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(...) It totally blows me away how people can build sweeping curves using flat, rectangular LEGO pieces!! I can't wait to see the finished product, but the in-progress pics are also really cool to look at. -Bryan P.S. Wow look at all that light (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Another Turtle Creek MOC (the mine building)
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(...) Great job Steve, that really captures the look of the mine building. Nice use of the spotty grey effect. jt (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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HI All, Wow, posts abound! AWESOME... So here's yet another Turtle Creek MOC page: (URL) It was a wonderfully fun build especially with Kelly McKiernan, a fellow GPLR member, helping out! This is not quite complete, the roof(s) are temporary, but (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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Hi all, It looks like Jumpei Mitsui has started a huge project to build a fig-scale (URL) Battleship Yamamoto>. You may remember his (URL) model> at a smaller scale, and a (URL) space version>. Anyway, the hull on this new version is a thing of (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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(...) That was my guess too. If it were Lego doing the organizing, they'd probably aim for a larger "vacation area" spot (balanced with cheap real estate of course), but considering how this looks more privately run, it's probably what they could (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a building on the cheap there. I would imagine there's a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is for football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey Duane, I'm not a big fan of the engine (looks a little like Nemo with those lines), but absolutely love the way you got all that detail into something of that shape at that size. I could easily imagine this as an escape pod in a larger ship or (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Johannes 'Jojo' Koehler wrote: < A good point > Ok I understand what happened. Sorry for jumping on you. I've just been frustrated by this topic being jammed into our forums, then people jumping us for discussing it. Additionally the ridiculous (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My new page at MOCpages.
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(...) "The TGV by far is my Favorite train." ... Now there is an understatement. Those of us who know Dave always give him a bad time about the custom padded aluminum briefcase he carries it around in. It went as carry on when PNLTC flew down to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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(...) Well, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton because one of the most dominant football franchises of the early days was the Canton Bulldogs. The baseball hall of fame has a slightly more (URL) convoluted history>. But it has history. What (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 08 - Chili Den
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(...) Hi Tony, thanks for the reply. Open faced helmuts? Where? The visors are just flipped up. Also, what is the matter, never seen ESB? Forest moon dude. (...) Chili pre-dates the Beeesh. (...) Tony, the pod straps are a form of restraint/harness, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Hello! (...) OK, to get things straight: The post you just answered to was a re-post because the original post was cancelled for it contained some bad words (quotations of Duane Hess' bad words) that are **ed in this re-post. The original posting (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Police Assault Vehicle
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(...) The more I look at this, the more I like it. The thumb posted doesn't do this justice. Your turret design is great! I like the off-center driver's viewport too. It also doesn't hurt that it looks a bit like (URL) 6927>. The instructions were (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Personally I don't think using GTK under Windows is a good idea. I've worked with it before and even released an application that used it and you won't believe the amount of people that have trouble using a Windows application with controls that (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 08 - Chili Den
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(...) Maybe we can get the folks at LEGOland to entertain the idea. I'll work to install a FAN MOC display at the Park. -with bells on- (...) That was just the sunlight comming through the window and the diffuse light of the local snowstorm. No real (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Don't worry, petitions to come later...
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(...) Oh krunk! I was thinking more of a 1 x 16. You guys are so tame. When?? Well.... I would say (but thankfully I have no pull or influence)..... right after rtl-18 blockstacking. Only I can't figure out, is the implant for the winner or the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 08 - Chili Den
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(...) "Typical" ?!?!? I'm the only one building them! Just kidding, yes the Quadra-ped style bay was something I really wanted to try and it adds nicely to the 3 other Mech Bays I have. I now have 4 Moonbases, a total of 14 baseplates! (...) Right (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: That can't be good.....
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(...) Should the caption be "D'HO!" hahaha Mark (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | SWORDS
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(URL) They have limited life running on batteries. Still, it's a good first generation of practical ground combat robots. With mecha, capability really boils down to the power supply. Gas turbines or fuel cells would likely be the primary power (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 08 - Chili Den
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(...) The planters and open-faced helmets are a departure from the usual "hostile environment" theme, and so this would be hard-pressed to fit well into any moonbase display I've ever seen. It would work better if the plants were weird-colored and (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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