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(...) Just a WAG here, I'm gonna go with Ashland, Kentucky. Dunno why I guess that, though. :) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ky, lugnet.build)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) And I saw both snowplow and locomotive... I just built a nice, if ordinary truck. Make a 2x6 double plate platform out of the blue 2x2 and 2x4 and red 2x3s. Put the yellow slope and 1x2 on the front, clear (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) What town is this hotel in? John (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ky, lugnet.build)
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(...) Clearly this is in the eye of the beholder... Taya said on seeing that one "nice snowplow" At this scale, with these bricks, things can be more than one thing. (...) local (...) Hear Hear. ++Lar (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) And now I have to chime in.... Nice microfig scale train locomotive. My kids can't wait either. Especially because they want an Advent Calendar and I said that until I can see the floor in Owen's room for two days straight - no more LEGO! This (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Dec. (...) morning to see what #2 is. ++Lar (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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I ran out and bought a copy of the 1298 Advent Calendar tonight ('cos it's Dec. 1). Anyway, I thought it might be fun to post some silly pics of alternate models I made from the Dec. 1 set bag. I hope to build three or four alternates from each (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Ed Jones wrote in message ... (...) that (...) Funny you should mention that... I've been thinking I need a big big big project... something to make up for lost building time.. and I looked around, thought about building a shelving unit out of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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In the company that I work for (a manufacturing company focuses on products from Al/cu pipes for appliances industry), we generally design and produce our own machinery to produce something specific when the production numbers are high. The (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) FG> Good idea, yes. Most of the tow trucks I've seen in Norway are FG> red. But the blue connectors are somewhat hidden in the 8462, so FG> it is probably no problem to use the black ones from 8450 in FG> stead. (...) FG> As for the chairs, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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I built some shelves and a working phone out of Lego. I bought a regular phone, gutted it, and re-built it out of Lego. It works just fine. It isn't all that comfortable against the ear though, I have some re-designing to do. Silas Ed Jones wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | I've done it, I've done it!
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(...) alternate (...) I did it!! I made a Wraith!! It looks cool!! As every SC lover knows, from the front it looks somewhat like this: /\ /\ / \ / \ / \_/ \ / |_| \ | | | | well.... kinda. (...) . \ . / Mr. Poor ASCII Art Smiley (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: from whence do these come? Multi-holed grey brick quest
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(...) thanks, daniel! yes, this is the set i have. the white axles and red collars are here too. i wonder why the grey technic holed bricks aren't more common? they're the perfect mix of technic and system. i can't see myself parting with these (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Rachel, it sounds like you might have a Dutch/Belgian or Danish version of the wooden box set. They had the sliding top box tob wooden box sets in the 1960's. The German sets from that era were hinged, except for set 700 (which had a picure (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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This may have been posted before as it seems an obvious fix to the 4940 Granite Grinder model. I just got this set last week and after building it could not understand why Lego omitted a crank to turn the large drill. It's a simple fix - another (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
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(...) Duh, I forgot! GMLTC has a jig for module building too. It's so simple, it hardly deserves the name. Basically it's a 2x8 (or 10, I forget which) with a handle to get the column spacing right. Thanks for reminding me. I think it was made for (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I made a jig to help speed up the building of my modules. It would slide into place around one tower of 2x2 bricks and have a notch for the next tower. It would slip out very easily and had tiles on the bottom to allow it to slide over the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) It was in several Freestyle sets, besides the BASIC/Classic sets Fredrik mentioned. Usually it was yellow. Steve (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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This doesn't quite count, but it's close. I just ran off 10 copies of my black hopper. Since this was tedious, I did everything I could to make it quick, by doing the same step over and over. After I got to a certain point in the construction, I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I think we are, yes. The part is used as a "connector" between two models in the sets. In 4216 two of them are used to connect a "trailer" to a camel(!). (...) Good idea, yes. Most of the tow trucks I've seen in Norway are red. But the blue (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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