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(...) It used as a propeller housing in at least two technic sets (The Yellow Submarine -8299?- and the 3-in-1 set -the one with a Jeep and a trailer carrying a small helicopter -8268?) in yellow. I also know that gray ones are included to UCS (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) This piece is also found in the starwars UCS xwing and a model team truck+trailer+airplane, among other things (I think there was a yellow one in the technic submarine...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Hello, Can anybody help me to identify this piece? (URL) It is used in 8868 to create tanks at the side of the truck. I've searched Peeron, Technica and Partsref and cannot find anything remotely like it. Since the set is from 92 however, I can't (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Part naming/organization [was: Re: More inventories on peeron.com!]
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(...) well, if the part has a partsref number, then it doesn't need a picture, since all parts in partsref have dats. So we only need pictures of parts that are not in partsref. Now, if the part has a number on it, use that, if not, give it an (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Hi, (...) What is the procedure for someone else to add photos and new parts to your db inventory on peeron? I just got a digital camera, and would be willing to photo new parts in MISB sets I inventory. Would I just send you the photo and find the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Part naming/organization [was: Re: More inventories on peeron.com!]
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(...) You're absolutely right. I keep planning on updating those parts. Basically, the Castle, Space, and Town categories should go away. Train will stay, because there are many train-specific pieces. Ditto for any other theme-like categories. Steve (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Are you letting me fight my own battles, or throwing me to the wolves? ;) Partsref using LDraw names is no defense for me... (...) And my stance is that partsref uses the data from ldraw. My advantage is that when LDraw changes, it's very easy (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Part naming/organization [was: Re: More inventories on peeron.com!]
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(...) heh, I agree - except that I can't think of a way to group headgear together... not without using keywords or something... (which is planned, I'll admit). (...) heh, no, not really - just we got tired of the huge pile of sets waiting to be (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Part naming/organization [was: Re: More inventories on peeron.com!]
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(...) I'll let Steve fight his own battle - but I will point out that partref uses %100 ldraw names... :) (...) Tell me about it. Our current stance on peeron is that we won't create new names for pieces that already have names via ldraw/partsref... (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) And I must mention that, although it is in some ways convenient to be able to find pieces by theme, things get messy when themes are used in the hierarchy. For example, consider the Castle section of Partsref, and these "Castle *" parts. There (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) helpfully (...) Thanks (to both people who replied). TWS Garrison (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) 2593 in light grey/gray. (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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I do believe the wheels in the mos espa set are the medium wheels. size set small: 6852 medium: 6957 Large: 6895 giant: 6989 "TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:GCFJpn.BCC@lugnet.com... (...) helpfully (...) set? (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Can anyone give a Castlehead a clue as to which of the (not terribly helpfully named) PartsRef parts 2593 Wheel Hard-Plastic Medium or 6118 Wheel Hard-Plastic Small is the 4 x 4 x 3 wheel which (in duplicate) is in the Mos Espa Podrace set? Thanks, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Excellent suggestion, thank you ;-) Regards, Hakan (23 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Sure, and I'll add the part number to alt= for the official ones as you mentioned. I scoop all the unofficial parts posted to Lugnet into my parts directory, so when I used ML-CAD to make the dats for the images/maps, I used all the parts in (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Another suggestion ;-) The "unofficial" parts have (correctly) no link to guide.lugnet.com, but could you provide a part name, perhaps prefixed by "unofficial"? Regards, Hakan (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) you please prefix it with the part/pattern name? e.g. "973p51: Minifig Torso with Blacktron II Pattern" instead of just "Minifig Torso with Blacktron II Pattern"? Regards, Hakan (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) The Printed Partsref Pieces Page (just made up the name!) is now updated with tiles. Slopes underway. (URL) Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Nor me :-) Steve lane (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Nope. I dont have one either :) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Printed Adventurer pieces, was: Re: A (somewhat unhelpful) Suggestion
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(...) perhaps, though since they're all taken facing forward (we like to face to the left, like in instructions to give shape perspective) they'd be different, though, i suppose much better than nothing at all :) they are very nice pictures :) oh, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Printed Adventurer pieces, was: Re: A (somewhat unhelpful) Suggestion
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(...) I was literally about to lay some pieces on the scanner when I remembered that Christian Rasmussen had some piece pictures on his Adventurers reference site. As a matter of fact he's got all of them, and I believe they're high-enough (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) For starters, those 1x10 (or so) bricks with wings and 1x2x5 columns with cartouches on them would be nice. If you have access to 5988 (Pharaos Forbidden Ruins), the largish (1x6x6 ? ) would be nice, too ;-) Regards, Hakan (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) Great, glad you like it! For the torsos, I used a correct or common main-colour if I knew it off-hand, otherwise I guessed. I've got the images made for slopes and tiles, now have to image-map them. Will post upon page update. Cheers, Heather (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Hmm. . .so the Rebel Pilot in Partsref is the X-Wing/B-Wing/Snowspeeder pattern, not the A-Wing pattern. That's good to know. TWS Garrison (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Hey Hakan, I was going to take some Adventurers photos for Dan and Jenn but I can scan them instead - which ones did you want? Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) Hey Hakan, I was going to take some Adventurers photos for Dan and Jenn but I can scan them instead - which ones did you want? Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) while partsref pictures are often too small to be able to see the printing clearly, the huge advantage is that since you get the DAT file, you can "pick it up in your hand" turn it around, zoom in, and pick whatever color you want it in. A (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) A small bit of volunteerism: Anyone is free to use <URL:(URL). Perhaps I should use a better name for the folder, though ;-) The pictures Dan and Jennifer have on their website are particulary nice; maybe they would like to share their (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) it (...) to (...) <large ungainly snip> Thomas, you're right on. I can see eventually photos of _every_ part being at Peeron, but of course where an image exists at Partsref, that one's used instead, since mostly they're straightforward except (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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I have a suggestion. The main problem with it (at least that I see) is that it involves quite a bit of work which I have neither the tools, talent, or time to contribute. Recently I have come up with what I think is a Pretty Neat Idea. Motivating (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Part Description
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Exactly! Thanks Dan. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) this piece? (URL) made up a name for it, since we couldn't find one either: "Spring 2 x 2 x 2 & 1/3" :) FUT: lugnet.db.brictionary Dan (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Set inventory for 6094
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(...) That's it! Didn't look hard enough. . . OK, I was confused because PartsRef naming conventions appear to have changed. I think it's a good change, but it would be more obvious if Castle Walls and Castle Wall Corners were moved from the Castle (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Yeah, that's it! Thank you very much. -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer L. Boger <jenn@peeron.com> To: Mychal Zimny <locutus@clear.lakes.com> Cc: lugnet.general@lugnet.com <lugnet.general@lugnet.com>; lugnet.db.brictionar...lugnet.com (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Do you mean this one? (...) FUT: lugnet.db.brictionary (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Yeah, I'd rather do .6 or .7 or .67 or even b2p than & 2/3, but that's the existing standard, and I'm not prepared to tackle a re-do. Steve (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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ok, we changed ours to match that (it won't appear on the web site until i update it there though, which will be later, i'm busying inventorying the 5571 right now, so whenever i finish that). not to be whatever, but i'm not a big fan of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) I'll mostly agree with Clark and Heather. For LDraw-ish-ness, I'd go with "Castle Turret 7 x 7 x 2 & 1/3 Quarter". If this part is ever modeled in LDraw, it's likely the existing part, (URL), would be renamed to "Castle Turret 4 x 8 x 2 & 1/3 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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