurker (and have been for some six years), sadly. Partly due to time to respond, partlt due to wanting to build, not gripe. I appreciate your words - they were made before I could get off my rear and post my own. I have only been a follower (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: VENDO TUTTO IN BLOCCO!!! PER IL PIU' VELOCE...
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(...) Ricordo a chi fosse sfuggito, visto che ho scritto riguardo a ciò soltanto una misera riga verso la fine della mia inserzione, che nella foto del lotto manca l'8466 4x4 Off Roader che invece è compreso anch'esso (in condizioni NIB) nel (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: review of 4756 Shrieking Shack
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(...) I have just finished buiding two copies of this set, the correct piece was loose in the box, did you accidentally throw it away without noticing it ? (...) I counted the parts, (if you count the parts the way Peeron does, ie; a minifig is made (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Re: How LEGO FACTORY can stimulate AFOL interest (and sales).
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: snip (...) snip I thought about this as well, what I (and probably many others) would like to see is a model built using a few Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 Double Concave. That is a part that has not been included (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) I think you don't get it. It's about the attitude of LEGO towards its clients, me, you, every AFOL and children. The Color change is more than just a color issue, but even if it was, it's still too big to get over it easily. (...) Then go buy (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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(...) snip Mark, congrats to you and the other featured mech builders! If the photo spread appears on-line anywhere, would you post a link here? I don't get the magazine, but I'd love to see the layout. Thanks! (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | First snaphots of a Gumstix board (+ basicX) inside a LEGO RCX controller
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Hello, after having asked a number of questions on these lists (many thanks for your fast help) I've put some first snaphots of a Gumstix board (StrongARM, 400MHz, with Bluetooth) inside an RCX LEGO controller enclosure on my web site. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Jake!(Or somebody) Shope@home questions
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Hi there Do you know if there are any plans to expand shop@home to more countries? And if its planned to open up for shipping to norway? regards (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Problem creating .pov using LGEO parts in L3PAdd-on
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(...) Ldraw's trans green still stinks, but lgeo helped a bit... Cheers NB (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Coplanarity Pro [DAT]
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L3P is giving me a warning that the following line is not coplanar (0.23184): 4 16 11.89 24 -4.32 11.89 20 -4.32 14.27 20 2.83 14.27 24 2.83 This quad is obviously coplanar. Any advice? -Orion (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Sub-part numbers for Monorail Point/Switch Right
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(...) Hehe, did the same and here are the pics for it: (URL) inner parts has been made as DATs from me. So I'll take them to the tracker. Hmmm, the 2880 and 2881 are already given to two parts. 2880 - Hinge Bar 2 & 1/2 with 2 and 3 Fingers on Ends (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | This Week on eBay: Vintage Classic Space and Police
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This weeks offerings include: 487/924 Space Cruiser, 493 Space Command Center, and Police Surveillance Squad. Plus 10 other smaller sets Take a look at: (URL) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: The New Face of 3vil
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big snip (...) Swwweet. 3vil has been in dire need of a new management. I like the way you used teh flipper and the boat rig thingy for a head. Well played. Samarth (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Which color 1x4 arches were included in the 500-piece bonus tubs?
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(...) Hi Geoffrey, The arches from that box are the same pink as the ones from 5873. If you list them on BrickLink, list them under Pink. And if you got any of them list the new brighter pink 2 x 4 bricks under Bright Light Pink. For the different (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | The New Face of 3vil
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M3! (URL) Perhaps you've been wondering lately, "What has become of 3vil?" Or maybe you've been thinking something absolutely ludicrous like, "We have finally ridded ourselves of teh 3vil!" Thoughts such as these are hallmarks of the foolish. Did I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: How LEGO FACTORY can stimulate AFOL interest (and sales).
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I agree, transparent corner slopes would be awesome. But transparent bricks at Lego in the past (I know of a few cases) have had their own molds separate from similar ABS parts, engineered for the different properties of the plastic. So it's "new (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Which color 1x4 arches were included in the 500-piece bonus tubs?
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(...) Those arches are probably Pink. The only parts I've seen in the new 2004 Pink are a plate and brush. Here's some pics: (URL) LtPink on Peeron was listed incorrectly. It is a color name used on Bricklink generally for Paradisa (pre-1995) pink (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | star destroyers extra cheap
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Hi all have just come home from david jones with 3 more star destroyers and they where even cheaper thanks to 20% off sale two days only hurry limited stock as most of you would know. AT $320 this is a true bargain buy. michael. (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Which color 1x4 arches were included in the 500-piece bonus tubs?
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I am in a quandary here, as I have two possible color choices for the 3659 pink arches that are in the 4679's 500-piece bonus tub. However, peeron lists two quite similar sets which have very similarly colored pink arches in them. Can anyone from (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Appraisal of Old Style Lego
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(...) Rachel, Do they all say "LEGO" on the studs? Most of the 1949-56 Lego does not, 1957-present does. The 1x6 and 1x8 beams without posts (as they are known versus the tubes on the 2x bricks) were made that way until 1964 (until 1970 in some (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Appraisal of Old Style Lego
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Thanks Gary, I also have 1x4, 1x6, and 1x8, without cylinders. The colour of the plastic is slightly different too. Perhaps the men go with the lego and it's all 1978? It's in excellent used condition, not even scratched. but I don't have any boxes (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Appraisal of Old Style Lego
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(...) OK, Here's a few helpful tips. If 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 pieces have NO tubes underneath, and they have slots on 2 of the sides of the bricks, they are from 1949-56. If 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 pieces have NO tubes underneath, and they have NO slots on the sides (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Appraisal of Old Style Lego
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Thanks for telling me about bricklink, I'll have a look around there. I think that I may not have phrased my question clearly. I have some of the very first lego ever made. It is not regular lego. The bricks don't have cylinders underneath. And the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | FA: over 18,000 clone brand parts in 22 eBay lots
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Reminder - items end tomorrow night! (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | How LEGO FACTORY can stimulate AFOL interest (and sales).
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I was looking at the Lego Factory site yesterday. And like some other AFOLs I was rather disappointed with the Micro Lego scale. I don't care much for those 1x1 headlights (or pigeon holes as I like to call them) used as windows. It is too bad that (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) Steve, I agree with you on the Technic argument. I personally haven't liked Town since the 1970's, but others don't see it that way. Around 1980 I started to build MOCs. Granted a lot of AFOL's prefer to build mostly what the company comes out (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) That's fine, but the bricks I used were all from the period 1970-1980, as they were put away when I began my 20 year dark age in 1981, and I have since always kept them separate from my new bricks. I actually picked out the bricks that looked (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: One last Spring Cleaning set
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(...) Jake, Would that be a small blue bucket which states it contains 200 pieces + 200 bonus pieces? JB (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Thanks for speaking up for the silent majority. (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Hook Coupling 737c01.dat and 444.dat train wheel.
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Hi all, to draw a model, which I own for over 5 years, I have now done CAD files for the 60ies hook coupling and the 60ies 4.5 train waggon wheel with riffles. Now at last I was able to render the "Esso promotional set 121". The result can be seen (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New mod
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(...) They did do it once, many years ago! If you haven't seen this before, check out: (URL) more specifically: (URL) neatest thing about the piece is that it's actually a small picture of a top-down view of the ship itself, so they probably (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) [Snip - quality issues] (...) I can imagine, that a wild mix of used bricks from 196x till nineties have different clutch forces and similar tolerance spread as the plates now. But if you took only bricks of one colour and type out of one type (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: New mod
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"Rob Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesen...msltc.org> wrote in message news:I7HMM4.L91@lugnet.com... (...) For a real challenge, why not try and sell the idea to LEGO? I bet they'd take a sniff at it, at any rate! ;-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: TRU specials
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If you do some piece research, you'll find that these are most likely production overruns from current or recently-discontinued sets. I haven't found pieces in the three I bought that are in sets older than 2000. As for the pink, that's probably (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Q 'bout Space Wheels contest
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Ok, so the MOC must use at least one wheel to get around. I'm guessing that wouldn't apply to a piece that is meant to be a wheel but is being used as a sort of hover-engine thingy. No matter, I'll post pictures of this little bot very soon! Dave (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) Of course it can steer! The mpp houses a large, horizontally mounted, flywheel in it's base. To turn right the flywheel spins left, imparting a turning force in the opposite direction, much like a helicopter, which needs a tailrotor to stop (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Hi Ben, while those stacks look bad, I don't see any stacks of older plates beside them to compare. I stacked my older bricks and found much variation, I would be interested to see your findings. A lot of people say LEGO tolerances have become (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Appraisal of Old Style Lego
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(...) Kinda depends on what specifically you've got-- some stuff like basic brick isn't terribly valuable, but other things are very valuable. Also depends on how much you've got. If you're buying a general "lot", new Lego typically goes for $0.10 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: tartan paint?
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Hello Isaac Thank you so much for taking the time to post. I greatly appreciate it. (...) I'm flattered that you'd go to such trouble. A bit boggled, mind you, but flattered. :) (...) This is going to sound a bit odd, but 8 hours is actually kind of (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) Sweet! When will the minifig-scale version be done? Derek (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Seagull MOC
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(...) --Muze (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.sealug)
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| | Re: WIP - New Mini Dropship
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Hey Miklos, You may not be totally satisfied with it, but I think it looks great! The shape is very interesting, especially the large "fin" on the underside. The assymetry of the greebling is also excellent. I tend to ignore assymetry in my designs (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) DOH! Well spotted, I'll take a look at sorting that on monday! I was so busy worrying about the details of the trail I forgot the totally obvious! (...) Like I said, in the original post, technology indistinguishable from magic! :) (...) (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 Problems
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Hello, thanks for all of the input. To answer some common suggestions: 1. No, the files were not write-protected nor read-only 2. Yes, we were able to create new files, open, edit, and save them, but they in turn would occasionally become corrupt (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Hälsning
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(...) Häftigt! Vad gör du för nånting? Här kom snön häromdagen - nu är det riktig vinter. Jag antar att du har något varmare väder? (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) I apologize for corrupting your concept. ;-) That's a great work on the picture, a slightly smoking trail of squashed debris going off into the distance. (The only thing missing for image realism is the dark shadow cast over the landscape by (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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Thank you for addressing this. I was similarly irritated while reading some of the responses to the universal color list. And was motivated to write a rude response to some of the negative comments, but I knew that would not solve anything. I feel (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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Hello there First off, AMEN! And offcourse, thank you for taking this up. I think that the problems are the people whining about lego are the general direction they've taken the last couple of years, and see where it goes. Off course TLC will have (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LEGO BrickMaster Welcome kits now shipping
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(...) Mike, I didn't even think of that,but,yes,it would make more sense. Thank you. (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: Snip (...) Ok Jake, I am ready for serious discussion on the "blays". Let's change them back. You have my vote. Whom inside the executive management do we need to convince? ;-) Played well. Ben (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Hi Rosco, I am not asked, but I did and felt upset about these nearly as much as if they were blayish. Because these are rubbish of lowest quality. (URL) Jake wrote a while later on Lugnet the 2004 plates come in height tolerances of up to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: New mod
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"Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I7HJ7I.1yp5@lugnet.com... (...) sent me. I'm envisioning a red spot that says, "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that..." :P (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New mod
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:I7HCGC.n17@lugnet.com... (...) They do now :) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Ten cheers for Jake
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(...) Where are those admins when you need them? Marc Nelson Jr. (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Ten cheers for Jake
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(...) Trying to stay neutral, but could A-Hole have been used? Here we have an AFOL who may be an A-Hole soon to go AWOL. -Patrick (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Saying that "no other elements availible in light gray anymore" is stretching the situation a bit. There are reasonably large quantites of both 'classic' grays available on BrickLink. The 'floor sweepings' tubs/boxes/etc from both 2003 and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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Hello! (...) Thanks, I accept that. I have no reason to doubt you tell the truth. I was just hoping... (...) Maybe because in Europe there are three Legolands and some LEGO Stores where you can buy loose bricks (oldgrey and oldbrown amongst others) (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Ah, so they're just not sold out yet ... was wondering myself there. I confess I'm feeling a bit guilty for not buying my share as AFOL. Well ok, I DID buy around 40 copies of gray baggies and still I could have bought more ... but what would (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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Hi Ross, (...) Yes, actually I bought my share. And have to tell you that I didn't buy more because of the limited to 9 quantities of grey bricks pack, that make each purchase more expensive due to shipping costs. (...) I don't have a clue what is (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) The absolute truth is that there were 10,000 bags of each of color (3 colors x 2 bag styles) produced. I'm am beyond positive about this because I was part of this process. I'm not sure what else I can do to make you believe that, and my fear (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New mod
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(...) But I'm partial :-) I'm also envisioning on that little screen, "Modification Design (C) Rob Hendrix, all rights reserved." And also, "ALL DATA ON DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST. PROCEED? (Y/N)" -Tom McD. (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) Consider it a therapy for those among us who still retain a sense of color. Fact is, the color change didn't help LEGO one bit. They just managed to alienate many of their adult customers. And their other typical customers apparently don't buy (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | My 6 Entries (well so far at least) for the CC Contest
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In benfit for those who are not on CC members I want to show you my entires: Yellow Castle Expansion Pavilion (2 URLs) Forestman's Hideout Da Vinci Flying Machine (2 URLs) Alligators Chariot Alchemist Workshop (2 URLs) All small pictures are links (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
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| | Re: TRU specials
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(...) Did Jango's brick come from an actual set ? The medium (between pink and dark pink) pink shade 2x4s seem pretty close to a clone pink colour, as does Jango's violet shade. Cloning the clones ? pete.w (liker of strange colours) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Internals of a monorail point
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I recently bought a very cheap monorail point from Bricklink as it was broken, so I had nothing to lose by opening it up. Looking at the bottom ((URL) it would appear that all it takes is to release the 5 clips and the base will come off. Not true, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sub-part numbers for Monorail Point/Switch Right
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(...) Pictures (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New mod
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Good model. Except that classic space never had black computers, only blue, white and light grey :) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Ten cheers for Jake
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Hell! (...) Oh please...... Jojo (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Ten cheers for Jake
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To Terry A simple ASSHOLE like many others. I'll dare say it. Like many others have done here (without the actual word) I myself is not to happy about the colorchange but this is a company thing AND not related to Jake. But an attack like this is (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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Hello! (...) For those who have a Pick-a-Brick nearby it's much cheaper to get their oldgrey bricks from there. Yes, I got packs with oldgrey bricks from Shop-at-Home and when I sorted the pieces into my sorting boxes I realized how few pieces I got (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Sub-part numbers for Monorail Point/Switch Right
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Having just opened one of these up, thought I'd record the part numbers in case they come in useful in the future. 2880 R - top plate 2881 R - bottom plate 2882 - switch blades 2883 - slide switch 2884 - wheel 2890 - trigger shoe 2911 - connector (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong was Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) In my opionion, Lego direct is inferior to the old service leaflets you used to be able to get. Under the old system you used to be able to buy, in small qauntites, virtually any Technic part you wanted. Now you have to buy a whole 'service (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Hälsning
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Hej! Tänkte att jag skulle posta en hälsning från andra sidan jordklotet. Jag är sedan augusti månad i Papua Nya Guinea och jobbar som volontär. Det var trevligt men också lite jobbigt att se bilder från träffen i Jönköping. Hade gärna varit där men (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | LEGO Brickmaster set has arrived
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Just got this in the mail today, well as late as it is I guess that would be yesterday. (2 URLs) Thomas (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Competition
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(...) Thank you, that is great ROSCO. So now we just have to get Ashley to work on the sidebar. :-) Thomas (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) I wonder did you buy any sets of assorted classic grey bricks from S@H, which are still available, months after being announced? Oh wait, no that's just a ruse by TLC to try to appease the AFOLs and make some money at the same time. ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Competition
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(...) Au contraire (click for full image): (URL) ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Appraisal of Old Style Lego
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I recently purchased a heap of assorted lego at a garage sale... There is quite a lot of the old style lego, the stuff without the cylinders, in various colours. There are some old style men too, the ones where the arms are part of the body mould. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Lego Press Release - Imitation products destroyed
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(...) sold everywhere. I even have few sets of it at home and I should say it is pretty good quality for its price. Sure, not as good as authentic Lego, but much better than other chinese Lego analogs, and several times cheaper. With Lego prices in (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: New MOC : Falcons Impregnable Rock
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(...) interior; I like the spiral stairway in particular. Great idea for the thin archer windows, it solves that "extra half-a-stud" problem perfectly. The only lacking part of this MOC, in my opinion, is the landscaping. It seems to end suddenly, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | New mod
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It's been in the back of my mind for a while and suggested by many over the course of the last couple of years so I decided to give it a try tonight. I'm talking about a Classic Space style light up computer screen. It was fun to build even though (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space) !
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| | [rtlToronto] Christmas Train Show at the International Centre
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The 8th Annual Toronto Christmas Train Show November 20, 2004 11AM-5PM November 21, 2004 10AM-4PM International Centre Mississauga, Ontario In case you were wondering what to do today...and you didn't hear about it yet... Come see our exciting (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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Hi Jojo, <Eric said:> (...) <Jojo replied:> (...) Similar here. I didn't buy a single new set this year. All I bought so far was multiple copies of old (pre 2004) sets and old-colour bricks at BL and Lego S@H. On the sunny side, my CD collection (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) Amen! (...) I second, third, fourth and fifth that! Your job must be hell at times, no thanks to us whiney fans of LEGO. You have my heartfelt thanks. And that is all I have to say. (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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