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| (...) I use washing machine. I pre-sort the parts, plates longer than 8 go out, anything printed/glass/sticke...d/electric goes out, and also the things from softer plastic should go (trees, clips etc.). Then I put it in cloth bag (old pillow), (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) I wasn't referring to the old fairings. I was referring to the new fairings. Being that they have pin holes on both ends, I would have thought they gave you more of an opportunity to "close up". They could be used in co-operation with old (...) (17 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I did an introductory session of LEGO Serious Play in December, after my boss received an invitation and passed it on to me. I was the only AFOL in the session (of 24). I was impressed, particularly by the way that everyone became involved in (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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| SNIP Granted, liquid color has it's place...I just (...) Very interesting article. I think the molded plastics business is in the same state of affairs that the paint industry was in the 50's and 60's in that they now need to respond quickly to the (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) It is absolutely impossible to create a clear coating that will shield the uv light forever because of the fact that one has to incorporate some uv absorber in the coating that will absorb the energy. And transparent ones are not nearly as (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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| Can anyone offer an opinion of this online store(www.bttw.com.au)? I have purchased through BrickNet, and very happy with the purchase so far, but unfortunately, BN does not have everything that I need/want. (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| (...) I have found that the newer sets have a problem. Others have seen the difference in colors in several sets. I have had a hard time puting some bricks and other elements together because of the tolerences. I began collecting in the 70's as an (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Steampunk in 50 Bricks or Less
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| (...) You're not the first to ask; I'll be posting a couple of examples to clarify things. The answer is that I'll be counting minifig parts the way LEGO does in their sets. A "naked" figure would be three parts - legs, torso, head. Hats, weapons, (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| Last month, I was extremely excited to find dark blue corner bricks in PAB at the Schaumburg LEGO store. I picked up 30-50 or so of them as I packed a holiday box. When I got home, I took them out and noticed immidiately that they were at least two (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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| While we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Lego system, it is appropriate to note and give a cheer here that Enlighten is celbrating their 45th year of toy manufacture, proudly proclaiming their quality control, that parts manufactured in (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-08, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Inspired by the recent FBTB Steam Wars contest, I wanted to do my part to keep the excitement going about the Steampunk Building theme. To that end, I'd like to announce: (URL) My Steampunk Challenge is to build something in the theme using 50 (or (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
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| (...) I have tried 2 workarounds for the lack of such a piece: 1. Fill in the valley where such piece would go with one 1x3 slope plus 1x1 plates and tiles to approximate. (I like Tim's mention of the new 1x1 slopes here). Result: not too great. 2. (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| (...) Is there any consistency of fading by brick type, that could be explained by different molding batch? I have huge constructions of white and yellow bricks which were not consistent from the factory. The 1x4s and 2x2s were obviously differently (...) (17 years ago, 14-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) John, Adding color dye to clear ABS is like taking a bowl of flour, and adding food coloring to it. You will find that as you mix the flour, some of the flour will wind up being tinted a little darker than other areas. It depends on your (...) (17 years ago, 15-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) It's dropping-- not by huge leaps and bounds as people might lead you to believe, but it's dropping. But there's not much I can say other than "it's worse than it was before". I compare elements molded in roughly 1999 to elements molded today, (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) It's so old, the example excavator still uses studded technic bricks... ROSCO (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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