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(...) Living at 50 meters from the Deventer - Almelo tracks, I can give some examples of European train style: 1) no automatic couplers between freight cars 2) buffers (is that the right word for those round shock absorbers that each car end has two (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sökes: Kvinnliga minifiggar...
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Hej, jag har inte glömt det.. har bara gått i ide tills mina kunder betala sina fakturor. "Den som sover, äter inte.. ;-)" /J "Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...telia.com> wrote in message news:IFxB8L.1D0s@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | [USA-Minneapolis] Bulk brick benefit sale for Brian Kelly's son
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As Dean posted earlier, Brian Kelly would like to sell off his bulk Lego collection to help cover medical expenses for his newborn son Joshua, who required open heart surgery shortly after his recent birth. What: "Pick-a-brick" style sale of (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | First Vignette: Building at the Kitchen Table
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For the JLUG contest I entered my first "official" vignette: (URL) Both kids are very "helpful" when I try to build while they are awake. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
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(...) Thanks Jason! My lighting is really cheap. Both lamps are $10 or less, and the bulbs are normal sorts of bulbs (less than $5). Tripod isn't anymore than $15, and white paper that size should be easy to get in the $5 range. Less than the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Melpomene
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(...) Thanks for the comments. I really enjoyed this build. And I'm still amazed at how much weight the landing gear can take. Those giant click hinges are what makes it possible. On the other hand, they're so dang stiff that I have to squeeze the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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"John Riley" <Rohnjiley@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IFxAqJ.18y9@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) TLG. (...) took me (...) Otherwise, we (...) years. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] While I don't disagree with what you have written, I will (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I don't think it's missed market opportunities but the nature of the product. Most kids who want a train set want something they can set on the track right out of the box and don't want to have to mess with building the train first. So by its (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | Re: Mythic creatures by Micah Berger
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(...) Okay, those are all pretty cool, but the Cyclops is awesome. Easily the best evocation I've ever laid my eye on. The over-huge mouth is great and really displays a lot of character in its expression. I also love his spike-toothed (or (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: NovaFlare GTX
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(...) Sorry, I was trying to distinguish between canopies and cockpits. I don't think I showed an underside pic, but under the B-wing canopies, I've used trans black cockpits from the recent World City helicoptors. Originally, I had used the trans (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
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(...) Nice. I think you really nailed the depressed look. (...) Your setup looks good. I really need to get around to buying some better lighting. Jason Spears | (URL) House of Bricks> | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Mythic creatures by Micah Berger
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Hi all, Micah Berger has made some great creatures from Greek myths. He discusses them in (URL) this thread on Classic-Castle>. Sphinx: (URL) Antman: (URL) Minotaur: (URL) Cyclops: (URL) Bruce (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Re: Sökes: Kvinnliga minifiggar...
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Bump (Jenny tjatar...): (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
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(...) I couldn't find any contact info on any of the pages, so I'll report here: The link to my BlockCAD program ((URL) on page (URL) is a (little) bit outdated, and should be changed to: (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Does Lugnet have a parts "Wish List" page?
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(...) No. Posts never expire from the lugnet server. Your Outlook Express, OTOH, is probably set to expire the (downloaded) posts after 30 days, but you can change that, and get them again by resetting the newsgroup. Or, you can read lugnet via the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Well, as someone who doesn't know enough about trains to know the difference between European and North American trains, I have to say that I really like this new set. I'm delighted that LEGO is offering this new set and plan to pick up 2 or 3 (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) They're not though - they don't work for European fans any more than they work for Americans. Just because they don't look like American prototypes you assume they must therefore satisfy everyone else, and they don't. You can't claim they're (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Spheres
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(...) I recently made a smaller plate sphere in the same vein as Bruce's design: (URL) Enjoy. --Bram (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) OK, so let's be realistic: most retailers (especially the big three toy retailers in the US: TRU, Wal-Mart, and Target) are not going to sell Lego trains year-round; trains tend to be strictly a holiday purchase, and otherwise languish on the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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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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