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Subject:	Re: new moc - the brique - quality furniture since the dawn of lego
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build.arch
Date:	Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:21:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, C. L. GunningCook wrote:

Ouch on the pun, and kudos on the furniture!!!

Hmm... Pun? I guess I missed it.. Or is this another Canadian thing? :)

The Dining Set reminds me of IKEA (Swedish warehousy-type furniture stores here in the US). I love IKEA, but not necessarily for the furniture - I love the goofy names everything has (“I’ll take the oak BUMBOOLSVEE with a pair of side OOMLORTS please”). Oh yeah, and I can eat the meatballs all day!

Darrell

ps: I just found your recliners.. Great use of Racers winged parts to get those curves! May I ask - did you design the shape of your furniture first and THEN search for parts to create those shapes, or did you look at the parts and think, “What can I make with this” or “This looks like a cushion, etc.“?

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		Re: new moc - the brique - quality furniture since the dawn of lego
(...) here in canada, there is a furniture chain called "the brick". ottawa is a quasi-bilingual city. as you might have guessed, in french, "brique" also means brick. the pun she may also have been referring to was the "herd" of cows - pictures yet (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)

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		Re: new moc - the brique - quality furniture since the dawn of lego
(...) right back at you! it was great to have another ally in the fight for scale & the need for a bigger town section - not to say that trains don't have their rightful place in a train show (actually, i'll have to admit the trains were cool.) the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)

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