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Hello. You may remember my website, SWAT: Some Weird Action Team. Well, it hasn't been updated in a while.... because I was getting www.swatonline.org set up! That's right, your favorite midget-alien-fighting team has gotten itself a new URL with (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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(...) I think Black.... In the very earliest days of plastic Lego bricks, only Red and White pieces were produced. Eventually, more colors were introduced and it seems that Lego is now introuducing new colors every year. Do we really need Sand Red (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Xander's Airship: The Athena
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I've refrained from posting comments on airships, out of a combination of envy as well just not being extremely impressed, but i simply can't restrain myself on this one.... wonderful work, definitely my favorite so far. Very unique and well (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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(...) One thing I haven't seen anyone mention yet is brick size. How many black technic pins does it take to equal one 2x4 brick? And how many 2x4 bricks does it take to equal the plastic in a 32x32 baseplate? Etc. Each theme uses different (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Hoverthing contest judging is in
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(...) *Sighs* Wish I could have entered, but by the time I got my model done I discovered it was 1 stud to long, and there wasn't enough time to build a new one. Ah well, I'll just have to wait for the next one! -- Mark Nelson LCC Command: (URL) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Xander's Airship: The Athena
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(...) wings as a main sail. It's nice to see a green MOC too. Not many green ones out there. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Home-made One-way valve
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For those who are willing to dismember their Legos, here's how to make your own one-way valve from the hand pump: (URL) designed by Christophe Masclet from France. To be sure, Chris has some more home-made pneumatics stuff coming up. Btw, the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: "Mission Deep Sea" Mutant Super Sub!
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Cool! Very mutant looking, too. Dan (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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Red. $0.02 Gary Timothy Wade <tmw0850@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:GoEGLw.22x@lugnet.com... (...) see (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: TTT w/ wgb compact
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(...) I like it in that regard too, I think it is great when you come up with a non-obvious way of using pieces. I wonder what the designers of the pieces think when they see things like this, I bet even they get a surprise at some of the uses (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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(...) nod, good points. Ways I might want to modify the results... * make it proportional to the number of people that own a set - i.e. by set popularity. * or, by 1/N, where N is the number of parts in a set * by year, recent sets count more * 1/P, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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This is a good start. Some suggestions for modifying the results: 1. Look at only a few common parts, especially bricks. I've acquired hundreds of 1x2 plates with clips from recent sets. While these are common, they are tiny. I'd rather know how (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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Scroll down! (...) the (...) to (...) This is interesting. Red might be the most common as already said, but white is also VERY common. In fact maybe more than red since red is the colour of roofs. A question of roof has just taken place: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Mobile Armor
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(...) of a similar engine design with vectoring plates, but never had time or willpower to actually build it. Oh well. (...) ;-D (...) Mladen Pejic, over and out! (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New mecha...
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(...) Heh... Cannon fodder, definitely! ;-) (...) Thanks Brian. (...) I don't like either of those types of mecha because they are so unrealistic. Especially combiner ones, they make me laugh! :-D (...) Mladen Pejic, over and out! (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Brick Color
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I agree. I would pick red bricks, with grey as second. I think red was the default color because, well, "real" bricks are red! :) (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | late 60s early 70s castle
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I very recently lost ALL my pre 1980 (including a couple from 1950's) instruction manuals. Well they wernt lost, but thrown away last year by my now mad and soon to be divorced wife. Nearly all of these have been recovered through this excellent (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Xander's Airship: The Athena
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Stop me before I create again! As promised, here are details of the Athena, Xander's airship (from chapter 2 of the finally named Xander's Quest Castle World story). (URL) you're there, check out the second chapter of Xander's Quest if you missed my (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Re: New Mobile Armor
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Some more pictures: Communications/sensor array at the back of the head, main thruster with vectoring plates, and 8 automated anti-missile cannons: (URL) armor removed: (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New mecha...
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(...) even though he may be cannon fodder for a heavy mecha (maybe the mechanized forces will use it mostly as a trainer). A nice minimalistic body designed around the cockpit module, and the head is pretty funky. I like it. How about making a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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