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Well this is not quite as impressive as some of the castle creations that have been posted recently but I am quite happy with it. This is my first creation in the Castle theme (Actually this could fit well in town too but I made it for a castle (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Advent Calendar Fun!
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:000101bf3c72$a4...@pro150... (...) [snip] (...) feel you (...) a wonderful (...) and (...) practice. (...) your local (...) Always an excellent suggestion. Every year I donate at least one Lego (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: from whence do these come? Multi-holed grey brick quest
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(...) no. these are the same size as technic holes. (i'm comparing right now) the difference is that the modern technic holes have a small bevelled "lip". thus, a conector pin won't work in these, but the axles fit through fine. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Advent Calendar Fun!
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G'Day I have been collecting buckets, when the were on sale, all year long. That way the cost is spread out and I can buy more. ( The hard part is of course not to touch these ! had to hide them under the stairs in the basement ! ) (;p) Cheers! (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: from whence do these come? Multi-holed grey brick quest
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(...) i (...) (~unless an (...) No they can't be a "mix of technic" since they are not technic compatible. I mean, the holes are bigger then the technic beam holes, so they cannot used to fit a technic pin..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Has anybody tried to make the Asland Plaza Hotel?
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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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| | Re: Advent Calendar Fun!
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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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| | Re: Has anybody tried to make the Asland Plaza Hotel?
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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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| | Re: Advent Calendar Fun!
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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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| | RE: Advent Calendar Fun!
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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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| | Re: Advent Calendar Fun!
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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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| | Advent Calendar Fun!
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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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| | Re: Household uses for LEGO
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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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| | Re: Household uses for LEGO
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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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| | Re: Colors for a part?
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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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| | Re: Household uses for LEGO
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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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| | Re: My dream about lego
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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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| | 4940 Granite Grinder Modification
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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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