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(...) from (...) I used anything that came in the standard tubs and buckets, so that would be both 1x's and 2x's. The picture showing the 3 parts also shows reasonably well the alignment pieces that aid in mating the top and bottom to the middle. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) from (...) Great! I'm happy to leave the SW building to others and work on more novel things. (...) The vision of a blue and white one had previously flashed through my mind, but the barber pole stripe pattern looked odd. (...) Actually, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yup I've just checked it (I have two of the cones from the 725 freight train) (URL) the cone is three bricks tall, the size 4x4x3 is correct. -Frank (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.build)
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(...) I do, but it's back at my mom's house in the SF Bay Area, and I'm here in sunny Cambridge, MA. If memory serves, it is indeed three bricks tall. It's a cool piece, and I'm surprised TLC has never brought it back, since they seem to have a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.build)
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(...) Whoa! Wow! (URL) learn somethin' new about LEGO every day! :) --Todd p.s. Question: Was it really 3 standard bricks tall (most likely) or perchance was it just shy or just over 3 tall? Anyone got one for real? (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.build)
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Kevin, Prepare your ISP - you've just been slashdotted.... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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Hi Brian :) Looks great! for the most part you used only 2x4 bricks? I see 1x's in the pic with the 3 parts are they just for stability? I'm always amazed when I see "square" bricks making a circular creation! 2x4 bricks seem to be what I lack most (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) ~ah! it's beautiful! thanks for all of the details and building tips! i'm very inspired now! are you going to make a blue and white one with what's left of those buckets, maybe? "say..how much does this grecian urn?" ~sorry. i just had to get (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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Over the Christmas holidays I built a Grecian Urn using only basic bricks from blue tubs and purple buckets. Images and details are at: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) You've got the right idea here, and unfortunately TLC has once again passed on to the builder the responsibility for fixing the problems with their models. These kits should come with a "punch list" in the instructions that has everything (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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I got a copy of set 6464 Super Rescue Complex (URL) Christmas this year. It is a very juniorized set so I wanted to see what improvements I could make to it using some of my own parts. I wanted to keep the same general feel of the set so I tried not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Hi all! I'm happy to announce version 2.1 of BlockCAD, my LEGO building program! BlockCAD: (2 URLs) The big thing in this release is that pieces can be placed anywhere in X, Y and Z, not limited to a stud width/height increment anymore. This makes (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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Machines handle garbage. The world processes so much garbage that we have thousands of mechanical inventions to handle it. These machines can give us LEGO building ideas. Perhaps, clever LEGO builders can improve these machines. An excellent video (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.books, lugnet.technic)
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Hello, A while ago I posted some pics of a microfig scale Galaxy Explorer. I have since taken better pictures of it, plus I have made two more vehicles: Galaxy Explorer: (URL) Sat V (URL) Trak I (URL) LMKWYT! Thanks! Greg Majewski (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Has anybody tried to make the Asland Plaza Hotel?
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(...) One of my friends houses is four stories tall. (...) Something I found out during the school year is we have our own drop ball too. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ky, lugnet.build)
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This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>... (URL) Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992." Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out. --Todd [crossposted to .starwars, .loc.jp, .build, and .announce; followups to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:52:55 GMT, Tony Priestman uttered the following profundities... (...) Got them, thanks very much! (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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They are available at: (URL) you save the pics & print them off, they should come out at the correct size, although the quality won't be brilliant. And may the Lord have mercy upon my soul... On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Richard Dee (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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| | New wallpapers--Mine truck and Pentapterigoid Star Fighter
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I've added two more pics to my "wallpaper" page: (URL) first is the mine truck I brought to MindFest. The second is a hangar scene I created for my Pentapterigoid Star Fighter, including a "cradle"[1] for holding the fighter and a raising and (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: A great cleaning method for lego
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(...) They (can) look much like a traditional feather duster, only the "feathers" are very fine plastic filaments. For some reason they seem to come in bright colors (mine are bright green). I got a three pack at Target for around $9, I think. I'd (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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