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| (...) I'd love a few as counterweights for my trebuchet. (A trebuchet is a catapult that uses the fall of a massive counterweight (~64x) to launch a much lighter projectile (1x). The weight difference is transformed into momentum for the smaller (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yep, the upgraded version of my crane requires more counterweight than the stack of gray POOP's can provide, so I added a few boat weights. Thanks to Chris Tracey it's much stronger and 2-way motorized (at the Greenburg show it was quite (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| They would make good draw weights for a technic clock. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News David Simmons <alienbuz@concentric.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Dr. John, You've got my attention. I'll take 100 in each color. They make for great multi-sided buildings, and buildings of odd angles. I'll take any color they produce. But I still want classic windows.... Gary Istok "Representing the interests of (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:391032A5.6B0922...ich.edu... (...) Hey that gives me an idea! With hinges and classic windows, I could build a Flat Iron Building! Cool! Yeah, I want some of these parts... Build On! John Matthews (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes, there are many uses for these hinges. The Medieval ones that I was thinking about are octagonal or hexagonal buildings. Examples are: the Florence Cathedral Baptistry, Aachen Cathedral Octogon, the many sided Chapter Houses (meeting (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I want to build the Matthews Flat Iron Building! :) There are lots of 'flat iron' buildings, named so for their shape. There is a little one here in Columbus, Ohio, but I have seen them in lots of places. I recall one in downtown Fort Worth that was (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| -snip- (...) 4 clear bricks are currently available in 4128 XL value freesytle bucket. If there not available at your local store try the Lego outlets. I do know its at LLC for about $19 each and they have lots. They will also ship internationally. (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I have a piece like that, too. On one of my large white Technic wheel hubs, there is a spot that looks like one or two green ABS pellets fell into the white ones. It is kind of swirled around, but not too obvious. I kind of wish it was more (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Since LEGO is made of ABS I have purchased a can of ABS plumbing pipe adhesive. I have not yet tried it, but have read to use it sparingly as an excess could cause warpage. Dave (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| ALong with a list of other stuff, I have these desirable parts lots up on eBay at the moment: 54 dark grey corrugated 1x2 (URL) 52 black corrugated 1x2 (URL) 8 light grey 6x24 HUGE plates! (URL) Those grey plates especially are very hard to find - (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Green is CERTAINLY more rare than black - there were 20+ black in the 5571, and only TWO green in the 7171. I don't know of ANY set, current or past, that has green macaroni except the 7171. There were many sets with black macaronis over the years. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| "lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fwrs0E.Bs5@lugnet.com... (...) I discleckstic as well as daft ;-) (...) Close, but no banana :-) Thanks for putting me right! Just Confused .oO (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Cool. However I think your price per piece calculator may be a bit off For example eToys 4910 Hover scout. Sale at 1.49 with a price per piece of 1.29. I know this set is juniorised but I suspect it has more than 1.2 pieces in it (what does .2 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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