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I can't believe anybody wanted to duplicate my insanity... But since some of you did, I posted the plans on Brickshelf. (URL) forewarned: the plan is a large JPEG. There is a half-sized version, but it doesn't show the gridlines. The rest of this (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I have a question.
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That is a very good idea, thanks Pearson!! You have good ideas, do you have any more that you can spare?? I need all the ideas i can come up with. There is one problem with that, i don't have the gray/green rock raider torso, what else could i use?? (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I have a question.
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(...) Weeeel... First, start w/ green legs and a black leg connector peice. Then, use a gray/green rock raider torso, and paint the rock raider girl's helment blac/green and give it a black or green visor. Then, use an arctic back-pack and a gun! (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I have a question.
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Yeah i think his Alien and Ripley are very cool!!!! But i am trying to figure out a way to make some marines so i can make a couple of scenes of them fighting the aliens. Please i need some ideas and i hope you can help me come up with some ideas. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I have a question.
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(...) Craig made an alien and a Ripley. See it at: (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | I have a question.
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Hi everyone, I have a question. I just got done watching Aliens tonight and i was thinking to myself, "Has anyone made any aliens figures out of lego?" I think it would be really cool if they made marines and the aliens. Does anyone have a site or (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Wooden guard barracks
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I've finally built the first part of my castle complex! I started simple with a wooden castle guard barracks. It is up against the exterior curtain wall (well, its against a fake piece of the curtain wall). I've also redone my Lego pages, getting (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle) !
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| | MOC: Kennedy Space Center Crawler/Transporter
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I'd like to announce the completion of my latest LEGO construction: A working model of the Kennedy Space Center's Crawler/Transporter. The KSC Crawler/Transporters have treaded "crawlers" that support an automatically leveled platform on which the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !!
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| | Re: Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
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(...) As far as I know there is no real cost efficient way to acquire large quantities of 1xN grey bricks. I plan on tackling my first large building in white since it is more readily available in brick buckets. Rob - Rob Farver - (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Skyscrapers.com (Was Re: Need help making a skyscraper)
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(...) A new web site may be of interest to you (and other skyscraper enthusiasts). It is (URL) . I just found it today, and it has a lot of work needed but looks like it will quite an informative site. I also bought a book yesterday called (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
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As Shiri says, 6097 is the perfect choice for castle parts these days. It is cheap, easily available, and has a wide range of parts. It was on sale a while back at kbkids.com for only $25! The downside of this is that nearly every LUGNET'er has a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
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(...) raw (...) gray (...) arches (...) Well, maybe the kbkids.com site. I saw the Bat Lords castle for 30 some dollars a few minutes. That might have some parts for you. Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
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(...) I don't know for sure, but I'd bet on: -grey brick packs -a 6097 (or two or three, or eighteen) on clearance from kbkids.com Any number of 6097s will supply you with the cool arched windows, as well as grey arches; also I think it has a few (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
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(...) Urg. Now I'm depressed. :-P (...) Does anyone have any advice as to which sets are more cost-efficient for raw building-building materials? Like, I wanna build a building with lotsa gray 1xN bricks, some windows, a decent roof (i.e. 6xN (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Pic of my Confederates
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(...) They are not really that hard to do. So I would say there is no need for to buy them off ebay. It does cost alittle to buy supplies at first. I will try to explain the best that I can on the methods that I used in painting these figures. The (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Need help making a skyscraper
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(...) I have a couple photos on my web page of my skyscraper (well, kneescraper...) (URL) is just walls made of 1x bricks, and stands 34L by 32W. The floors are the green baseplates, held up by 2x plates. The advice I would give is to butress both (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: My Mecha Unveiled!
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(...) Thanks! Gundam was an inspiration, as was Karim Nassar's and Ben Vaughan's mecha (from which I borrowed ideas). However, most people seem to agree that the head looks like Optimus Prime. ;) (...) I decided to go with Kodotai. I think it sounds (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Need help making a skyscraper
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(...) All I can say is make sure you put plenty of supports in it, so it don't collapse on itself. And get a lot of one color of brick. I have seen a LEGO Chrystler Building on the net, but I'll be darned if I can remember where. It stood like 8 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Need help making a skyscraper
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Hi everyone, does anyone have any ideas or pictures that they can show on how to make a skyscraper, i need one for my town, but i don't know really what to do first. This is my first skyscraper and i just need a little help. Thanks. (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Pic of my Confederates
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Wow, These look even betterthan the earlier ones, although my fave is still the guy withthe sword. I'd buy em if they werein stores, not just because I like the idea of confederate troops, but there is an element of quality craftsmanship here. Those (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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