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(...) thanks for the reference with pictures, dave. i think my brain mixed the 6582 and 1687 sets together 'cause i'm remembering it differently but those have got to be the only sets that match what i'm remembering. ..jg (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX)
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While I can't comment on the accuracy of the model (I've never been to Europe), I've got to say that is quite an excellent LEGO town. (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Getting back on a very old topic ("since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of words" - "Photos or it didn't happen."): (2 URLs) Hope you enjoy (despite of destroying LEGO parts) + Leg Godt! (URL) See more pictures of my models at (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think it's the higher ratio of piece types to set size that leads him to conclude the sets are not as useful for free-form building as they once were. The argument he makes is that if you have a set of 100 unique pieces, it has less (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've been sort of pondering this, and I've concluded that the researcher's conclusion makes more sense if we use as a sample 100 random elements chosen from the "classic" LEGO era vs 100 random elements from the newer Ninjago era. Whatever the (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) DaveE (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX)
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i need help identifying/finding a set. i seem to remember a town/flight set that included a black airplane that had an odd double-tail fin design very much like the 6582 daredevil flight squad plane ((URL) seems like it was available in the early (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Me too. I love the little details like the frowny face next to the age range, and that the set number is the Number of the Beast. (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Back in December Dennis Thomsen posted his model of a DSB Litra EA electric locomotive on (URL) www.byggepladen.dk>. Even if it is only six wide, it still matches the look of the original quite well: (2 URLs) Play well, Jacob (reposting a bit of (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all. Now it is possible to control the NXT from every Apple iOS device. (URL) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Attempting to replace LUGNET server(s) (again)
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Dear LUGNET Community, as you may or may not have noticed we have had a few issues with out main LUGNET server recently. During the last outage we tried to move everything over to new hardware but failed due to architectural incompatibilities of the (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce) !
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(...) In terms of using specific elements as incentive to buy more sets, it certainly is a trend. They finally picked up on a complaint that the Star Wars fans have been voicing for ten years, which is that we wanted a wider variety of minifigs. Now (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I built a Prusa 3D printer. I've had it for about 6 months. (one of the reasons I've been quiet on Lugnet) I have tried to print Lego, and while my success with it was limited, I lay that solely at the feat of not getting the printer fully (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) From what I've heard from LEGO, they might occasionally do that with a particular product line, but each one is evaluated independently. So, whether or not Ninjago will have alternate models is a totally separate discussion from whether or not (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think you're spot-on. He went fishing for empirical support for his intuition and really had to stretch to make it seem to fit. I think one contributing factor is that people who have not maintained familiarity with LEGO pieces over the (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: (snip good analysis) For more musings on the build/rebuild vs. build/play dichotomy see (URL) second one really reinforces what Dave's talking about, in that if you plan to NEVER take something apart but just (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.announce, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) OMG!!! I was a little meh when looking at the TD--thought it was just 'track for the sake of track', but when i looked at the pictures...!!!!! Fantastic!!! Very nicely done!! I love the (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.events)
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(...) I think he's doing the same thing that virtually everyone does when they see modern LEGO-- trying to figure out why they don't like it as much. Everyone that grew up with LEGO seems to go through that same stage of curmudgeon-ity, where they (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Esben created some very nice models here. I love the activity in the scene. -Jason Jason Spears | (URL) Flickr> | (URL) WMLTC> (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Haters gotta hate. Bley isn't so bad. Trust me. Neither was the lobotomy. (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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