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I think it's all fanmade. I make upstories of my own, specially for aquazone sets! I once built a ruined, old aquazone abse, covered with seaweed, and made up a story about a research team finding it when going far, far away in the aquazone. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) keep (...) I've got at least one copy of all the Stingray sets, and the let me say that the Scorpion is armed to to the teeth. Eight harpoons would would make all but the bravest Hydronaouts shiver! (...) for (...) but I (...) If you can get (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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For me, the Aquanauts and Aquasharks aren't even in contention: Only Stingrays and Hydronauts are. Between those two, I think the Stingrays come out on top...barely. Their equipment is just plain brutal. None of the others can keep up with the sleek (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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Hi! I recently bought a few Hydronauts and Stingray sets for 1/2 price and looked at this newsgroup and a question arose: Where do the background stories for all the Lego themes come from? The wonderful reviews of Joseph Gonzales have a background (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) If we are going by weapons and craft with resupply ability, I'll have to vote for the Hydronauts. Also, they are specially trained to hunt and apprehend the vicious pirate Stingrays. I think they are the highest evoloution of combat-able (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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easy one: the original Aquanauts. Why? 'cuz they're the coolest ones. The Aquasharks are ugly, Stingrays ugly, aquaraiders ugly and the hydronauts are ugly too ^_^ The aquanauts have a big base, lots of subs and vehicles. --Tobias (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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Hello, If all the forces in the aquazone were to go into an all-out battle with each other,who would be the victor? --==Sergio==-- (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) yeah, I picked up one of these at Wal-Mart last week at the same price.. my first (probably only) aquazone set. I liked getting the suction cups, as well as the magnets. I was pleased to see that the printing wasn't bad. I didn't like the huge (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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Oh my. (...) If you want neon-green hooks, I'm swimming in them. (Get it? Swimming? Ha! I made a funny! Get it? They're Aquasharks, and I said 'swimming.' Isn't that funny? Huh? Oh, nevermind.) Anyways, there are two possibilities: Call S@H; I know (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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I went to my local Wal-Mart here in Vacaville California and found a shelf full of 6810s. They cost only $14.97!!!!!! Thats close to a $40 savings!!! I bought one and it is an extremely cool set. It comes with four magnets and 2 chainsaw holders to (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) No, but that sounds like a good idea! Actually, I haven't built an entire town in a long time. I prefer to work on individual models--usually vehicles or spaceships... (...) All my figs also bask in a bin of partially assembled minifigs, (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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John Robert Blaze Kanehl wrote in message ... (...) so (...) My local (Franklin TN) CVS Pharmacy had a sleeve of 1095 Super Sup (Hydronauts) for 2.99 (21 pcs). The Hydronaut has a trans-green hook. Of course, my local CVS is now *out* of 1095, but (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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I bought a new copy of the <set:6135 Spy Shark> quite some time ago that had a gray hook. I have since bought one or two of these second hand (no pun intended), and they had the trans-antifreeze hooks. Joel (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) Let me guess, you have a "Bram" store in your Legoland, right? My Legolanders gave up the utopian city and have moved to explore strange new lands and bask in buckets of unassembled bricks. Some kind of collectivity philosophy... Having (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) :) For the most part, I agree. Those torsos are useless for space. However, if you switch the arms to match the torso color, you can use them as torsos for an athletic team, or if you use the sparingly, as brand-name sweatshirts for your town (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the error was only on the accessories sets, all of my larger sets that contained the bearded Aquashark Leader had a trans-antifreeze hook. I think that I got some accessory sets 6+ months ago at a local TRU that were all gray. Could be (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) Odd, I only have one hooked Aquashark, and his hook is trans green. I guess I'm lucky. That has to be one of the coolest minifig pieces ever! Now all we need are some trans green arms and torsos and legs... Greg Majewski (URL) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) I just checked all my aquashark figs and everyone has a gray hook, I never got one of the translucent ones I wanted = ( I had forgotten about this til I read it here, I wonder if I can get 6 or so of the translucent hooks to outfit my (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) I just opened another 6104, Gray hook again. The strange thing is that this set is a 1996 set. Not part of the initial Aquazone sets in 1995. It's unusual for TLC to make the same error 2 years in a row. Has any body else had a gray hook in (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm pretty sure the copy I got back when it first came out had a grey hook. Jeff (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) oops, I mean December of 1995. --Todd (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) WWWWOW! That's a very very old mistake -- dates way back to December of 1994 when the very first Aquazone sets started showing up in stores. Almost all of them had the gray hook by mistake, and Consumer Affairs exchanged the element for the (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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This week I ordered some Aquacessories from S@H. When I opened the set the Aquashark has a gray hood rather than the green hook pictured on the box. I am not a Aquazone collector so I do not know if this is just a typical thing or a rare mistake. (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lost Instructions
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(...) 6198- (...) Thanks - they mailed out an original set for free :) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) you could always try calling lego customer support - I wouldn't be suprised if they'd send you a copy for free... They're good that way :) Dan (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) If it were an older set, I'd suggest you go to brickshelf.com, where many instructions are collected by Kevin Loch. However, there are no instructions there for sets that were released after 1997... Sorry... :-\ -Shiri (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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Sorry for the Newbie question - but my son lost the instructions for the 6198- 1 stingray and of course dropped it ;/ Can someone either scan & email/fax them to me or let me know what the usual thingy is to handle this? Much appreciated, Ben (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | "Sting Rays" or "Stingrays"?
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This is confusing: The official U.S. name for Set number 6198 is "Sting Ray Stormer" -- two words "Sting Ray" -- yet the theme's graphic logo shows "STINGRAYS" (one word). But logos don't supposedly hold much weight (I'm told) in terms of official (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Hydro Reef Wrecker $19.97 at my ToysRUs
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(...) I'll talk to my store director and see if somehow we can drop the price further and see if I can pick them up and part them out. Joel (24 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Hydro Reef Wrecker $19.97 at my ToysRUs
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"Joel VanAtta" <CompGuy926@aol.com> wrote in message news:FsEEo5.D4u@lugnet.com... (...) new (...) Wreckers (...) and (...) only (...) them, (...) My local TRU can't get rid of them at that price! They have several sitting around. They also have a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: anyone got 6100? some questions.
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(...) Sorry to burst your bubble, but I saw some of these at my local Zany Brainy and the helmets are dark gray. Joel (24 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Hydro Reef Wrecker $19.97 at my ToysRUs
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Hey everyone, I was at work at my ToysRUs yesterday and was putting out new Lego and as I was making room, discovered four hidden 2162 Hydro Reef Wreckers for $19.97 each on Clearance. All complete, sealed, in good shape boxwise, and they're 1/2 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.aquazone)
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I am looking to buy a 6199 - the Hydronaut base, located in the UK. Can anyone help? (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Aquanauts for Sale?
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My friend and I need several more of the Auanauts. We would need the packs and flippers. We are willing to buy. Rob (the newbie) littleshrimp27@hotmail.com (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.aquazone)
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[FUT lugnet.build, since I'm really not commenting much on the Aqua part of the message] (...) (URL) , since your .sig is properly formatted and my newsreader works correctly. ;-) (...) Cool little MOC. I like the second picture best, where it (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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Newly added to my LEGO page (address in .sig, below). I bought the Hydro Reef Wrecker today (clearance at KB Toys) and was inspired to create a little something for the Aquaraiders. And thus, the Wavechopper, a one-man jet-propelled submarine (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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for any ldraw fans, i just posted a .dat file for the aquaraider mech i've been working on: (URL) non-ldraw users, i'll try to get some pictures and instructions up on my page within the next month. ..joseph g (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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I found this really cool project called Legosub when surfing the Mindstorms site! It appears someone took a Divers submarine and outfitted it with some Mindstorms equipment as well as some high-tech gadgets like a live camera, laser, propulsion (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.aquazone)
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Hi Legofans, I received many want lists, and I want to thank you for your trust ! Don't hesitate to send me your want lists the next year, all the days, all the weeks...! I search for you; I find for you... Regards, Emmanuel. E-MAIL: (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | YOUR WANT LIST
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Hi Legofans, I invite you to send me your want list, your lego references wished, by mail. See you later, Emmanuel. E-MAIL: dya.shopping@wanadoo.fr (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Scans of Stingrays or Hydronauts
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(...) able (...) There is a very minimal page showing the three Stingray figs at (URL) details on which appears in what set. My Stingrays plan to leave the Acquazone and head into space.... Paul (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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Would anyone be able to send me scans of the three different Stingray figs (without their masks) or three different Hydronaut figs (without their air systems or visors on). I would like these so I can compare the guys to each other (unfortunately, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Fast service on 6559
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I just got this one by mail today! Whoohooo! Pretty cool price to parts ratio from Shop @ Home last week too. And this week for that matter... My main excitement comes from the fact that this thing has a poster in it -- what gives? I never got a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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From the picture I have it appears as though 6100 has the minifig helment in silver. is this true? what other sets does the silver helment come in? also I am desperate for any or all of the folowing... an inventory (a list of all the parts in the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Aquanauts/Aquasharks visor question
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(...) And the windscreens for Aquanauts (1st generation) were clear dark blue. Aquaraiders color was actually transparent yellow (antifreeze), as well as Hydronauts (the Sea-marines). Aaron>maniac@vol.com (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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I am looking for a list of the partds that come in each of the aquanauts and aquasharks sets, commonly called an inventory. I need this because I am going to make a mega-model in ldraw. What I plan to do is get a list of the parts in every aquqnauts (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Aquanauts/Aquasharks visor question
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(...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) Definitely they do. (...) They are (so far) unique to the NDL. Anything besides yellow would be nice... Steve (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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1.Does 6195 come with any 1 x 10 or 2 x 10 bricks in any color? my inventory (made from the instructions) lists 2 2 x 10 yellow bricks. 2.has anyone created/can someone please create inventories of the auqanauts sets and the aquashark sets? I need (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) Of course you may want to do a little bit of work. The door frame is 2 studs deep instead of the pannel's 6 studs wide. The frame is also about 1 brick thick instead of being rod thickness. But yes, not knowing much about ldraw, I would say (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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What colors did the visor for the aquanauts/aquasharks helments come in? I think that the auqasharks helments all had red ones and that the aquanauts ones had black snd some other color (blue,clear blue or clear light blue I think) Can someone who (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) Good. Then I Can use the ldraw part of the panel to mock-up the door frame for my aquazone mega model. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) They do line up, but not absoluteley perfectly. As I recall when playing with them, the slopes are a little different, though I don't remember exactly what the difference was. I really need to build the train shed that I've been thinking (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) I have not seen them in any other sets or colors. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, it is (I'm fairly sure about this, and can check this evening). I was wondering if these are available in any other sets/colours; white would be nice. :: paul (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Question about 6195
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What size are the door frame pieces from 6195 neptune discovery lab? From looking at the brickshelf.com instructions they look like they would line up with the large clear blue panels that are used at the back of the same set. is this infact the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WTT/B: "tentacle" pieces - *LOTS* of 'em
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Since many of the "tentacle" (aka "arm") pieces that I'm needing for one of my projects are available _only_ in Aquazone sets (at least, as far as I know), I thought that I might get better response if I posted here. However, since I am asking for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Aquazone pieces needed!
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I need two yellow armlinks for the Crystal Explorer Sub. I'd prefer to buy. (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 2162 Hydro Reef Wrecker
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Blackshark technicians race out of a hidden outpost in response to a bogus emergency signal from their commander while hidden enemy Raiders chuckle to themselves. Giving the gullible Blacksharks a few more minutes to position into the sites of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Aquazone mech
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(...) Good idea! I'll make one and post pics as soon as i get it up. Alex Me (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) aquaraider (...) like (...) standard (...) It could have a small submarine inside, and lots of antennaes. If I was going to build another, large, aquazone mech, then I´d make it look like a human, with arms and legs, but the legs could be like (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) cool idea, tobias. i'm considering something like this as an alternate to one of the aquaraider sets (i like the black and green colors) since you suggested it. it seems like most mech ideas come from video games or animation/cartoons but do (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: 2000 Artic theme = space
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[ FUT lugnet.town(.arctic) and lugnet.space ] Todd: (...) [...] (...) I suspected that. :-) (...) I think it is a likely number two after the ResQ series, but that doesn't say much with the quality of the Town sub/play themes. (...) I bought the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: 2000 Artic theme = space
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(...) Take a close look at the pic of 6575 on page 23 - I *think* it might actually be a 16x32, and 2 16x16's - it appears to be a break in the baseplate right in the middle of the blue wall (on the section with the blue dome). Either way, I agree - (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) Oh, you're right! 6195 had a trans-dark-blue 10x10x4 dome, just like the one in the new Arctic set, 6575. Awright then, in that case, I'm happy to see it make a return! As much as I like a variety of window colors, trans- dark-blue is still (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Aquazone mech
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Has anyone tried to build some sort of submarine mech for the aquazone theme? I have built one out of the Crystal Explorer Sub but it´s legs are not movable. --Tobias (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6198 Sting Ray Stormer
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Seven years ago a colonization expedition of scientists and a military escort disappeared on their way to the Antocles islands. The truth is that the islands themselves are located in a belt of unexplained magnetic fields that caused the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | New Datsville Idea...DatsvilleHUB was(Re: What happened to Datsville in space?)
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Jamie Obrien <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:380fe9de.158048...net.com... <snip> (...) <snip> I just got a really cool idea that goes along with my island base...a large Island/town/aquazone...ace/pirate hub...I'm sure I've told you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.boats, lugnet.cad, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Aquazone Piping
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It would be really great to see a petroleum refinary (did I spell that correctly?) using those pieces! I did an alternate of the Neptune Discovery lab with such a piping, then I used it for some kind of fertilizer-system for the seaweed-farm I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Aquazone Piping
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(...) But what's the rate of new pieces that are useful? ;) (...) You must be getting different aqua-pipes than me. In mine, the technic cross-axles fit great. Nice posting! Steve (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Aquazone Piping
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Lego seems to be developing new elements at a fast pace. I estimate that more than 50 new pieces have been appearing each year for the last four or five years. Some of the best new pieces that TLG has created are the octagonal Aquazone piping. They (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Hi and hello!
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Looks like no one is interested in aquazone..... But I love it, at least the old yellow things. Those new awful sets just look awful..... The "good" guys look just as bad as the bad guys do! --Tobias (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.aquazone )------
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Welcome to lugnet.aquazone, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.aquazone (group): LEGO® SYSTEM Aquazone™ products. OTHER GROUPS: For complete information about this discussion group server, including a full listing of discussion (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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