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| (...) Hard to find the superlatives to describe your model, since we all know there will be certainly a bigger, more impressing sculpture in a short while again. I'm speachless about your productivity! Leg Godt! Ben (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Woohoo!! Long Live Lego Trains!!
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| (...) I fear this sound quite probable, but I really do hope this is not the bright future of our train line. :-( Ben P.s.: I do not wish to get DCC in the first line, I just would beg TLC to bring out more realistical looking stuff and less town (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Show report
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| In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Larry Pieniazek writes: Hi Larry, thanks for giving these first infos. Now it's like christmas: waiting for the pictures.... I was amazed that everybody has to do some of the experiences for his own again. At our last event (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: How to transport Lego
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| (...) That's quite normal: what's your concern as long as this doesn't happen directly over a gap in canalization.... (...) I myself try to put them into boxes (without filling material). Nearly everytime some small parts fall off - but are lying at (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Show report
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| (...) indeed: and even nosediving engines offer lots of fun (and memorable moments), after you have survived the first shock and found out nothong important is broken... (...) That's in fact planned for the next meeting. (...) Ok, that's the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| beneke (score: 1.805) |
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| | Re: Interesting Trade Proposal for Set 4558...!?
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| (...) Even in case to make you jealous or even angry: I actually DO HAVE a sealed metroliner at home in this very moment. :-) Looks like this: (URL) I definitely will kill the seals and build the set for my own (probably this evening, if there is (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| beneke (score: 1.805) |
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| | Re: Fanciful LEGO train speculation (the German answer..)
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| (...) Latest (maybe to read ironic) spculation abaout coming Lego trains as posted on www.1000steine.de/forum/ (free translated by me): ***...*** Certainly there will be battle-engines! The "Evil-Engines" and the "Alpha-Trains". The "Evil-Engines" (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| beneke (score: 1.805) |
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| | Re: How much LEGO time is TOO much LEGO time?
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| (...) I create with my bricks in different phases: in certain weeks I design new MOCs in a big creativity (often half nights long, with a bottle of wine next to me). That might take nearly 8 hours a day for 5 days till I need more sleep and have to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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| beneke (score: 1.805) |
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| | Re: German email shop?
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| (...) availible. (...) I just can secund that. When I ordered (within Germany also) Reimann.de has been very fast and in my eyes they are 100% trust worthy and very cheap. Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ballast
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| (...) René has done something similar at our FGLTC event: he used black bricks for ballast and brown bricks for sleepers. Best of this was the sound effect: when the 100++waggons train passed this section of track it gave a increased sound. I was (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| beneke (score: 1.805) |
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| | Re: Does it look like no new trains in 2001?
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| (...) But I think. you have understood it right. There has another posting, which gives even more information about fall 2001 offers: (URL) Lego emploees have told (without any warranties) that there will be no new stuff in Lego trains in late 2001. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train set parts content
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| (...) [snip] (...) 3225 is in fact not up at brickshelf, but these sets you can try instead: ftp://www.hobby.nl/a.../3000/3225 nearly all other missing instructions can be found there too: (URL) a bookmark!!) Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: I'm looking for ideas...
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| (...) I would suggest to take a look at a model builders magazine or the Märklin catalogue. Some nice ideas to be copied are for e.g. on Heiner Bergs homepage: (URL) this ones: ;-) (URL) take a look at his genious trees: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MOC update: improved roundhouse
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| Hi Folks, I have added some more details to my engine roundhouse from late 1999. It got now doors from Legoredo®, a side building with a furnace and especially lots of details in the inside. I have uploaded some first pictures at Brickshelf: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build) !
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