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(...) Yet another reason to get a digital camera. I take pics of black models with both the flash on and off, at slightly different angles, and take WAY too many pics, then look at them on my laptop to decide which to keep, throwing out over half of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) you know, it's funny how that works out. when i disassembled the majority of my sets a few years ago and sorted the pieces into colors, the black pieces were the most abundant. and of the smaller plates and bricks, the black pieces had the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) True, this is because it makes a phytagorean trinagle, right, with 6-8-10 sides. (A multiple of 3-4-5.) I've also used this fact to make a modular tower suitable for a creeping crane (that's the correct term, right?). So far, only the tower is (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks, I got the idea of using a big mirror from those car shows where they put mirrors underneath to show off detail. The clouds were an unexpected bonus. :-) To bad most of the pictures turned out so bad. (...) Well yeah, when was the last (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Someone mentioned that they were available in a Roboforce set, but I am not sure which one. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ya, Ya, Ya... I was typing fast and working from memory. You're right. I was close enough, though. ++Lar (in Walnut IA!) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) them (...) name) a (...) and also (...) found (...) Tyco made the 2x2 flat with studs on both sides. I have a few, they are cool pieces. Tyco also made some 2x2 hinges that are 1 brick high (I think, don't have them here with me). They can (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Well, I buy my macaroni at the grocery store. If you meant the quarter- cirlce bricks, try just about any Model Team set, especially 5571 Monster Big Rig (which had about 40 of them, 30 in black). Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Other than AucZILLA, the January 1999 s&h catalog shows only 2 sets (as far as I can discern): 7110 Landspeeder, 2 pcs gray (not available yet) 4565 Freight and Crane Railway, 8 pcs white, 8 pcs blue I would love to be wrong, and there were (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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From whence can one obtain the pasta, umm I mean spaghetti, oh bother - macaroni (yea that's the ticket)? -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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and then Steven learned more about Acuzilla and it's part naming, and life was much better... 1x2 Plates w/ 2 End Hinge Fingers (URL) Plates w/ 3 End Hinge Fingers (URL) I'm a freakin' genius now, eh? :-) -- -Steven | Smile, Mickey's Watching | TDC (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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I have put new lighter pictures on the site and changed the link color on the 3-2B page. Thanks for all of the kind words everyone, it is much appreciated. More to come soon! Pat Justison (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks Bram! Voila: new space landing gear. Worth a look for all those interested in a new design. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Where can I get some of the 1x1x1 bricks with four side studs to build these? (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) (macaroni) (...) That's amazing! For anyone who didn't understand Rob, I've posted the foot to lugnet.cad.dat. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Joe, Great job on Cathedral II!!! I really like it. I can't wait until Cathedral III. You did something that I try to avoid, namely the Chevet (curved east end of French cathedrals). There are a lot of logistic problems in building one, as I am sure (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Has anyone used the large arch pieces to reinforce large structures? Especially the 1x12x3 full-arch. It seems like placing a few of those elements across two 'walls' of the beam-girders Terry has described above would be a decent start on a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) What really bites is if the majority of your Lego collection is black, as mine is... I just rationalize it by saying that it adds to the "mystique" of the model. (...) That's a photo? Nah, it's a rendering, right? That's *really* a photo? Nice (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I have two of these also (in red) from an Expert Builder (?) helicopter which I bought form a friend along with the rest of his LEGO. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This is true. My two copies of 8846 Tow Truck has these. They tended to break pretty easily, so it's a nice thing they were substituted. (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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