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(...) My six (4816x2, 4817x2, and 4818x2) all came today as well. No time to open them, but I certainly will have fun when I do. When S@H stocks 4819, I shall order more! Yes, we have no baby T-Rex. We have no baby T-Rex today. Aaron :o) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Yep - Unfortunately, the rendering program left a pretty big gap between those roof pieces. Well, it IS a water temple, so a little extra water from above should help to improve the religious feeling right? Brad John Matthews (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Hi Travis, I did actually download and try out your new version of LDVIEW. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work well with my computer. I have a voodoo 2 3d card and a 450MHZ computer. It selects software rendering instead of the hardware (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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I just saw a commerceal on TV for this new Lego Creator Castle software. Apparently, it allows you to create a castle and a kingdom, and fight the opponents (Bulls). It had some pretty interesting stuff, such as siege weapons in action, jousting (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I came home today and found 8 chrome sets that I had ordered from Shop@Home waiting for me. The only disappointment is the Dragon Rider (#4818) -- I wish it had more pieces as dragons are a little too common around here. :) (As an aside, is anyone (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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It looks to me like the roof would leak ;) Nice picture Brad. Build On! John Matthews Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G2LM12.5Fs@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) (URL) this is nice work. James (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have tried to get in touch with her but I can't seem to find her e-mail, and I haven't seen her post to the newsgroup. Any ideas? -- Pawel (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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If you all haven't seen these pictures on Brick shelf, perhaps you ought to. Christina Hitchcock has really captured (IMHO) the flavor and feel for a fortified city. Castle walls abound and encapsulate many small peasant structures that sceam "Bring (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle) !!
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(...) That's an outstanding design, Brad. Good work. I've X-posted this to lego.direct, because I think it makes a point relevant to Lego Direct: Wow. *THIS* is the sort of thing we want to be able to do. Sure, it's a pipe dream to be able to order (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G2LoCH.C5n@lugnet.com... (...) hefty (...) rough. (...) at (...) I don't mean to blow my own horn (well, not too much anyway), but have you tried LDView? It certainly doesn't produce visuals (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I found some a buk lot of Lego I purchased off of eBay, but I believe these are available in a variety of sets. The only one that comes to mind is the Twisted Time Train. (...) Isn't that Suz's page? (...) The helmet is merely 2 chrome (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Unfortunately, I hit another problem with the CAD approach - Machine Power! I can only build something about 3 stories and my machine starts to chug. In the real world, I have enough LEGO to build much larger (just not large quantities of certain (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Better than that, you'll get to see the beginnings of the city before the rest of Lugnet. It will be at the Nov 4th meeting. Pics will follow eventually... (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Every AFOL's biggest complaint, right? -- Richard (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Cool - I expect to see some new pictures posted soon??? Dave Johann <hardcoredj@techie.com> wrote in message news:G2LsMJ.nu@lugnet.com... (...) starting (...) Recently, (...) them to (...) to (...) such (...) creations will (...) inverse (...) chose (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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I was referring to the 2x3 sloped parts at the front of the roof. I'm starting to build my Legopolis and don't want every building to look the same. Recently, I came across 40-50 of those 2x3 curved slope pieces, and decided to put them to use as a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Chris (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Dave, Thanks for the compliments. Were you thinking of building a real version of such a roof? Those inverse arches are somewhat hard to come buy, although perhaps someone has a brick-bay deal that might make it posible. I think I have about 8-12 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) WHAT????!!!!! (...) I'd like all of these if you could pick them up for me. Pleeaaaassse! --==Sergio==-- (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.western, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.nj.tre)
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Fantastic, as usual Brad! I've been toying with a roof idea similar to this, but it's good to see a finished version just to see if my idea would work. Your's lis so similar that I daresay, it would! Hopefully, we'll see a portion of this in reality (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Right now, I'm just playing around so I'm not sure there is much thematic association between my CAD creations. Perhaps I'll create Datsville eventually! Is there a more appropriate place to post CAD creations or do we just post them in the normal (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Datsville! Datsville! --Todd (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad)
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What are the two chrome pieces used to create the helmet in this picture? (URL) not familliar with it but I'd love to get some! Two, in fact. :) Most of you have probably seen this page already, but if not, check it out! There are some amazing ideas (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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richard marchetti <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:G2Lnx3.ApE@lugnet.com... (...) high (...) THANKS! (...) be (...) I probably have enough of the white upper arches, and I could use my yellow hex Aquazone arches for the round pieces, and (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) big (...) Thanks again. I actually had to keep rendering it in POV-ray to get a decent view of things. MLCAD provides a 3-d view, but it is somewhat rough. The POV-ray output is great and it only takes a second or two to generate at reasonable (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Wow! I've never used LDraw but I can imagine that making something that big in that program without having something real to base it on was some hefty piece of work to accomplish. It looks great! =) ~Nathan (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) marks. Really, it's quite astonishing. If I had a few more (like a lot more) black 2x2 round bricks I just might be able to build this thing in black and red. -- Richard (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Nathan McDowell <Skiing_Scotsman@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G2Ln9t.8zv@lugnet.com... (...) world" (...) Thanks for the compliments. I designed it completely in LDRAW. I find it MUCH easier to build in the real world because I can actually (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) You sure do have a good knack for architecture. =) That's a really nice design with some interesting details. Did you design that "in the real world" first and then LDraw it? ~Nathan (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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This is an LDRAW creation of a fantasy temple I designed. It is a curious blend of Western and Eastern architectural styles. (URL) main page is here: (URL) comments are welcome! Brad (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch) !
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(...) Hee, you're still wrong, it's 5802, just a tiny figure set. (URL) thing would never be worth $24. <<KM>> (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.belville)
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(...) Not even close. Also, the surface polish is clearly inferior*. I plan to exploit this when I get around to doing my "bricks-only" castle, mixing the MB greys with Lego grey (and possibly dark grey) to get an effect that looks like a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I saw it and in the beginning I thought how good this deal was, but when you think about it you have to pay shipping and handiling, taxes and all that. I did the calculations and it happens to be only $2 dollars cheaper than if you buy those (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Sorry, wrong NG ;) Ezio -- Lugnet member: #476 Ebay ID:ciondolo Brickbay store: (URL) Maino <ezio.maino@itlug.org> wrote in message G2L6II.5FF@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) have (...) bucket). (...) in a (...) of a (...) I'm not convinced that the cost need be higher just because of specialty pieces. I think the cost of producing a specialty piece in large quantities is probably about the same as a simple 2x4 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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(URL) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:39EC87CC.1CFB@m...ing.com... (...) At (...) basic (...) minifigs (...) more (...) Yikes! I had not realized that the Pod bucket was only 291 pieces (I have no interest in Pod racers so I have (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Based on the $24.99 price for the 291 piece 7159 Podracer Bucket, I doubt we'll see a 500-600 piece castle bucket for $20. (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) and sand (...) MegaBloks (...) over 600 (...) Yeah, it's tempting to go over to the dark side when you see something like that. The Mega-Blok grey isn't a perfect match for the Lego light grey though, is it? The black seems okay, and I nearly (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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