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| Darn. I though I was the only one that liked that pink color. I've got a book on Miami Beach Art Deco Architecture of the 1930's. WOW, it is awesome! I plan on recreating some of these fabulous Art Deco Moderne 1930's pastel creations using some of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Ya know folks, this is what I really love about being in contact with all of you AFOL's, both in Lugnet and RTL - sharing all this info. (It certainly is more satisfying than flaming newbies, or going of on senseless threads ...) No single one of us (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Steep Corner Slopes.
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| Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Now that we've analyzed the Low Corner Slopes, how about Steep Corner Slopes. Granted Steep Slopes don't come in Service Packs (too bad), and are therefore much much scarcer (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Fred, Michael Dorneich has an superb website which is literally a table of contents for who's who in LEGO. It's called the "MCPD's LEGO INTERNET RESOURCES QUICK REFERENCES GUIDE" (ie Everything LEGO) located here: (URL) is very helpful, and will (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Macaroni Bricks.
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| I copied this over from RTL: Gary Istok (...) That's right, you used to be able to buy the macaroni bricks in red, white, blue, yellow, black, clear, and later in the '60s also in grey. They came in the Supplemental parts packs that were available (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I was browsing thru some of may old fence pieces, and came across an old parts pack from 1982, small set #1209 (in clear plastic bag) which I purchased in Germany. It was sold with the train accessories, and contains 6 red (2x4) pieces and 1 red (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Thanks for the info Mark, I guess those 2x3 black gates aren't as rare as I originally thought. But to put them together with red fence pieces? That seems pretty strange. It makes me think that sometimes TLG puts together service packs based on (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No problem Simon, a gable (in the context I am using it) is a peak roof piece. A gable connector is one of those 2x2 (regular sloped) peak pieces that looks like someone took a bite out of it. In a roof construction, it is used when you use (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Samsonite (USA) vs. TLG (Europe)
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| (...) Simon, Here are 2 examples of what was available in the USA (Samsonite) in 1961 (first year LEGO available there), and what was available in the UK in 1961. (The USA brochure is from Bill Katz/Joe Lauher, the UK brochure is from Ray Gal.) (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 1960's Architectural Parks Packs
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| I copied this over from RTL, Gary Istok Folks, In the 1980's I purchased about 20 "architectural" parts packs (all small plates (1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 and 2x4) in Germany, that look like they were geared towards adults, and not children. Recently EBAY (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: sticker shock
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) This is my first forray into LUGNET.TRAINS, so I'm a fish out of water, (TOWN is my home turf). Thanks Larry, since I'm probably one of the few AFOL's that is building my city in the classic scale (3 bricks high (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | My Tribute To LEGO...
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| I just wanted to take a moment and not educate anyone about LEGO (wow that's a switch)... hehehe! I just to say thanks to all those that have helped me thru the last few difficult years... even though I've got a lot of work to do yet to make amends (...) (11 years ago, 5-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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| OK... here's the background... first LEGO sets with writing in the local language(s) started in 1955... with Denmark, Norway and Sweden LEGO sets with "LEGO System of Play" in the local language on the box top. This was followed by Germany in 1956 (...) (11 years ago, 5-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Try using discarded women's panty hose/nylons. That was what I saw recently on a Cable TV show for removing wax. I would agree that first freeze and then break away the large pieces. And I don't think that panty hose would scratch the LEGO. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Wow Rob, I love that Brown Tower! It reminds me of a medieval monstrance (a large towered reliquery (found mostly in European Cathedral treasuries) that had strong Gothic influences, and usually contained saintly relics). It really looks frightfully (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| Wow, good explanation Tom! All I want to add is that Anne, I use your method of construction for most of my new LEGO buildings. I call it prototyping. I build one wall (and then rebuild ... rebuild ... rebuild) until I get it the way I want it to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks for encouragement folks, I wish there were more hours in the day for work, family, friends AND Lego. Tom, I haven't done too much on the history of LEGO since the Classic Windows and Doors (except for a brief forray into Fence pieces a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Classic scale building?
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| I was just wondering.... I know that most of you folks build on the minifig scale (5 brick high doors) using all those "wonderful" (sarcastic) minifigs. Is there anyone else who builds primarily on the classic scale (3 brick high doors - sort of the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Were Parts Packs available in US stores?
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| (...) Kevin, make sure you ask if they have any old LEGO or spare parts (in German it's "ersatz teile"). Asking if they have old LEGO has netted me some pretty neat stuff (2 wooden box sets, 2 Thatcher Perkins Locomotives, 40 old supplemental parts (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Were Parts Packs available in US stores?
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| I remember as a child when I went to my neighborhood toy store in the 1960's they had the Samsonite Supplemental Parts Packs. Today most toy stores may have some base/road plates, and that's about it as much as they carry in supplemental items. I (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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