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| (...) When you reach the "point of no return" which I have (and probably Terry also), sorting in and of itself becomes way to labor intensive. I end up with buckets that are nothing but bricks of assorted colors, with the windows, fences, slopes, (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: new part description changes?
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| (...) Ah. Yes, it makes (some) sense for that plate to be in the "Wedge" range with all those bricks. (...) :) Like I mentioned, I've moved the "boat bow plates" on *my* computer to the Wings category. I guess the "boat bow bricks" could be moved to (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is the rarest piece
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| I would nominate the special gold 2X4 bricks that were given out to VIPs for the grand opening of the Lego Imagination Center in Minnesota. -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Rock Raiders --Wider is not better.
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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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| | Re: Minifig torsos...
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| (...) Yup! That was our thought too (Joshua pointed it out to me). Now, other than old Castle queen minifigs with 2x2x2 sloped dresses and galleons figures on the front of pirateships (both of which haven't been in production for eons) what sorts of (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk brick sales and Making Silver Bricks
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| I beleive chrome plating is electroplating. Dissolved chromium ions are reduced to metallic chrome on an electrode. Do they use the plastic as the electorde and get chromium to plate on the plastic...I do not know I have not looked into it; I am (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Building exhaustion
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| On Sat, 8 May 1999 20:02:02 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) That was common in the instructions of old. I had forgotten about that until I had downloaded the instructions from 565, my 1st set I can remember. Each step (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I don't think TLG is paying LFL per piece -- I'd guess they are paying either a flat rate, or a percent of the profits. As for the ownership of whatever, I'd guess LFL owns the likenesses of the characters, devices, and vehicles. TLG probably (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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| (...) I sort by color and size. I store elements in the storage cases from 545 and 575 (those 6 and 9 compartment drawers using 16x32 baseplates as bins. Each compartment holds a specific color and size element - 1x2 yellow bricks, 2x8 blue plates, (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | WTB: Small grey bricks
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| I need lots of grey bricks: Anything small: 1x1 and 1x2 bricks 1x1 corner panels and 1x2 panels 1x1 and 1x2 plates 1x1 rounds and round plates 1x1 and 1x2 tiles. 1x2x1.3 half-rounds. Or anything else that's small and grey that I've forgotten about - (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: is anyone else finding...
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| You know I found my self getting rather board when I was building the Tie Fighter, especially during the cockpit stage. I just thought that I was getting sleepy, or........ I don't know how to describe it. But I found that as I built the Y-Wing my (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fallingwater landscape
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| (...) Thanks, Jacob, but I'm not sure your landscape will work too well with the building. You see, the actual building is in Pennsylvania, not a particularly mountainous state. The main cantilever deck hangs out over the brook (Bear Run?) and part (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders out
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| (...) I'm curious about the rest of the body. It looks like it has some inverse slopes on the side above the wheels. Are these individual inverse slope bricks, or another mega piece? (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Yellow Low Sloped Corner Bricks?
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| (...) Thanks Jeff. That 7740 Intercity Train is also the one that has those rare grey 2x2 windows. You're right about the blue corner slopes. It's a Ninja (I knew it was a 1999 set) set that has them. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Yellow Low Sloped Corner Bricks?
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| (...) Which makes me ask something I have wondered for a while... why is that piece called a "gable end" piece when when it's used for making a roof that has no gables?? Kevin (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | **WTB Orange 1x4s**
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| I'm looking for some orange 1x4s (bricks) for a train project on which I'm working. I'm offering .50/ piece. I'd like lots of 10 or more but at this point I'll take whatever I can get:-) Thanks. -John (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Added Latest Projects to Joe's Lego Page
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| Thanks John. Sorry to say, but I don't work for Lego. :-( Though it would be a neat job! As for rallying the troops: From most of the messages posted here and on RTL, it looks as though most of the Lego fans are disappointed with almost all of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tan Element List
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| What follows is a reply I made on RTL to a question about tan pieces availability. I wonder if this would be a good thing to do for all the non-basic colors (brown, green, orange, dark grey, purple, pink, clear, etc.). If we could keep it update (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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