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| (...) method (...) Yeah, accordian doors would work. Also, to return to yesteryear, a classic space design is to use the 1x2 x 1x2 brick hinges to open up to equal halves of the back of the ship. I supposed that could be applied to bay doors that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Design wanted: Touch sensor for passing trains
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| Carl- We designed some that worked very well with the 4561 Railway Express sets that we used for the Orange County Festival of Trees earlier this month. The mechanism uses one of those 5 sided aircraft wing pieces held horizontally flat near the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I got a defective part!
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| On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Selçuk <teyyareci> (<FnGCwB.C4A@lugnet.com>) wrote at 09:45:34 (...) Mine was the same, which is weird. I've just compared them with my 928, which has just come out of a sealed box, so I know the parts are genuinely about (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | - - - FS/FT: Lego Sets and Pieces
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| (These are for trade too) SETS: 6255 Pirate Comic, NM, not-sealed a couple of creases in box but nice $20.00 4131 Freestyle (partly squashed box, but unopened, pieces should be fine) $5.00 2x6037 Witch's Windship (new, sealed) $6.00 each 2x6442 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Older LEGO Train Stuff to a good home
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| Guys, I am cleaning out my office today and I come across the following items that can be donated to a good home in Altenberg: - A pair of older style level crossing arms - 3 older garage baseplates - 1 older garage door frame - 1 mangled red garage (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Parts Help Please
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| Could one of you kind souls help me to identify a set? I got a mixed box of LEGO for Christmas from which I have identified and built a 918 (1978) a 6970 (1980) and a 6929 (1981)along with an old train (blue rails) There are 2, blue, 6x1 bricks with (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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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: No new space sets?
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| (...) This gives me some amusement because you could see the introduction of the minifigure and the first line of "classic space" as just being "concerned with making money and exploiting trends" as well. Star Wars was the rage by the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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| I'll chime in on a slightly different vein. Rather than us telling them what we want (which is good) and hoping they can come up with it (which may turn out disappointing), how about if they tell us what they can easily offer, what they can offer (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Cool stuff in Scala 3117
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| Hey: The first thing you may wish to know about scala is that it is only semi- compatible with regular lego bricks -- for example, only bricks 2 studs across will work on the baseplate. Despite this shortcoming, I like the baseplate a lot. I see (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.scala)
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| | Short Review: 6455 Space Simulation Station
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| REVIEW: 6455 SPACE SIMULATION STATION - Tom McDonald RETAIL: $29.99, S@H $33.00 THEME: SPACE PORT AGES: 7-12 PCS: 240 MINIFIGURES: 3; 1 Astronaut with gold visor; 1 Station director in white coat; 1 Technician in red jumpsuit OVERVIEW: Don't get me (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Technic Turntable...
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| Someone mentioned making a turntable out of Technic elements. A friend and I did this about two years ago using an old pair of Gemini SL-100 Belt Drive Turntables. We simply removed the outer casing and made one from Technic Axles. It looked really (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | My ReVUE: 5571
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| Background: My nephew's fourteeth birthday was coming up (not only do we share a first and last name, but we also share initials and a birthday, very wierd) so I started flipping through the most recent S@H catalouge. He is a big LEGO fan, and I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | New Model: The Devil's Gap
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| I did some experimenting with wheels and ropes, and came up with this little creation which I call The Devil's Gap. It fits nicely into the story that I'm working on and plan to have finished soon (before I'm old enough to drink hopefully). Here is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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| Resurrecting an old thread ... (...) Jacob was referring to this port: <URL:(URL) Two big problems with my door design: the door sticks, and it needs a bunch of parts and there's no way to motorize or add an external HOG-activation knob. Has (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New Model: The Devil's Gap
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| (...) Thanks Rick I hope this will begin to answer your question (kinda long acutally - scroll to the bottom if you want to see the sets that I think should inspire most castle creators): Working on my storyline, I knew that I wanted to make (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Help The Homeless In Legoville!
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| (...) How is that going to help me, or the average child builder, build everything I mentioned in my note? I wasn't *just* talking about houses, you know. Please read my whole note: (URL) what kind of roofing do basic brick buckets have? Do they (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Parts help please
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| This is a re-post, so apologies, but the first one got buried in General very quickly. Can anyone point me to a set number for blue 1x6 bricks with the word TRANSPORT etched on them in white. They may also be involved with several 2x2x3 transparent (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | B-Wing Review
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| Set: B-Wing at Rebel Command Center (# 7180) Piece Count: 338 Minifigs: 3 (counting the droid) Price: $29.99 Price per Piece: $.09 (rounded up, before tax) My ratings: Parts Selections: 9 out of 10 Playability: 10 out of 10 Overall design: 8 out of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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