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(...) Eric, Truly a nice piece of handy work and a great way to bring in the next generation of Lego fan. I thought I'd be 50 before I could justify getting a train. I'm going to show my wife your pictures as soon as I can. My Lego is in the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Very cool indeed Eric!! What's the noise level like? I would think being that close to the ceiling you'd get quite a bit of noise, of course it being a steady sound of the trains running across the tracks could be a good thing. I think that would (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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(...) Hmmm, I wonder if I could do something like that in my apartment.... (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Well I am here to announce that I have completed the structural portion of a shelf railway in our soon-to-be baby's nursery. All the details you need are on the web page but rest assured that this is a working and powered LEGO railway not just a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts) !
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> writes: ... (...) ... I'd love to try that. I suspect my air pipe is darn near plugged solid, given how long the dryer takes to dry things. Unfortunately, I live on the 6th floor of a condo building, and the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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This one isn't 'fun' in the 'fun' sense, more the 'off-beat' sense. :) When we moved into our new house, we noticed that the clothes dryer didn't work very well. We figured the exhaust pipe was full of lint. We were right. In this house, the exhaust (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun) !
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(...) Well I don't believe in the hand (it's just too preposterous) but my minifigs sure do. And they're all very frightened of being dropped from great heights or being eaten by very large creatures such as "dogs" and "cats." But they say the hand (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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In pondering the nature of the universe, it has occurred to me to wonder how we got here...what does it all mean? Are these bricks all there are? Where did they come from? Some figs say they come from a factory in fabled place called "Enfied." (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) lit. (...) I wonder how close the green will actually end up being to weathered copper? If we have to give it a name now, perhaps calling the new LEGO colour "Liberty Green" after the first set it will appear in would be best. -- David (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) The patina is the greenish-bluish-cyanish film that forms; verdigris is the color. (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Ah, yes. It took me a second or two, but that other stuff is called ambergris: Thanks to Merriam-Webster Online (URL) Entry: am·ber·gris Pronunciation: 'am-b&r-"gris, -"grE(s) Function: noun Etymology: Middle English ambregris, from Middle French (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) lit. (...) I would have called it a "copper Patenia" colour (not sure on the spelling)...but that is what I was brought up with the copper roofs being called. James (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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It's not the greatest set, but, 4556 the train station has 233 pieces, many of which contribute incrementally to the vertical growth of the building. It's two stories high with a flag on top (could be the final piece.) It also has 30 red 2x2 round (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Wow, I didn't know that verdigris was the word for it. I thought verdigris was the pearly grey stuff that came out of whales. See Moby Dick, where Herman Melville writes pages about it and what people will do to get it and what it feels like and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Wow! I sure appreciated all the goodies he threw into the box when I got my Shell sets, especially the copy of The Gate of the Present. I suspect LEGO is going to end up giving me the excuse to take a trip to europe. I haven't been since 1972 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.fun)
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Actually, word is that the bricks are NOT gray, they are a new color that approximates verdigris ( the color that copper weathers to, something like a greenish gray). -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Gray" (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) I just bought one on eBay for $84 + shipping (the seller charged $10 flat). It's just a matter of patience. (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Two things to note.. - It's slopes sparse, most of the statue is made from regular bricks. - The statue, I beleive, doesn't use regular gray. It will be using a new gray- green color (shown at the bottom of some pics) to match the color of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) This is Steve Chuck's post about it: (URL) . It is also his picture, I was just putting up a link to it. Alan (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Is that actually going to be a real for-sale set? Looks more like a display-only thing to me. If it were sold, it would be the single largest collection of grey bricks that Lego has ever come out with, and I'd have to buy zillions of them! (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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