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  Armless minifigs -- TLC Consumer Affairs policy?
 
As a result of my own small FOTW, I've suddenly come up with the need to know about fixing armless minifigs. I got a goodly pile of 1970s-80s era figs in multiple themes from a thrift shop, but some of them are armless and/or handless. I was more (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Silver Stickers
 
(...) Have any of the painters tried gold or siver leaf on LEGO's? The key is if the base paint used to adhere the leaf will stick to ABS. The base used on wood is red but I can't remember what is is called. Imitation gold or silver (or even copper) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Silver Stickers
 
There probablly are places that will print metalic leaf for you. I've even seen printers (I don't remember if it was laser or Bubble jet) that printed metalic gold. they probablly also have ones that print metalic silver but those are alot shinier (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Painting Questions
 
(...) I as thinking of doing something similar, making a skull visor for a knight. since don't want to mass produce them I haven't decieded wheather I will use a sand mold method to form a new plastic piece or use a gold astronaut's visor and use (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Painting Questions
 
(...) Even TLC does it- see the 'figs in the Tine Milk Truck set and the Velux set. The only thing that worries me about the helmet is the curve- I've never really seen a sticker that looked sharp applied to a curved surface. Well, a surface curved (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs)


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