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(...) Usually, Lego parts are not painted, but rather the color comes from dyes in the ABS itself. Hope that helps. Andrew Meyer (21 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) LEGO used to make these kinds of trees and bushes decades ago. Check out: (4 URLs) Since they haven't been in any sets for quite some time, and they were never all that abundant to begin with, those granular types of trees are pretty hard to (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Vineet, Here is one way to do it: (URL) prototype was built when I was thinking of building an articulated truck. The same principle can be applied to any kind of steering where you need three positions. The key element is the controller: (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Jim, Way to go! Wish I was there, but I was, well...elsewhere :-)! You and Jeff did a great job, and I hope that this will lead to more fun things! Joe Meno DELVaLUG Way South Member .space paparazzi! (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.events)
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Thanks to both, that's very interesting. It's much denser than I had in mind; and though 2x2 and 2x4 bricks are dirt cheap, it would use a LOT of them. I'm not sure if it would actually come out cheaper or not, but it's certainly worth considering. (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Upon another minute's thought, the term that really seems appropriate is Certified LEGO Professional. (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hey gang, On May 9th, LEGO had an exhibit at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference. Jeff Stabile and I had the honor of being asked to help out with this exhibit. LEGO was receiving an award celebrating the 50th year of the system (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) Jake- I'm surprised at the name choice. TLC usually chooses billion dollar companies as partners for co-marketing, joint ventures, and other business relationship. "Affiliate" is almost universally a term in the same league and implies a (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Joe- At SCLTC, we build tunnels and subterranean structures by stacking tables on top of each other using short legs and knobs bolted to the tops of the underlying tables. We haved stacked as tables as high as 5 levels in one place when (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) And check out (URL) pic> and (URL) pic> to see that method in action. Ironically, we just completely cannibalized that module last week... Wanna buy some 2x2 towers? :-) JOHN (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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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(...) 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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"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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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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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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