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Re: My new Engine: SD70M
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lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Wed, 4 Aug 1999 04:02:26 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote in message <37A759F6.5656@mindspring.com>...
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> Nice model. Big too (I visited Portland last week, and met Kim and Steve
> Barile for lunch and got to see this engine in person).
Yea, we had a great visit. It sure is nice to be able to put a face with
someone who you've been sharing a virtual community with!
> > Kim said:
> > I'm also one who doesn't even use the lego supplied stickers. They tend • to
> > decrease the usefulness of a brick, IMHO. Kind of locks it into one
> > specific function. I'd probably be more prone to use decals over the • lego
> > stickers. With decals, I could rub them off and the bricks would still • be
> > usable for other things. With stickers, after you peel them off a time • or
> > two, they stop sticking and they become unusable. Decals can be easily
> > replaced. The stickers can't.
> > The only thing the stickers have going for them is a Lego part number.
>
> To which Frank replied:
> I tend not to apply stickers either, unless they are going on a common
> brick.
[..sniping some of Franks reply...]
> If I don't like the design of course I detest
> printing (I have to decide if I want to consign smileys and eyes to
> brasso, or just pad one of the Jambalaya boxes).
> --
> Frank Filz
Removing the printing... Now there's something I've considered but never
been brave enough to actually try. I'll probably wait till someone comes up
with a fool proof method for it.
Actually, as someone pointed out several months ago when this came up, if
you cary a brick in your pocket for 6 or 8 months, the printing seems to
come off (at least it worked that way with my Lego keychain!).
Kim
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| (...) Nice model. Big too (I visited Portland last week, and met Kim and Steve Barile for lunch and got to see this engine in person). One thing, we need a reasonable way to get weight bricks, that engine just felt WAY too light for such a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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