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(...) I wonder what breed the moulded ones are meant to be? Perhaps your daughter could investigate... ;-) I think the Lego horses look like little ponies, but are scaled to the minifigs as though they're mature. They're completely the wrong shape (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) No, no! Eurotrash things are SMALLER, not bigger. I'm just saying that your horse, lovely as it is, either is out of scale, OR the molded horses have been undersized all along. Personally I think it's the latter, because after all, LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) I'm glad you like it. Dobbin was originally 2 plates narrower, but looked far too thin like that. There's no such thing as 'too big' with Shire Horses! Jason Railton (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) There may be some odd stuff going on with firewalls or proxies. The 'joefish.co.uk' should put up an automated redirecting frame to where the page is. Try this link, to where the images are hosted: (URL) Jason Railton (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Because everything of British origin I build you seem eager to immediately ascribe to somewhere else in Europe! It's 'Eurotrash' horses now is it? Have a look at 'Yeoman' some way down this page - over 18 hands tall. (That's six feet to the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Working fine here on Mozilla - are you behind a firewall or proxy server? That may be blocking it for some reason. ROSCO (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Now... Mozilla says 403 Forbidden, UGH! Josh (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) I'm edging to look at it, but my computer won't let me open your page for some reason.... Josh (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for that! Quite a bit BIGGER than the molded horses... if they are say, 15 hands, I make your Dobster to be 20 hands a least. That's what I thought even before you provided the reference. (...) When I posted I thought that was a breed (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Wow, this is great! 2 genius mocs, and a great storyline thing! nice horse, but it looks a bit fat. (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! Actually, I don't think there's enough grip when used inside the 2+ plate tubes...that's my favorite thing about this method; it's VERY strong. Derek (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Here's another picture then: (URL) Belgian? Is this some kind of wind-up? (2 URLs) They're as English as Her Majesty, patron of the society. Mind you, the royals are all Greeks and Germans... Hmmm... Jason Railton (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for sharing! I laughed until snot(1) came out of my nose! I particularly enjoyed Dobbin. Is she a Belgian? Also if you get a chance, could you show her next to a molded horse for reference? Spotlighted! 1 - no, not SNOT, I don't keep (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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Enough of this 'Schleim' lark - it's time for some proper 'SNOT'. Another SNOT container and two classic forms of motive power for your enjoyment: (2 URLs) (With apologies in advance to HoMa... ;-) Jason Railton (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !!
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(...) Sez YOU! How do you think LEGO gets it to be the right length??? >:-) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Ah, this is the thing. Cutting PNEUMATIC tubing is allowed, as Lego themselves advocated it from the very first pneumatic sets, and gave you cutting guides. Cutting FLEX tubing isn't, as they always supplied it in correct lengths. So, you're (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) That's brilliant. Cutting pneumatic tubing is a 'pure' method IMO. Various lengths of tubing are one of the more usefull parts in fact, but this never occured to me. Well done. They'd also fit inside the tubes of 2+ wide plates wouldn't they? (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Yeah, go for it! If you look around in .trains and .technic you'll find lots of MOCs with "non-standard" lengths of tubing. In fact, Lego fully condones the cutting of tubing (at least the pneumatic kind), as kits are supplied (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) That's really cool, similar to this method: (URL) as long as everything LEGO made neither you nor your mom are evil or unpure. -Orion (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) I'll go with "C", it's valid but you're evil anyway... But I'm not very pure, I already cut flex system tubing. (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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