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(...) aahhh!! gorgeous!!!! i'll write more when i'm not so stunned speechless! 'gaaa ~ craig (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Keep us posted on your progress! It's always cool to hear about LEGO being useful in the real world. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:43:50 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote: [storage discussion snipped] Ya know, there's a really good reason that lugnet.storage exists. Sheesh, one guy posts an innocent message about an indecent storage method, and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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First of all, I want to thank everyone who sent me feedback on my ship and for the Cool Lego Site Of The Week review. But now, It was time to build again. Take a look at my newest creation: (URL) would be greatly appreciated. Dan (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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Paul Baulch <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in article <FKtH4u.4wt@lugnet.com>... (...) Hmmmmmm...... could it be the LEGO buckets and tubs themselves then? (...) before (...) plano (...) were (...) made (...) eliminated (...) To the best of my (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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Allan Bedford wrote in message <01bf28b3$1a3e22c0$5...potome>... (...) The smell is definitely not from the Lego, I made a point of checking the new containers for the smell when I'd opened them for the first time, before I'd put any Lego inside. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) which is (...) strong (...) solvent (...) period (...) would (...) I (...) expect any (...) I notice the same smell coming not from my Plano boxes, but from large quantities of basic bricks stored in LEGO buckets or tubs. I thought it was the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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It's an interesting point you have made with seeing the colour you want. I sort basic bricks by colour and everything else by form. The reason that I sort basic bricks by colour is because I don't look at them, so seeing the colour doesn't work. I (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I was a bit concerned too, and although there has been no short term damage, I don't know about the long term. I think that the smell is just normal soft plastic outgassing. The plano boxes are made of a fairly soft plastic, so I don't think (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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Jim Rorstrom wrote in message ... (...) minifigs, (...) with (...) For those of you in Australia, there is a very, very similar product available at K-Mart for around $10-$12 AUD. Sorry, but I don't remember it's name. it comes in two handy (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) One exists with most of the generic technic parts but there are large gaps when it comes to some of the specialest parts. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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Just navigated to ldraw site. After picking my eyeballs up off the floor, I need to say "never mind"! Let me investigate . . . (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) MISR is one of 5 instruments bolted onto the Terra platform. I am interested only in a model of what's under MISR's radiation shielding, and at that, only certian parts. Check out www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov and navigate to the EOS site for a more (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) cool, you are going to eventually be sorting exactly the way I do :) my mind control device must be working, slowly but surely.... I sort each color into the following bins by form: boring rectangular bricks- 1 large bin each plates- 1 small (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ed, do you still have your "old" website. Could you post the URL for some of the others? I'm assuming you are Ed "Boxer" Jones of the Very Big Cathedral fame... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- A picture is worth a thousand words, but (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) FYI - my clear plastic boxes are not Plano - they are acrylic and very sturdy with fixed dividers. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) For those of you that saw me at Mindfest, you may have noticed a rather large tackle box I was carrying. It's the Plano 1258 Guide Box. See (URL) for more info. What's great about this box is that the top is trans-blue so you can see inside. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) For those of you wondering what a Plano® tackle box is here is a wed site with some good pics. ((URL) Jim ------ (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hello Mark; Building a LEGO model of this satellite sounds like an excellent project. Some thoughts on the ongoing discussion: (...) My brother-in-law happens to own Alberta Industrial Models. A $10K estimate would not be out of line, depending on (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Are you talking about modeling the MISR Terra Spacecraft out of Lego? (...) Unless the scale is really out of control, I would guess that it could be done pretty cheaply - unless you wanted to motorize it and use Mindstorms. (...) I would (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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