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| Hello again, Every once in a while I break out of lurk to post and Rock Raiders set 4970, Chrome Crusher, was the inspiration this time. As is usual in my reviews, I break out the good, the bad, and the ugly. So here goes. The Good: Lots of spunk (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Updated Parts-Wanted List
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| It's been five months since I updated this list; so, here goes: Technic Parts wanted: Qty Part # Color Description 2 3703 red 1x16 beam 6 3701 yellow 1x4 beam 10 3895 yellow 1x12 beam 1 4262 black 1x6 plate with holes 6 4263 black 1x4 plate with (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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| (...) Thanks for posting your experience, Allan. What I'm curious now is knowing how the more recent bricks will be in 25 years. If they look "less good" than the previous at this point in time, perhaps in 25 years they will have become *wrecks*. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How do you guys do it?
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| I've only been out of my dark ages for about two years. It was the Star Wars sets that caught my eye. I bought a couple and remembered how much fun LEGO is!! The next step for me was downloading instructions from Brickshelf.com for the old sets I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Spanning large areas
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| (...) I've worked on a different but similar problem, but haven't had time to finish up the write-up I started nor take accompanying pictures. Anyway, here is the write-up in it's current state, so excuse any areas where it still needs work: (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch) !
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| | FA Lots of lots on Ebay......
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| I have opened a bunch of new auctions on Ebay this week. Lots of slopes, some plates, and a varity of mini-figs from different series. There are some old castle, new castle, pirate, wild west, and others. More auctions to come, take a look and see (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | BayLUG and Russell on Paloaltoonline.com
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| Got this via google alert: (URL) Date: Friday, December 30, 2005 Brick by brick A LEGO landscape fills Palo Alto museum, with planes, trains and local landmarks by Rebecca Wallace o matter how shrewd or mathematical you are, you can't escape the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Modern Auction 8 - Parts Update
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| [Modern Auction 8] [OLDER PARTS] (2 URLs) The auction is now advancing - Next advancment is Saturday around noon - The auction will continue to advance every 24 hrs until all sets with bids are SOLD (G2 -> G2 -> SOLD). When a new bid is submitted, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: The Black Sword
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| I just sold mine when I sold my 6041 out of my BrickLink shop. When I came out of my dark ages, I pulled a HUGE box of bricks out of my parents attic and lo and behold, A PRISTINE BLACK SWORD! I couldn't believe it. I found a 6041, and a few other (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: moving in a straight line with two motors?
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| G'Day My 3 cents (Canadian, Eh). The most elegant solution I have seen to this problem I believe came from an old Milton Bradly 'Big Trak', in which the designers used a magnetic clutch. The idea is simple , getting the forces involved to balance (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Clone brand quality
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| (...) Hi Jerry! That's a great post filled with good observations and questions. I don't know if you're aware, but Best-Lock recently merged with Cobi, a brick-brand centered in Poland, to become Cobi/Best-Lock. Under this new name, Cobi gained (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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| I tried Plasti Zap (found at Hobby Lobby) and it worked great. To test it, I glued two ruined 2x4 plates together. When I tried to pull them apart, the bricks actually broke before the bond did. I was so thankful that this stuff worked because I was (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: what makes a legend?
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| (...) I think this is at least the 2nd vote for this set, in response to the original question. Anyone else want to jump in and support it? (URL) think this set would make a good reissue for several reasons: 1) It is historically significant. It (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Amazing Animals & Fabulous Figures
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| About a week ago my backorderd books arrived: *Build Amazing Animals* and *Build Fabulous Figures* by DK Publishing, Inc. (C) 1999. List price $4.95 (US) each These are the newest LEGO books from DK, and the first two in the LEGO Modelers line which (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.books, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MOC: Marine Pedestal Crane
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| (...) The geared 9V motors are great. It's been proven that they're much more efficient than the old ones. They suck less current, and their internal gear reduction has less friction losses than a built-up gear reduction. The 12V motors may be more (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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| (...) Me too! Light grey is light grey. Occasionally a new color piece really stands out so I simply discard it back into the tub and grab for another. My collection is still mainly old, so that procedure works well. The only real problem is my (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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