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| | Collecting Rare Lego in a Binder....
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| I'm starting this thread in lugnet.general because it is sort of an off Lego topic.... I have many old Lego parts from the 1949-70 era. I was thinking about getting a 3 ring binder and somehow putting together a collection of the various old and (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | BBB Train Hand Car v2
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| With some great input from Dean, Jordan & Mark (Thank you). Version 2 is online: (URL) Aside from the springless minifig legs and BBB wheels, it is LEGO pure. (URL) The pdf instructions have been updated as well. Cheers! Ben Fleskes Big Ben Bricks (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Gas prices in USA
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| (...) Hi, Here (France) the price of gasoline is about $6.5 $/gallon (1.40 euros/l) and raising. I have a 45-50 miles (74 km) commute from home to the office (quite the same situation for my wife). To answer to Allister, I have to say the government (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ghetto Lego?
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| (...) My Legoland town is *exactly* like this. There needs to be some reason for the million or so police sets. And there are enough knifes and pistols and rifles and masks floating around. And shifty unshaved minifig heads. And on and on. Junkyards (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | 10133 BNSF Mod using BBB wheels
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| The 10133 BNSF GP-38 Locomotive is a nice engine. (URL) But why uses those stickers for the exhaust fans, when you can use BBB wheels: (URL) This mod uses three BBB 17.6mm flanged train wheels. No other parts are necessary. Webpage at: (URL) Cheers, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | light the night
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| hey all, i was sitting around the house the other night looking to build something other than a train so i started playing with a pile of clear bricks and came up with this: (URL) additional photos after mod: (URL) thoughts? ondrew p.s. yes it's lit (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | FischerTechnik
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| (...) I used to have fischertechnik but sold it and bought lego. My objections to fischertechnik were: It's bigger and heavier for the same mechanical functionality. So you need bigger motors, batteries, etc. The bricks don't click into "integer" (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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| (...) These are nice for single color steam domes. I never liked the notched edges on 2x2 round brick. (...) My initial reaction to this part was of a similar vein, but I recently built a large retainer wall, using mostly 1xNx5 and 2xNx1 bricks. And (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Idea for better LEGO Factory building
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| Some enterprising ALEs have begun to make inventories of the parts bags actually used by LEGO Factory (see (URL) LEGO Factory on BrickWiki>). The brick sets available in LDD 1.4 are stored as simple XML files, human readable and editable. On the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LEGO Dreams
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| LEGO Dreams It was nearly 10 years ago that Dan Parker, Steve Barile and I sat around a table dreaming of things that may be. Wouldn't it be cool if we could talk directly to LEGO? Influence product designs? Have LEGO clubs all over the country (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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| (...) Oooh. Fun game... I discovered a new piece just last night which I already hate. Don't own any or know what it's called (2x2 tall dome?) but it is a single part which could be made from a 2x2 round with a 2x2 dome on top. I can see absolutely (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Crazy idea for third-party Factory-like service
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| (...) Crazy sounding ideas always turn out to be the best ones. The bricklink thing could also link with the peeron parts list, so you already have a good idea of which bricks you already have. However - those may be tied up in other models. I (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | The NMRA Trestle Bridge
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| Hello Everyone! I've never posted a MOC on LUGNET before, but I'm not new to building. First, let me introduce myself: My name is Jeramy Spurgeon, current IndyLUG president and avid LEGO train fan! The trestle bridge and surrounding 6 x 6 baseplate (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Lego Parts You Hate....
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| I didn't want to bury this thread under lugnet.parts.... so I put it in lugnet.general... We all have Lego parts that we really like..... But what parts don't you like at all.... what parts do you really dislike? (Yes I know it sounds like Lego (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brick versions over the years
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| (...) Thanks, Gary! I had the feeling someone else out there would be interested in this. Good to know I am not the only person to take an interest in vintage brick variations. :) (...) Has anyone tried to contact TLC in this matter? They ought to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.parts)
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