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| Good evening, a few questions and such I'd like to ask, if anyone can answer/discuss any of them, that'd be great! I'll just dive right in... (A bunch of these questions aren't strictly "Castle", but I'm asking them all from the Castle builder point (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| Brett, these are all very good questions. (...) About a year ago I imagined a catalogue of frequently used building ideas, inspired by C. Alexander's "A Pattern Language". (URL) right now, the best thing you can probably do is look at a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hey Brett! I'l tackle what questions I can and see what I can do! (...) We-ell, you never really can tell. Sometimes they appear, other times they don't. The BV accessories, e.g., were Europe-only for a long time and then became available for (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Ahh, too bad you didn't roll with the idea then, then it'd be all ready for me now ;) I had thought of compiling pictures from Lego instructions, but that big ole problem of Time hits. Maybe one day I'll be able to! Between 40 hours of work (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Thanks for that, I know I had alot there :) (...) I'll have to do that, I was just using the Lego S@H Web Page. Perhaps I should call to make sure as well! (...) Argh! I haven't seen one of those 1200 piece buckets anywhere here in Rochester (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| <snip> (...) Brett, megabricks are those great big (LEGO) bricks you find under a lot of the Fright Knights and Ninja sets, as well as most recent others. Look at <set:6097> for an example. All the big green bricks at the base are referred to as (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Ahhh, I was thinking Mega-Bloks or something :) I'd never heard the "megabrick" term before, thanks for clarifying! plucky (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) heya, i think id like to insert some wisdom here. i, too, love landscaping.. and am trying to use it in more of my creations. ive found that hollowing is the best way to get the most out of your brick. in my town glen caer ( (URL) ) there are (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) While I can't keep it up to date, I actually do have a good start at such a reference. See this page: (URL) for example. I have made some effort to index pictures from MOCs which include interesting details. I would love to find a way to split (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Is this in the FAQ? Other names I have seen or used: - super bricks - base bricks Frank (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Ouh, I've got some names… - plate bricks - SSSPBB = Accronym (Super Structrual Support Plate Base Bricks*) - foundation bricks - etc. --==Richard==-- *Kinda has a nice ring to it, don’t ya think? ;) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| Frank, this is one good collection (under 'detail'). Some people isolated the details themselves, others have been drowned in big folders now. A pattern catalogue would work from large to small. Because there are so many examples, a hierarchy and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Yes, that IS a nice start, thanks for the link there, I'll have to bookmark it! I do understand the time problem though :( (...) And then send the entire thing to Frank to add into his giant database which he will share with us all ;) Well, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Yup, I saw those pictures before, and yup, thats one way to hollow out a hill it looks like :) Yes, it is a little too steep, but I think something more gradual is difficult in the space you were trying to fit it into... (...) This is one of (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Hi Brett, Another Rochester AFOL? Wow, that's at least two of us. If I ever come across any blu tubs, I will let you know. I'd suggest dividing the city up into fiefdoms for clearance bargain hunting, but I'm trying very hard to stay on a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) (URL) are the best pictures of what i built. unfortunately when i took the pictures i thought: maybe i should get a shot of the interior, but i didn't do it. the film was already shot when i read this line of info. tonight im gonna do a lil (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I'll certainly be willing to add any material folks send to me. The closer you come to my format the easier my job will be. Frank (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Well, I am in Rochester (Hilton really, though I work at the U of R and go to RIT), but I can only be called an adult by age, not by anything else :) I'm not a native Rochestarian, and all my Lego is back in Saratoga (well, almost all of it). (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) heres how i did avek ridge, as seen in my most recent story update. (URL) sure this isn't as innovative as i think it is, but here it is for anyone who wants it. ive really like the results ive had with it peace -lenny (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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