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| (...) Excluding all internal supports and bracing, what we are really concerned about is surface area, since that's the brick we see. If an object is scaled up 2 times, its surface area goes up by a factor of 4. Thus, you would need, at minimum, 4 (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Sorting
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| So I parted my first 2004 set into my collection. I'm trying to figure out how to sort out the new greys. Now it was a technic set, and I don't separate technic colours much anyway, but it got me thinking about the future. I discovered, when I threw (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 2x4 Brick model?
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| (...) Since a 2x4 is about 1.25 inches long I guess you'd be looking at a scale of about 1:9.6. So it would probably be just as easy to build it to 9 times original size, or 10 times. I have built a few 'jumbo' bricks like this and they are fairly (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Announcing the MOCC
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| My Own Castle Competition. We are hereby happy to announce the official castle-building competition for the Castle Room at BrickFest 2004. The competition is pretty straightforward, but a lot can be done with it. It is the hope of the BrickFest 2004 (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests) !!
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| | Coko castle set on Ebay
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| (URL) you go.> I don't know the seller, and I won't be bidding. Coko has a few sets very similar to this. I own one of them, but I'm not sure if it's this one. In any case, elements of note are a bunch of 1x4 and 1x2x8 arch bricks, as well as a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing the MOCC
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| (...) I don't think item two is accurate. The actual announcement applies the 2304 stud limit to "raised landscaping" on which the castle is built, not generic "surrounding lands", which could include, oh, a green baseplate. This is actually quite a (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Question for the Conservatives out there
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| (...) Judging by stats today? The foundation is just as likely to be Divorce as it is to be Marriage. 50% goes both ways, bub. (...) The foundation of what? {Your} idea of what the US should be? Ignoring the fact that it is a 20C construct? (...) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Color Names
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| All, I've seen many requests as of late to have LEGO release their color names for the specific brick colors. There has also been multiple requests for RGB/CMYK values and specific LEGO part numbers. Over the years I've addressed this question here (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Pick a brick links, suggestions
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| (...) thanks for posting this. i unfortunently am only working one day a week so it has become very difficult to keep on top of the inventory. i will try to make perodic updates when i can but i really can't put a time on it anymore. also if (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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brick, wall
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| | Re: New LEGO Stores!
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| (...) I hadn't been to the GG in awhile, so when I was there this weekend I HAD to check out the new Lego store.. It was great! Bright and well organized, with a helpful and friendly staff (who watched my woeful attempt at Pick-A-Brick packing with (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Quality issue - update
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| Thanks for the tip about stacking plate tolerances, Jake. A related effect occurs with some 1x2 bricks (first obvious to me with sand red). The crack between bricks in a wall depends on which way the 1x2 are pointing. One end of each brick is a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: challenge: LEGO copier
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| Would the bricks be assembled as a wall one brick thick on its side? Like laying a cinderblock wall on its side then creating a copy? That might be done with an X-Y table arrangement with vice like sides at top and bottom of the bricks so that they (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pick-a-Brick inventories
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| (...) I like your document. That would have made it easy to grab an initial inventory of a store. Once the initial inventory has been done, I take a sheet showing the last know location of all parts to easily verify if the contents of any bin has (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Quality Control
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| (...) Here's my thing. The Flextronics deal was (URL) announced> just over two years ago, in 2006. Jake (URL) responded> to issues raised over part quality just over four years ago, in 2004. That says to me that while Flextronics might be largely (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: Read Sales in the Subset
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| (...) Well, it'll be affected by the fact that the 2x2 version has considerably different internal geometry than the 2x4 version, but the 2x4 version has much more sturdy geometry than you'll find inside either a 2x4 brick or plate. It's built like (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Pick-a-Brick inventories
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| (...) The Brand Retail stores in the North East have had VERY little turnover in the last 6 months. Usually, the only time something new is placed on the wall is when one part runs out. This does not occur very frequently. None of the employees like (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Skeletons are Minifigs too
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| In order to achieve the loc.au monthly trivia quota, I offer the following research insights on the Hogwarts Castle Mark 2 (set 4757). Personal inspection of a built set reveals the following 9 items which might (by some) be regarded as minifigs: (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au) !
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| | Re: Pick A Brick now in Canada
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| (...) Those are all the buckets. The tree has 32 of them. Unfortunately, someone walked in front of the one picture I took of it. I was thinking of getting one of everything for the inventory but decided to take pictures instead. The red slopes and (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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