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"Suzanne D. Rich" wrote: <snip> (...) recycle truck, dumptruck and taxi sets - I'm going to have to build these myself. (...) -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) The errors I see are definitely impossible with a 3D CAD system. Except an _extremely_ buggy one. On the other hand, such errors are also highly unlikely to appear in hand-drawn graphics. Glaring perspective errors would have been noticed by (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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(...) The consistency in instruction styles from the mid to late 70's onwards through until now makes me wonder about this. They couldn't have been using a CAD system them (surely? far too expensive) so they'd have been done by draughts[wo]men, and (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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I don't remember the URLs but : *Erector's Titanic (18000pieces, minifig scale) *Titanic model at the Expert models page (more than 2 meters long) *Trucks and construction vehicles page, (recent CLSoTW) *Life size Alice from the wonderland (recent (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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Jonathan Perret <jperret@cybercable.fr> wrote in message <snip> (...) Yes, it is seemingly impossible at the beginning but I've seen a 8880 instruction error related to a 1x1 technic brick with hole, and I still don't have any clue how a 3D CAD (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) but I wanted to share with you something similar I did. In November, I looked at all of the sets inside 1298. I liked how the little paper sheets showed alternate models and thought I'd give it a try. I opened all 24 bags at once, then tried (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Todd Lehman writes : (...) Interesting. I tend to measure pieces in terms of plate heights, but I have almost the same measurements. Except that the stud height is NOT equal to half the plate height. I discovered that last night and I'm still (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Stores like Target usually mark them down to half-price just after Christmas. In some cases, Target will mark them down Christmas eve. Some stores may even begin to sell them to you at a discount now. Just ask. Target stores, Sears stores and (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Dec. (...) Does anyone know what happens to the advent calendars after December 24th? It seems that they are really not worth the full $20 they sell for before then. Do stores mark them down? Do they go back to Lego to be broken back down into (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) I think perhaps the parts are assigned to days at random. The one we've got is different still. (26 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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