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(...) Extra grey but not trans red confirms my theory, I feel... The sprue increases the weight and obviates the need for a "spare".. Thanks, Steve! (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1x1 round plates in station
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(...) Just the other day, I received an older (from 1992) set, which had some of each. The trans-red 1x1 rounds were on a sprue, but the grey 1x1 rounds were not, and there was an extra grey part. Steve (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1x1 round plates in station
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Groups set to l.build as well as this is a more general topic (...) It is my belief that this formerly was common practice as the 1x1 round plate was just about the smallest part TLG made other than flowers which also came that way. I have seen this (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Minifig tools are Technic fig scale
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(...) Think, think, think.... A-HA! I get it. I was hung-up on your term "suspenders". You mean the large Technic springs (or as I would call them, shock absorbers). I used a 4595.dat Brick 1 x 2 x 2/3 with Studs on Sides between them so each (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Starlight Express, L.V.
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George Sikora wrote (in part): (...) I saw it a couple times in Las Vegas, as part of an annual ritual trek through the desert to Las Vegas each April. (I even have the Soundtrack CD here in the office, maded by Polydor, copyright by the "Really (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Searching Instruction for 374 and a train from 1971
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Hi I am searching the Istructionplans for fireengine set 374. And I an very old train set. Black 12V loco and two black !! tippers. I think I got it 1971. Any idea which set it could be? Stefan prescher@hermes.fho-emden.de (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC Train Engine: Starlight Express
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"Starlight Express" is a wonderful, fun show by Andrew Lloyd Weber. The cast performs on roller skates. A brief summary of the show can be found at: (URL) link with a lot of info: (URL) show never seemed to make it big in the US but my wife and I (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) No, I wasn't being clear at all... In the image (URL) looks like there are some guns connected to the rounded ends of a couple of large suspenders. Now, connecting anything to the rounded end will let it "swivel" around, due to the lack of a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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I've another train engine added to my web site. It's black, very black; but, it is not a steamer. This model is primarily an exercise for me in making graphics to apply to models. This is a fairly big step for me. "Hello, my name is James, and, uh, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Black Baracuda Instructions?
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Thanks, I found it! Thomas P. Rafert wrote in message <36BBCF79.FF522D1F@gte.net>... (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I care not for comfort. Let him suffer. :-) (...) Huh? Sorry, I don't understand your meaning. Could you clarify? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) How do you connect things to the rounded end of the large suspender, BTW? And prevent it from turning around, I mean? Is that flexible hose helpful? Fredrik (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Black Baracuda Instructions?
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(...) -- Thomas's & Kristin's Home Page (URL) Member (URL) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Black Baracuda Instructions?
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Does anyone have a copy of the building set instructions for the Black Barracuda? I lost mine when I was a kid, but I still have the pieces. I want to resurrect it, but I don't have the instructions. Can anyone email it to me? Is it legal to get a (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Minifig tools are Technic fig scale
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(...) Inadvertantly, my E-Wing ended up having a Technic fig in it: (URL) is a _very_ tight fit BTW. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: AUSTRIAN RAIL CAR
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Check out (URL) have scanned both variants of the piece and the different instruction steps immediately prior to fitting it to the loco. The piece has the same number, (which I forgot to note!), but one has what I think is a mould number 1 and the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That's all I ever build, too. (...) According to the Perry Rhodan series, usually like a sphere. Functions? Steerable thrusters, retracting landing gear, opening gates with extending ramps, all controllable by the pilot (and a knob on top of (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Well, the Space Shuttle, 8480 is at minifig scale. Wouldn't it be nice to have a Space Shuttle at technifig scale? Of course if you really wanted to, you could add the booster rockets and the transportation platform as well. Now that would be (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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The other day I was looking through my collection of minifig tools, which I don´t use too much, BTW. As most people will have realized, most of these tools are much too large for minifig scale. I.e. the walkie-talkie, which is almost as long as the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: AUSTRIAN RAIL CAR
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36B98D2D.FAE619AD@v...er.net>... (...) OK - I'll scan the relevant pages later on. One set came from the US, and the other from the UK. I don't know if that's relevant. Huw (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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