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(...) Yes, well, I was once young as well, but never even heard a, well, peep about Thomas the Tank Engine until the PBS series "Shining Times Station" which began airing in the US in 1989. It is that series which propelled Thomas onto the world (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: best way to support elevated plates?
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(...) Sorry for the bum steer. (it was under honeycomb not lattice, my bad) Try this post: (URL) which leads you to this pic: (URL) should set you right. (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Up to now I've just moved the two levers of the input valves. My system uses 2 large cylinders facing each other. The steering arm moves 3 valves, which are offset from each other and two of which are pulled by rubber bands. Sorry I haven't (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sounds like what I'm after. Unfortunately, a search for "GMLTC lattice" didn't turn up any posts, except for yours, with both words in it. I also tried the same search at brickshelf, with no luck. Can anyone point me to a picture or more (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Eh? The point is the books were originally called the Rev. W Awdry's Railway Series, so the title 'Thomas and the Magic Railroad' is something of a travesty. But they all are, anyway, except Thomas. The closest to Thomas is a small number of (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) The characters from the original 26 books by the Rev W Awdry, and the next 14 books by his son Christopher Awdry use characters based on real engines and stories that happened on the real railway (whether transposed to a different railway (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Consider GMLTC lattice. Strong, light, made of common elements and modular in that it conforms to various heights well. XFUT lugnet.trains... a search with this string "GMLTC lattice" should find you a pic of it... (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Granule bushes
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"D. Shifflett" <shifflett@redshift.com> wrote in message news:IGD36z.19pH@lugnet.com... (...) Strictly speaking, these aren't standard parts, but they are LEGO. They are made out of the raw ABS granules which appear to have been glued together into (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: best way to support elevated plates?
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For my town I took the arches from the SAH site. Imagine looking at the baseplate. I placed two going north, one going east and west on the front and then depending on where they are in the tunnel I may have a total of 8 arches two in each (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: legofest milano
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ciao a tutti, forse ultimamente son troppo di fretta :D, però non ho capito quando sarebbe la legofest di Milano. Io sono un newbie del campo Mindstorms, quindi sarei piu' che altro un curioso (e goloso :P) osservatore, a meno che non mi venga (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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For Immediate Release Contact: Russell Clark rclark@telis.org 408.605.5412 (cell) SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA - The Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BayLUG) is pleased to announce the details of our upcoming Summer Meeting. The meeting will be held on (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb)
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(...) Thomas in the US includes a "Brio compatible" product from some company that is NOT Brio, near as I can tell (TC Timbers??? I forget). Everything interoperates but the track is different, it has ties simulated via grooves that go across the (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Little off-topic but still pretty cool! Self-Replicating robots.
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(...) (URL) This is pretty cool, although the phrase "We are Borg" keeps going through my head. :) --Jack, AFOL, St. Louis Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! (URL) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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We're thinking about raising up half of our town, so that we can have the train run into a tunnel and be a subway train on the elevated half and a surface train on the other half (with the two halves joined by a hill). This will also allow us to (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Relative or absolute?
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(...) My design will be functionally absolute, while being artistically relative. PS: Good question! (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Little off-topic but still pretty cool! Self-Replicating robots.
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(...) one seems the simplest and the most elegant. Very nice! Dave K (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Now, it is my understanding that all of the characters are all based on real-life locos. Not so? (...) lol that is amusing. I had heard that Mozart was being played as well. How awful for those poor subway loitering ne'er-do-wells:-) BTW, I (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) For the record, the item in question was done by a Canadian visitor from RTLToronto. -Ted (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGOFan.org 2.0 Now Has a "Job Board"!
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LEGOfan.org has launched a "Job Board" in the LF forums. This board will allow project leaders, event coordinators, and Webmasters to post "volunteer job openings" in order to find AFOLs willing to pitch in and help out. Additionally, the Job Board (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) I had Brio trains, along with a plastic variant the same size. I've seen Thomas Brio, but I've never particularly shopped for Thomas products abroad. Jason Railton (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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