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Subject:	Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.cad
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:50:03 GMT
Reply-To:	johnneal@%nomorespam%uswest.net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: > In lugnet.general, John Neal writes: > > You send in a photo and they will scan it and create a mosaic of your photo • and > > send you the correct number of 1x1 plates > > Plates or tiles? We've heard both. I of course would prefer tiles, and in > fact, tiles may be cheaper for TLC since they use less plastic. However plates > may be what they go with since plates have studs which gives more of the "LEGO > effect". 1x1 *plates* > > and a drawing of where to place them, > > but here is the best part-- a *NEW* brick color!! The mosaics will be white, > > black, gray, dark gray, and .....*medium* gray. A new shade of gray! > > Woo-hoo! > > Do we need a new shade between the current light and dark? Any new color that isn't in the Belville/Scala color system (ie earth tones, muted, etc;) is good!!! > If you think about > color distribution, I would say if you are using 5 colors, the new one needs > to be between the dark grey and the black. But I haven't done any color > matching work to check my theory. > > > > > Did anyone mention the 12" high minifig that will be for sale in time for > > Christmas? > > No, do tell. No biggie, really. It's just a scaled up version of a minifig (the one shown was in the blue overalls and a red cap, but the person from Consumer Affairs said that the particular fig hadn't been decided yet). I did notice one new color for an element-- for his hands they used the http://lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/images/6005.gif in yellow (heads up, Stangl, now you can build a *yellow* Blue Fury;) Sorry, never thought to take pics:-( -John > > > ++Lar

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		Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
From: "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> <snip> (...) <snip> (...) for (...) shown was (...) said (...) color for (...) <snip> Oh! I mis-understood. At the first mention of it I thought that it was just a statue of a large mini-fig. It is built of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)

		Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
I took pics of his hands, and ranted to the workers there that I needed 6005 in yellow to build my yellow Fury. NOT ONE mentioned that TLG was going to sell it!!! I plan on buying the set as soon as it is available, then rebuilding it as a giant (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)

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		Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
(...) and (...) Plates or tiles? We've heard both. I of course would prefer tiles, and in fact, tiles may be cheaper for TLC since they use less plastic. However plates may be what they go with since plates have studs which gives more of the "LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)

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