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(...) Well, I noticed that the top of the boiler in teh LDraw pic is horizontal, and the same height as the firebox top, and in the model as built the firebox is a plate higher than th eboiler top, and there is a step in the boiler top about halfway (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Don't forget the 8854 mobile crane that came out that same year. One of my favorites not mentioned was the 8868 Air Tech Claw, lots of good part on that one (motor, gray beams, engine pieces, turntable, etc.) Adrian Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Im not sure i get your drift when you say horizontal... The LDraw render of it is a preliminary idea of what i wanted to do, then the pics are what it is currently,except for the functionality of the wheels/drivers. If you didnt find the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I prefer 'Tek Nik'. To me, the word "Technic" seems derived from "technical", so that pronunciation most closely follows. "Tek Neeq", as derived from "technique" is also applicable. In fact, my dictionary shows "technic" as an alternate form (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I agree. Besides that you gets lots of yellow beams and other pieces! I bought 4-5 sets at $17 ea at Target last year. My son and I are trying to construct sort of a "landing bay" for our SW1 Naboo Fighter. The yellow Technic* beams look nice (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) 8862 Backhoe Grader from 1989. It uses pneumatics for the rear bucket arm. Jeff (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) 8462 -- the newish tow truck -- 2 tanks, 3 cylinders, 3 switches, 3 Ts and a bunch of tubing, and lots of blue.... John C. (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I'm afraid I can't help you here. I have only used the LDraw DAT format and the POV-Ray format. I have no experience with other formats. Try the newsgroup `lugnet.dat'. Perhaps someone there can help you. BUT: You can make animations using (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Wow, thanks. It will probably be more clear how the vehicle is constructed when I can release the LDraw source. It surprised me how sleek the front suspension could be made using the new style Technic parts. Perhaps this is how the 8448 front (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Do you know of any other pneumatic sets in addition to the following sets released after the year 1987? 8040, 8042, 8044, 8250, 8299, 8443, 8459, 8460, 8837 Looking for models on www.kl.net/scans with pneumatics compatible with current stuff, eg, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Exceedingly clever use of those new pieces. That's what I think. It took me several minutes of close examination to fathom the articulation of the control arms. Then I was impressed. Very clever indeed. :-) -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Oops, yes, I stand corrected, thank you. (Shame on me, I should know better about something Space-related.) Jamie, if you buy the Ninja set #6083 (about ~US$20), it comes with 4 of these in regular classic Space gray (as opposed to dark gray). (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Do you (or any one else reading this thread) have a POV to DXF convertor? If you do, could you convert the Beach Buggy to DXF, ZIP it and send me the file?? I shall return an animation of the buggy. I have been wanting to do some animation of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Although they're Dark Grey, not Grey (1). I'd love various colors for the trashcans, especially green! Jeff 1 - I believe Grey is the color Jamie is asking about. (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Jamie, It's pretty cool what they did: The LEGO trash/garbage can lids are indeed the exact same element as the 2x2 small space radar dishes. So these are a great way to get a bunch in that color. --Todd [followups set to lugnet.build] (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Luckily, no they're not Tyco. The seller, who lives in Israel, used to work for LEGO, and got these in a special order. (SPECIAL ORDER???...???!!!!!) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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I was just starting my inventory of 6493, Flying Time Vessel, and noticed that the pirate ship hulls are held together with screws, so I decided to try and take them apart. The stern section was held by 4 screws, and easily came apart. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) (URL) again, Fredrik raises the bar on the combination of mechanical design and graphical presentation with the beach buggy. Have a look at his articulated truck, too. Beautiful. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- A picture is worth a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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I've made a Technic Beach Buggy with independent front suspension. It is made in the Technic LEGO style, meaning that the body is not full; it is only outlined by the Technic bricks. I'm not too happy with the front windscreen and the seats, but (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Gintaras Rumsas wrote in message <37576AA3.CA5E5319@k...el.net>... (...) Well, finally had time to look at the site at home on MSIE 4... Looks nice. Frank (25 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Right, gotcha. Sorry for the confusion. I agree with you, the name "gable end" for that piece is confusing. What's better? 1x2 hip roof end? 1x2 half pyramid? Or the LDRAW name, Slope Brick 45 1 x 2 Triple? I don't know. John C. ps. To muddy (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I have tons of black Tyco 1 x 3 slopes - probably as many as actual LEGO ones. It's a pity that the Tyco slopes have the extra ridge halfway down the slope which makes the look good only for roofing. (Even though most people here think that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This isn't the piece I was referring to... the one you just described is the one Gary said Rob F calls a "gable connector"... which is another misnomer, I think, since it connects rof peaks, not gables (which are at the outer end of a piece of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : I just won an auction assortment of LEGO that includes (18) 3x3 low : sloped outside corner bricks in yellow. I checked with our Rob Farver : (the LEGO sloped bricks expert), and he also had never heard of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think it's called "gabled" because it is an otherwise normal 1x2 roof piece with a gabled overhang on one side, ie a vertical triangle like a gabled roof. So that name refers to the appearance of the piece not it's actual function which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Kevin, I was using the term that Rob Farver (the king of the sloped bricks) used in the past. He also used "gable connector" to describe the 2x2 peak piece with what looks like someone took a bite out of it. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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You're correct, I didn't check to see the content of the frames. -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) The dialog I see shows the following two options, neither of which is what I want: +---...---+---...---+ | newsgroups | article list + | | | +---...---+---...---+ | article | | | | | | | +---...---+ or +---...---+---...---+ | newsgroups | (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Netscape 4.5 can be used with this layout with the following commands: Edit : Preferences : Mail&Newsgroup : Windows Settings The dialog shown allows the layout you desire to be selected. -Wes (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I'm using Netscape 3.01 for AIX. I've looked at the newer versions, but they seem to have taken away the capability to lay out the Mail & News reading windows in the format I like (Split Vertical): +---...---+---...---+ | folders/ | article/ | (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Glad you liked the Page, it's been around for a while, everyone else is tired of looking at the same stuff though! they've seen it all I'm sure.. I think it's time to get busy and really crank out a few new MOC's, though I'm still working on my (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Really? I am using Netscape Communicator 4.5 and had no problems. Much more problems here are because of old bad telephone lines. Gintaras (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Well - I'm not sure if this page has been around for a while, but after checking it out I was really impressed with the castle creations! I urge anyone to check out these fresh ideas and designs. The details are awesome and the efficient (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) 4.6, eh? Well, I will stick with 4.5 then, and wait for the next release. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Found 4 in my collection. They may have come from one FreeStyle set, probably the set in the very large box that comes with a green 14-inch x 17-inch terraced plastic hill with indents for small base plates. Sorry about not still having the box for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I've had similar problems with QT 3 and different versions of Netscape. I use QT 2 now; I can e-mail it to you if you want. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Netscape 4.6 is buggy as all getout, I've had it crash on me so many times already I've had to uninstall Quicktime just to use it... not that quicktime wasn't buggy either.. so I didn't mind that.. now if I could only find my old version of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Really? I had no problems with it using MSIE 5 and I just now tried it with Netscape 4.5 with no difficulties. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:09:37 GMT, Frank Filz uttered the following profundities... (...) Before C60 gets in here.... We have a children's show, called Blue Peter, and they had built the whole Thunderbirds (1) base out of household waste items, such (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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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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Well I checked Kevin Loch's instructions for 7740 (Intercity Train), and yes there are yellow 3x3 low sloped corner bricks in that set (4 of them) as part of the roof of the Locomotive. But I'll bet that they exist somewhere else......... Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Fremont pictures
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(...) IIRC he has no web page. So unless he's sent pix to you personally... Roger's ships are very cool - adaptations of the Galactic Mediator and others redone in very cool color schemes. He's working on a yellow and dark gray ship that's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.build)
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(...) BTW, is there anywhere we see more photos of Roger Rothhaar's space ships? I'm tantalized by the shapes of the leftmost & rightmost ships on that page. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.build)
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(...) Good thing too, 'cause I didn't want to have started another potty-pun thread. :-, Bathroom humor is so...um, never mind. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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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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(...) 7740 Intercity Train had four, I think. I don't think anything else ever came with any. (...) I do not know of Grey, and the blue ones are from Ninja, not Star Wars. ;) (...) It seems like they'd almost be too small. It would be nice though. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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I just won an auction assortment of LEGO that includes (18) 3x3 low sloped outside corner bricks in yellow. I checked with our Rob Farver (the LEGO sloped bricks expert), and he also had never heard of them. Anyone here in LUGNET have any clue as to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the link, Jeremy. Nice stuff IMHO. Long long ago (more than 25 years ago when I was 12-14) I have few such fighters produced from cardboard for my childhood armies. May be now I will to try recreate some of these ideas with LEGO. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I was tempted to say that toilet paper tube starships are crappy, but they really are pretty good. :-) -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hey all, Has anyone seen this site (1) ? I found it in the LUGNET CLSotW banners page. It has some pretty nice Lego models, but it also has some (IMHO) fairly impressive minifig-scale cardboard-and-toilet-paper-tube starfighters. Has anyone else (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle
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(...) 12+ hours. Be sure to take time while building -- people report that mistakes can be problematic when they aren't discovered for several steps. The fiber optics in particular can be troublesome, because they are sensitive to pressure from (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Sears Tower @ Chicago O'Hare Airport
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In article <MPG.11bb836d2556194...gnet.com>, richard.dee@virgin.net had their 2d worth... (...) I will be, I will have, I now know, so I shall.... .....and with luck return with photo's :> (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle
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+3 hrs straight... +Not srure... +Sort the pieces into color catgories, dont build in a small space....spread out... +some...? -- Z. Unger dzz@mindspring.com ICQ: 14375008 ===...=== LEGO Fusion : (URL) Universe : (URL) leads to hate, hate leads to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Update of my site
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Hello, I just wanted to tell you that I have just updated my homepage. It contains a number of MOC's, including a RoboTech fighter and some other. Please visit and have a look. (URL) a nive viewing! Gerwin Hassink (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hi Doug, Looks like a good start! Did you build it with the boiler top horizontal to begin with? Does the stepped top in the photos look better? Re the wheels: I built a 4-6-0 GC steamer a few months ago using Technic pulley/wheels for the drivers (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | A4 British Locomotive
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Ok, got the pics scaned, and they look good! Point your browser to (URL) navigate to the A4 click on Lego, then Trains, then scroll down a bit and click on the LNER A4 Loco text. You now should be @ (URL) I would like you guys to hit the counter :) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: best older Technic/Expert Builder set
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John, A sort of off-beat challenge would be to build the "strip-chart/EEG" model, the last one in the 8888 idea book. It's one of my favorites and it starts at (URL) goes for 3 or so pages. Alternatively, the mechanically programmable crane just (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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I am itching to build something mechanical that has instructions. My beverage retrieval system has been shelved waiting on rotation sensors which should arrive next week. In the mean time I am looking to build something which might give me some (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Instructions for small Technic motor bike
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(...) Also, due to the viewing angle, the #4 axle appears to almost be in the same place as the small axle from a previous step. At first glance, they appear to be the same. (...) D'Oh! Holes in the studs. Boy, do I feel stupid! Sorry for that (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | 8480 Space Shuttle
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Seeking advice for a novice 9YO Technic builder who already built Giant Model and Tread Trekker and just got 8480 Space Shuttle, eg: - How much time to build each model of the 8480 set? - Mistakes in printed instructions? - Tips? - Other models on (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Sears Tower @ Chicago O'Hare Airport
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 22:51:35 GMT, Mike Walsh uttered the following profundities... (...) I was, I had, I didn't know, so didn't see. :o( (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Instructions for small Technic motor bike
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(...) That is indeed a difficult step. I should probably split it in two. First, the top of the inverted T gets connected to the axle #3 which is connected to the teal liftarm. Then, the long frame with the odd angle gets connected to the axle #4 (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Blacktron 1 Battrax alternate scan?
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I own a Battrax, but 5 years ago I mixed it up inot my big bucket of lego. So, a few weeks ago, I dug it out, but the box is missing. I would like to have a scan of the back of the box, so I can see the alternative models. Can I find one on the (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Instructions for small Technic motor bike
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(...) saw it. Step 6 I have a problem with. Where is the #4 axle from the subassembly going? (that is the inverted 'T' shaped subassembly) Or does it just float freely? In looking at the complete rendering, I can see it does indeed not fasten (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Instructions for small Technic motor bike
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Fredrik Glöckner: (...) I could work around that problem. Nice. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Instructions for small Technic motor bike
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I've made some instructions for a small Technic motor bike. What do you think? Is it buildable, or are there too few steps? (URL) (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) I seem to remember reading somewhere (eToys or LEGO press release) that they were only allowing eToys to sell as a 1) way to experiment with internet retailers and to 2) keep just any company (IE possibly with a bad reputation) from selling (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) They have the largest selection of current LEGO (including DACTA) of any retailer in the Greater Boston area (maybe even all of New England) but since they are so unique and popular, things don't stay on the shelves long. The odd thing about (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) [ ... deleted for brevity ...] (...) vacation (...) stock (...) Unfortunately other than the polybags, there were no older sets to speak of. No pirates or castle. They did still have some Roboforce, Divers, and (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) Not this stuff. :) I can't collect Space full-time, but I can stock up on some of the cool sets like this, especially at a buck ninety each. (...) I'd love a full spread of pictures of that. That's so cool. (...) Oh yeah, I know it isn't their (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) their (...) WOW! I'm really going to have to stop by there the next time I'm in Mass. (fortuanately for me, most of my family is there). Perhaps a summer vacation is in order. Just out of curiosity, do they (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... [ ... deleted for brevity ...] (...) LEGO (...) I wish I would have known you were so close, I would have asked you if there was some way I could have picked up my AucXILLA IX winnings. I was at the Wyndam Garden (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Podracers Guild?
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(...) Yep! I just finished POV-Raying one: (URL) LMKWYT. Pat J, would this model still qualify for your contest even though it's not based on any actual SW Pod-racer? (...) Sounds like a great idea! --Bram (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) Mike, but I thought all space sucked! ;-) (...) Cool, that's my experience as well whenever I visit there in person. (We live only about an 8-minute drive away, and since they have the largest LEGO selection in the entire Greater Boston area, (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The History of Building Movie Palaces.
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(...) -Tom McD. when replying, you won't find the concession counter at that theatre selling spamcake. (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The History of Building Movie Palaces.
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In lugnet.build, Gary R. Istok writes: [big snip] (...) But Gary, what about the 5000+ minifig chairs we'll need??? :) John C. (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | The History of Building Movie Palaces.
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Last week I met some of my fellow Michigan AFOLs in Ann Arbor for lunch, and brought along an incomplete Theater building (Movie Palace) that I was building. They really like my Notched Arch Art Deco design. This was one of 2 Movie Palaces I am in (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Windows for my castle
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I am currently building castle #69 -- a picturesque Scottish tower called Craigievar. I am short 11 1x2x2 white Lego windows and 3 1x1x2 white Lego windows (all from the 1987 and before era...) I would be happy to 'rent' these windows (in addition (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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I was just unpacking my Ninja Fire Fortress, and the way the pieces had wound up, demonstrated a neat little use for the skeleton arms: The skeleton arm fits perfectly into the bottom of a 1x1 round brick, giving a little claw hand which I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Classic space
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Oh, I can imagine how much they are worth, I had a ton of them, but my cousins broke 99% of them when I stored them at my uncles house and I only have a partially complete Jetfire and a Metroplex, and I think Beachcomber. Those I will keep. Thanks (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Classic space
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(...) full (...) Are you CRAZY!!! Transformers!! Looks to me like you scored! I just sold my transformers (I switched from Lego to Transformers when I was a kid) on eBay. I made over $3000. Yes, that is not a typo, three thousand! I had the entire (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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There were some great sets in 1990, MTRON was great! I love the Multi-core Magnetizer! I was I had another set! :) There were some excellent town sets as well, the Trans Air Carrier being one of them. However, I do understand how Tobius feels, every (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Being born 10 years earlier would have been better, that would have given you a chance at all classic space and maybe having some of your own money to spend on it. (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) the (...) Why don't you ask your friend of you can buy *all* his LEGO if he hates it so much? When I was 12 or 13, I bought my friend's entire collection for $50, including a lot of classic space sets (he has an older brother--that's where the (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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All I wanted to say is that classic space *ROCKS*! AAaaarghh!!!! Why wasn´t I borned 5 years earlier? I was borned 1984, and in 1990, I started wanting LEGO sets. Allright, you can buy them in auctions over the Internet. But my parents won´t let me (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons
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(...) I started building one of these, quite some years ago. It had barrels for a neck, gems (well, red 1x1 round plates) for eyes, and the big polearm axes over the neck with the blades forming ridges over the eyes... I scrapped working on it when (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons
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(...) Keith, This is similar to the problem that I had for years with walkers, mecha, what have you. I just didn't know where to start when it came to leg articulation. When I was a kid I just used 2x1 horizontal hinges, but when I came out of my (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons
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(...) Begin at the beginning. Go through to the end. Then stop. You're welcome, grasshopper. All kidding aside, LEGO is about imagination. What does a dragon look like? Put a few bricks together to see if you can get that vision. Not quite right? (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: A cool Hummer
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Hello, Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in article <3749CA04.647BD133@n...pe.com>... (...) COOL (...) ULV-017 (...) something not (...) Hendren. (...) were one of the reasons that I created the Expert Builder site. Jason doesn't yet have a (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: A cool Hummer
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Actually, the Hummer was posted to RTL or Lugnet a month or more back. COOL model. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Expert Builder Website Updated
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Hello, A new model has been added to the Expert Builder website. If you have a moment please stop by: (URL) to see Terry Keller's ULV-017, an unique off-world vehicle designed for exploration and research. As well, the Online Ideas page has a new (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons/Dinosaurs
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thanks.. I'll give it a try.. It might help inspire me.. Sybrand Bonsma wrote in message ... (...) ended up (...) like (...) layer (...) (connecting (...) two (...) parts (...) with (...) the (...) the (...) better. (...) plate (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hello Keith, Today I've tried to make a dragon during lunch. At the moment I'm working abroad, so I don't have LDraw and only some LEGO pieces that I picked up on a fleamarket Saturday. My terrifying dragon ended up being more a cute dinosaur (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | A cool Hummer
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Hi all, Apotome just updated his excellent "Expert Builder" site. He added my ULV-017 model (minor horn toot), but more interestingly, he also added something not seen before. A really great Technic version of the Hummer by Jason Hendren. I highly (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons
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I would.. But I've no clue where to start.. :( Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message <37486F18.3573A9F3@c...ve.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons
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(...) Keith, why not just go ahead and build your own? You don't have to wait for someone else to tell you how! This is, after all, Lego... supposed to inspire your imagination and creativity <g> Kevin (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Dragons
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SO.. Anyone find any plans? or make any??? I'm still looking.. Keith Miller wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Minifig Cryo Chamber
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(...) What I've used for "infantry dropships" might work too--I use the curved trans-blue canopies (the one you get four of on the Nebula Outpost) and build little enclaves into the wall. The problem is that they're hard to put *inside*--they've (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: [Site] StarshipModeler.com
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(...) Thanks Jeremy! Very inspirational. I've posted a model based on the Ice Speeder on the Readers' Gallery on that site: (URL) (25 years ago, 22-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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