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(...) Nick- A crayon box would be cool, but it's been done big scale before. Answer: No. Extended answer: The Big Thing is not a box. In fact, horizontally speaking, there is no straight perimiter run longer than about 16 studs (and most are (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) In the UK the classification is a bit difficult to describe. The best description is a 'unit train' i.e. one that runs as a fixed rake, with a driving cab at each end and its own motive power that cannot be used seperataly. Most passenger (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Have you seen one of the coolest Brickshelf accounts... lately? (URL) HERE> it is (Bookmark worthy!) Koyan, you da man (hey, it even rhymes:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Congratulations to Jen and Jeff !!! Wishing you guys lots of love, joy, health, and a wonderful life together! And remember: Play well! ;) It was a beautiful ceremony (in part because it didn't rain!), a very nice reception, and overall a (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Great work. I saw it posted in your folder yesterday and immediately downloaded it. This has been a "want to build" for a while. Ed (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Well, thanks for the thanks, but also thanks for the content to put in the sidebar! Without you lot designing models then the sidebar would be empty! Tim (so other Tim, you are being useful!) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thoought the TGV would do well, it seems to have international appeal. As a matter of interest, do you think (URL) 7745> was based (loosely) on the TGV? Tim (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great to see the TGV doing so well! If only LEGO would pay attention. If they hurry up they can do it for the 25th year of the TGV being in service, being sep 27 1981 according to Wikipedia (a shame there are no pics of the old sud-est livery (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(4 URLs) Four easy-to-build 32 x 32 mosaics based on cartoon characters from the past and present. Click on each picture or see my entire Brickshelf Mosaic folder (URL) here>. Enjoy, Patrick (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) I would also like to see non-numbered 'official' sets in the database. Your example included the Weetabix sets, but there are other promo sets not in the DB. Life Puppet, for instance. Also, there are the sets sold through department stores, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I'd like to jump in on this thanking too. It is so much more fun coming to .trains with the sidebar. Tim (not the useful sidebar one) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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"Samarth Moray @gmail.com>" <legoswami<NOSPAMMINGME!> wrote in message news:IIEEou.1vyE@lugnet.com... (...) Ahh, but you do not {need} to use a cutting utensil to modify... Rob (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually you don't need to modify a fig to remove it's arm.... but that' a WHOLE other thing. Legoswami (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'd agree. I have a one-armed friend that could attest to that one. And no, he's not a modified minifig... Rob (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah I think that's the right meaning. When in doubt, produce pics: (URL) not sure you would call this 'light' (wink) but it's what I was referring to, anyway.... Let it also be known that leaning out of a running train is one of the most (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What exactly does "suburban" mean in this context?.. is it like the US "commuter" (meaning that the train is primarily put on to serve people coming and going to and from work, and typically is heavy rail rather than light rail or trolley, and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Patrick Bunn" <patbunn@mris.com> wrote in message news:IIEA43.14JB@lugnet.com... (...) Heh, good stuff. That white beetle reminds me of beetles from The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson) from the '80s. You should make a black one! (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: What I don't quite get with the EMU designation is what's the difference (...) Here those terms are actually pretty much synonymous with each other. All our suburban trains are EMUs anyway. (...) (Sorry, I (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) EMU - Electric Multiple Unit DMU - Diesel Multiple Unit These terms are not commonly used in the US I don't think(1). But the idea is that the train isn't "locomotive hauled" but rather more than one of the "cars" has a power truck, either (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) WOW. That is just.... WOW. I've always been of the opinion that the weirder and cooler and goofier an MOC is, the better it gets. These are some of the most unique creations I've seen in LONG time. [Cheesy super-cliched line] I paid for the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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