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(...) It's not a historical oddity in Europe, where several companies are still producing incredible stuff and among scratch builders it's still populair because of the high degree of detailling compared to N vs the smaller footprint of h0 (it's h0 (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In the Netherlands we have 4-6 BIG shows (read over 20k visitors, from NW-Europe) every year, plus dozens smaller ones (between dozens and a few hundred attendees) by local clubs and such. (...) The new "high speed train" doesn't look like (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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As an Australian living in the UK I have to weigh in on this debate. (...) Nor do I. If I want realism I'll build it myself. If I want a nice Lego set, I don't care where it comes from (...) One thing I find is that American trains generally look (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) Thanks! And no, I don't mind. In fact I think it's cool someone wants to use my moc as an example :-D Saskia (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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Mindsensors.com is pleased to announce the 4 Motor multiplexer based on I2C bus for LEGO RCX. This multiplexer lets you connect 4 or more motors using RCX-I2C interface developed my mindsensors.com. These motors take separate battery (up to 35 (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Maybe you're thinking of these UP locos: (URL) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could you clarify that? I was not aware that any posts on LUGNET ever expire! That's not the design intent. Can you provide a link to a post that's expired? Sometimes the picture links go bad though, but that's a function of where they are (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) I'm kinda with Larry on this one--rtlToronto, a new additoin to the train show experience, has been doing 3-4 shows per year for the past few years. I know that Calum wants to keep things 'euro' (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fair cop. How big are train shows elsewhere though? How big is the market elsewhere? In Singapore, no one I talked to (small sample) had even heard of a train show! I suggest that there IS a market here, one worth trying to serve. The US (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not like that. I'm having trouble with Google, it keeps returning pictures of LEGO trains for all the search terms I used, not particularly useful, so I don't have a pic cite for you, but trust me. (...) No, that's what you're saying I'm (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) And I don't either, I just think its great that Lego is still producing trains, especially ones based on real prototypes (although slightly more generic ones would be good too) However you mention that this set will strike a chord when seen at (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Another well-balanced discussion evolving here I see... (...) Agreed, so far. (...) Er, perhaps that statement could be qualified a little. Maybe North American prototypes resonate with the American audiences that you tend to find attending American (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NovaFlare GTX
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Hey Kirby, Even with the best camera on the market, photographing all black MOC's will always be a special challenge. However, from what I can see of this one, it rocks! That is by far the best and most unusual and yet totally cool usage of the big (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Does Lugnet have a parts "Wish List" page?
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If not, I think it would be a great idea. Just recently in dear-lego, I've seen some excellent CAD drawings of parts that would be incredibly useful if they were actually produced. However, posts from dear-lego eventually expire and I think it would (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I'll agree that the US doesn't really do four wheel vehicles However I have never really thought of the Lego wheelsets as being European as they have coil springs when the style of suspension with W irons represented had/have leaf springs (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well it would please the Daoist in me at least, if not the AdultFOL... Jason Railton (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Giochi Sforzeschi 2005
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Se i fan di Star Trek sono disposti a sopportare un appassionato di Guerre Stellari io sarei dispostissimo a partecipare. :-) (scherzo, in realta' sono un appassionato anche di Star Trek) Purtroppo non possiedo nessuna creazione originale, ma ho (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) And what did 19th century American wheels look like? What you're saying is, it doesn't look like anything current. Jason R (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) American themed, European themed... at one level I don't care. Whatever LEGO produces, I (we) can do better(1). So any set is good, regardless of how it looks as a set, *IF* it has good parts. And I agree that this set looks like it will have (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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"Olof Dahlberg" <olof_the_vikingNO_S...tmail.com> wrote in message news:IFwn8x.AH2@lugnet.com... (...) problem! (...) vekt i (...) när man (...) inte (...) för (...) stabilisera med, (...) efter (...) For det første er jeg Norsk, men forstår Svensk (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) The question of Christian is revealing that the target audience for the TTX is clearly North American (initially desired by TLC or not). I mean european (non AFOL - the main part of TLC customers) audience don't know TTX, and have never seen a (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Practically every US stock car runs on Bettendorf trucks, which resemble this (that Ross created): (URL) The TLG trucks are designed to resemble more of the single axle type for European stock cars. JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) American trucks don't have wheel level individual springs. The individual wheels are typically unsprung, and ride in a truck frame that has springs either at the center beam (for freight) or at multiple places in a larger truck frame (for (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I volunteer Jeremy's basement! Just someone remember to tell him before we arrive. :-) Derek (...) Sand paper on the bottom? (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Brickshelf?(1) Seriously, I think OnDrew did a boxcar with a flag motif, that might be what you are thinking of. 1 - couldn't resist. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's one interpretation. I'm not sure I agree, though. Another one is that it means NON transportation companies, that is, lessors and shippers. X is often appended to reporting marks(1) for equipment owned by NON transportation companies to (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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TLG made 30 years or so worth of Euro style trains, time for the Americans to get a little attention. This set rocks! Looks spot on for the real thing, rivet counters be damned. :) Must...buy...more...TRAINS!!!1 -Stefan- (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm starting to worry we need a preNMRA assembly to get everything set up. Back to the free space question :( Calum PS-I fixed my TGV, I think it'll smooth over bumps better now. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll give you the buffers, but I don't see that the wheelsets are particularly European, in what way do you mean? Tim (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes, they were formerly know as "Trailer Train" (switching to TTX in 1991). The "X" is commonly used in the rail industry to indicate the word "transportation". HTH, JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (for those that don't get the reference, TT is one of the "Classic" scales in Model Railroading, along with: - N 1:160 - HO 1:87 - S 1:64 - O 1:48 Out of those 5, it's probably the least popular or least well represented by manufacturers. In (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Please no! No more American proto....I'm sick of it. The Santa Fe and BNSF locomotives are cool, don't get me wrong. They're the most detailed and realistic Lego Trains ever made. They also represent a commitment to the train line beyond the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was actually looking for a reefer (or even a boxcar or anything) with a big Stars and Stripes on the side, I'm sure I've seen one somewhere (might even have been a loco) Anyone know where to find it? And appologies for the above (slaps self (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, please. Yeah, it is "American themed" all right-- with euro-style buffers and euro-style wheels. And didn't the last "American themed" loco (the BNSF) come with a brand new train element-- a modern, European buffer? I'll trade you. Let TLG (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
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(...) While I like it (and had to go and investigate the Lowell Sphere which is a rather neat construct), I was a little disappointed it was the new Marvin. Still that leaves room for others to try the old one... Danny (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) And here I was all set to start pushing for more European designs, but if you really want the reefer instead... :) Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Team (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "TTX Company provides railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry." From (URL) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Its like 1:120 scale modeling, but with stronger frames and chunky tires Oh no, thats BMX ;-) Tim (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) Also, I took a photo of the set up I did for the pictures of Marvin. Relatively simple, I think. (URL) Hosted on Flickr> -Lenny (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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(...) This one (URL) ? ;-) Tim (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Call me ignorant, but what the heck is this "TTX", anyway? A kind of track gauge? Wondering, Christian Treczoks (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Brisbane Another Train Show Year
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Hi all Well Tuesday night here and the end of another year at the train show for us. What a weekend!! they just seem to get better each year (that is what the public tell us ) Hopefully Aaron will upload some pictures soon as I am hopeless at it. (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
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(...) Richard is working the next button issue and will have it fixed within the next day or two. The search function is something that will be happening in the next week, so expect something to show pretty soon! Joe (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Dealing with a mall can be tricky. Often they are owned by companies that have several malls in an area. They often only accept larger deals, in which a chain has to commit to put a store/play area in EACH of those malls. Also, having a Lego (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Great! Another American themed addition to trains. That should go down well with all those USofAFOLs. Let's put some flags out to celebrate. British flag, no, French, German, no good. Oh, no, that one's Australian... European... Oh (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
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(...) Thanks Philo, I have passed this on to the webmaster (Richard Morton) to fix (that may be a minor problem, but not to those who are on the next page). The search function will take a little time to do. Once I get in touch with Richard, I will (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Leviathan 2005 (cool :-)
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(...) Thanks Larry I'll give it a go. Won't be for a week though until I'm back from the Hunter Valley. Regards Robb. (21 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I'll give them a "cost cutting" move they won't regret: I want large tubs of old grey, in a wide variety of pieces and types, technic and non-technic! I would also like to see tubs of other colors as well, such as Teal (Dark Turquoise on BL) parts (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | 10030 ISD
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Hejsan alla svenska AFOL! (Och andra som kan läsa svenska också) Jag har byggt cirka 4 timmar nu på denna, och har börjat finna saker att förbättra redan; när man sätter på skrovplåtarna på undersidan uppstår problem! Jag har inga bilder på detta, (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Giochi Sforzeschi 2005
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(...) Maggio ==> Milano Settembre ==> Torino Ottobre ==> Zwolle Starcontrek (Milano)==> Dicembre, se si orientano sulle stesse date dell'anno scorso. Meno male che a Gennaio quando ho provato a sentire le sale a disposizione tra comune e parrocchia (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) Great work! Minor problem: the "next" button in Website Directory does nothing for me. Perhaps some search function would be nice too... Philo (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Heck, if they have lots of old greys to get rid of, make Spring Cleaning packs of old grey/brown, and sell them at the Spring Cleaning set pricing points (i.e. large tub pricing), and I'll buy a bunch. Put them in the OLD style tubs, instead of the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Per terra .... brrrrrr mi vengono i brividi !!!! Manie personali riguardanti la polvere che si accumula fra gli ingranaggi a parte, non può stare a terra per i seguenti motivi pratici: 1) i modelli filo guidati hanno al massimo un metro di (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: new scans posted
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(...) Nice photos Dave! I love the Doll Furniture set. It predates the Homemaker/Big People sets by a few years. It looks kinda lonely, all that furniture and no people. Samsonite (USA/Canada) Lego was kind of a trend setter. They had gears (1965) 5 (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Perhaps the lack of sales of trains with LEGO's target markes is because THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW LEGO TRAIN EXIST!! In the USA, train sets have been available at standard retail outlets only sporatically ever since the introduction of Lego trains (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | BimPCast Update for 2 May 2005
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Hey Brickheads! There is some exciting news concerning the BimPCast in my latest audio update. Be sure to visit the website and listen to the latest BimPCast for more information. I am not going to give the news away, you have to go listen. How's (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.announce.bimp) !
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| | Re: Was: Some brainstorming needed, now...
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(...) Woah there. Be careful - if you read the full description: 1) It's not a general purpose machine - the guy only implemented a simple turntable and a system that lowers the turntable at a constant rate as it rotates. All he can make is hollow (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Titan XP Red
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(...) LOL! I thought about it, but didn't want to change Lego's 'brilliant' hand design. -Dave (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey you leave Bomonga out of this! I am just waiting on a set like (URL) this> to come out ;) But ya, trains are ok as long as they are in a nice town layout! The other Mark (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Spider Tank
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(...) Yep, 100% dark bley. I actually think it might go better with black than classic dark gray does, but that's about it. Which is good, because I'm using more black lately, what with all my classic light gray tied up in my dropship (I'm just not (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Entry - MPC - Ka-On Lee - Large Mecha
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(...) into the "large" category even while kneeling, which is a plus. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey now, don't begrudge us our measily few train sets... not with all the Toa Lhikan Kikanalo Gaaki Rahaga Pouks Kualus Norik Bomonga Iruini Vakama Nokama Hordika Whenua Onewa Matau Nuju Rhotuka Panrahk Lerahk Guurahk Vorahk Turahk Vhisola (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: brickOS & Cygwin with BricxCC
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Hello, I’m trying to get brickOS and bricxcc working on an old laptop that’s running win 98. I installed using the easy bricxcc tools When I try to compile I get this error: Unable to create process: Bash “ C:\cygwin\brickos\de...oworld.cmd Make (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Titan XP Red
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Great new color look. But you should have added thumbs... (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) I don't know how long this will last or if the offer has expired. Someone from the Gateway Lego Users Group noticed this offer and sent the following info out on the group list. --- In GtwLug... Blackrock <blackrock@y...> wrote: (...) (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey look! Another train! Who would have ever guessed?!? ;) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | DeepSnoop MKI
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Due to the nature of the camera I was using for the first shoot of this MOC, some people were confused as to which end was the front. I chose to do no modifying on this MOC. At the time it was constructed, this was virtualy all the brown pieces I (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A Grest Star Wars Weekend!
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(...) Well, I had to think about this one because I want to keep on good terms with the park. A park rep gave us a "suggested idea" after Sunday's ISD build and I personally feel it would be better for a park or company rep (like Jake) to make an (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Can you give any more details about this bulk track purchase thing you mentioned? Rafe (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Agreed. The more rolling stock, the better. I was at a train store the other day and marvelled at the literally hundreds of cars available in different gauges. More L gauge stuff is only good. Thanks Jake and all who helped put this together. (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Was: Some brainstorming needed, now...
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Remember the thread about building a 3D printer, or rapid prototyper? Well, some one did it. With Mechano, not Lego, but still very cool. (URL) the winner as a material was.... HOT GLUE!!! We were on to something! Glad someone baked this one. (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Honda
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(...) The theory behind it is the smart is rigid and uses the other car's crumple zone. That's why when it was tested against a car 3 times as heavy, it just blew a hole right threw it. The other car (a huge Mercedes sedan) had massive damage and (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2005!
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(...) Hello, I just want to say real quick, I think that is a smashing idea and will definitely boost the audience's appreciation of the detail and work put in, as well as their paying attention to such things. This idea sounds positive and has real (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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Ok... the set is very cool looking. Great work LEGO®. However, I do think the set needs at least one or two train minifigs with TTX or BNSF logo stickers or even printed on the minifigs. The reasons is I am thinking is... 1) There are LEGO fans who (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Terminus fast pursuit craft
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Thanks for your time! This little MOC was the result of several tedious hours of trying to build something with my yellow collection at the time. Believe it or not, what you see in this MOC is almost all I had! Around this time, I discovered that I (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: NovaFlare GTX
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Thanks for the honesty! Admittedly, there were a number of failures with this MOC, mostly due to my parts selection at the time (this was built a few years ago). While I did give it a minor facelift with the reshoot, I simply didn't want to rebuild (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Microscale battlecruiser "Triton"
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Thanks for taking the time to comment! I'll confess that I was torn between the choices of what to do with the bridge. Somewhere I tossed a mental coin and simply stuck with the decision. Others also have said I should have added more detail to the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Two more micros
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Yes, I scrimped on the tanker. There's always the MKII!! Everything about the Penguin was an accident...everything. I don't have a lot of white slopes, so I was just sort of placing pieces together and one thing led to another and...there was also a (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A Grest Star Wars Weekend!
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(...) Actually there were 4 R2D2s. The park had recently replaced the LEGO R2D2 at the front. And one of the tech guys at the park decided to retrofit the old one with RC control and motors of the feet and head. Most of the old figures in the park (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, FTX)
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(...) (4 URLs) (...) I don't have much to say that hasn't already been stated... The color arrangement is beautiful... dark bley seems to actually look good on this one. That is bley, right? You make it better than grey! Oh, and the feet are cute. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Even though I am a committed 8 wider, I love this new container car (and the BNSF which preceded it). This set (and the newer BNSF) actually creates in me a dilemma. On the one hand, I want to show off my building prowess by constructing 8 wide (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Cute set, but I question the 'play value'. No minifig, nothing to put *into* the containers, no crane to load and unload them -- it's just something to go around the track. A bit juniorized for us die-hard Train heads, but I think the average (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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Thanks Jake! This is a great looking set, especially needed for a Monday. And this, after finding out there is now a discount on bulk track purchases in one of the online catalogs! And, yes, I am willing to be counted as a sucker. Considering all (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A Grest Star Wars Weekend!
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(...) See, we took care of the kid issue by including them on the team ;-). Seriously, I understand what you mean; wind would be a pain. (...) OK, enough with the teasers - any hints? A fleet of ISDs hanging from the ceiling, clustered around the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) This was something that caught me off-guard at Celebration III in Indy. Certainly 99.9% of the folks there were Star Wars fans, yet the LEGO booth was hopping, selling product like crazy. The ISD sold out - they were taking orders to be (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Melpomene
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(...) I like it! As a ship, it's pretty cool. I like the engines, both the large main engines at the rear and the movable landing engines. I also like the landing gear a lot. They seem to hold up the ship well, yet still fold up out of the way when (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Actually this is a bit of a minefield - the performance of your predator ANN depends on your prey ANN and vice versa. You will have to run controlled tests but I think the evaluation criteria is up to you - length of time to intercept/avoid (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Thanks for the announcement and ILTCO pictures Mike! We were just discussing the lack of new trains this year at our RichLug meeting on Saturday. Low and behold a new Intermodal Double-Stack Car!!! Now I've got a reason to scan S&H weekly for (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tips and Tricks, was Re: Kogeru (leg framework)
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LOL!!! You beat me by a split second on this one. (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Excellent job, Mark! Those need to be added to the </build/mecha/resources (URL) section. Marco, are you familiar with that section of the site? It's set up for builders of all calibers to get inspiration from. -Dave (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Tips and Tricks, was Re: Kogeru (leg framework)
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(...) No problem man. That's why I put them there, so people could see them, copy them and build mecha. Hear that!!!! I want you people to copy it. Go to town folks. (...) I think it's a great idea. We've got (URL) the Resources> page. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Mark thank you for those pics. I think it's not only me who will learn a lot by examine this leg frame in detail. Yesterday I browsed .space for the first time. They have a design topic there. I thought of doing something similar for .mecha. I (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Mark, the reason I took this personally is because I was one of the people making this decision. I know it sometimes seems like the LEGO Group is some big, cold, floating entity in the sky, but it's a group of people just like any community. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
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(...) Don't thank me...thank the gang at LEGOFan.org... I'm up to something else entirely:-) Joe (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Terminus fast pursuit craft
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(...) The yellow flaps are nice, and you used the main colors very nicely. The integration of the SW engines on the bottom is good too. The cockpit looks a little bit too busy because of so much printing in a relatively small place. My only other (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) plates. That doesn't seem to work too well. And the almost-monochrome black isn't doing it for me either. The big downward-sloped bit on the front seems particularly awkward and tacked on. So do the engines on the back. The shape would be a (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Smart Honda
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(...) bad form to reply to myself and all that. I guess I jumped the gun on that Iain... The Jeremy Clarkson I referred to is on Top Gear, not Fifth Gear. Eventhough in all my cars, 5th gear has always been Top gear, hence my mixup. Thanks Bram! (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) I love the tanker. The tip of the nose could be a bit more interesting, but the rest is beautiful. The landing gear is the best. I'm not too crazy about the Penguin, though you do have some neat part usage. What I really like on this one is (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That was painfully hilarious. Pouring acid on it. Driving it into a wall. Dropping a piano on it... Calum (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Last I heard, it was only the forfour, but the latest news is that it ain't gonna (URL) happen.> (...) I don't know Iain... I could almost picture you in a large pickup... almost :) (...) I love that show!!! Was Jeremy Clarkson narrating? (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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