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Sproaticus wrote in message <367EACF8.670829BA@g...es.com>... (...) Shadows are caused by your flash going off (but you already knew that, right) There are a number of solutions to the problem. 1. Aim your flash to the ceiling to "diffuse" the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Adventurer (Egyptian) sets
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Does anyone know how many, the names of, and numbers of all the first Adventurer (Egyptian) sets? I just started getting them and massed a list of 9. One of them I have listed doesn't seem to exist. I got it right off the Lego site, but the Shop at (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: STAND BACK! Rob Farver is going to have a heart attack!!!
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Rob Farver wrote: <I'm pumped, I bet Gary I is too> Ditto. Believe me! (...) ?? You mean they used to be new but they recently became old?? :-) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Too bad it'll just have carrots. The green thing is the carrot's leaves, BTW. I'll probably get some of the sets themselves for various reasons, like getting a bunny! I can have a large bunny rampage through the carrot market! :) Jeff (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have this problem when I take pics - which is why I haven't shown too many on my Web site. Does anyone have any tips on watching out for the shadows? (1) I was also playing with the idea of using a backdrop, like a blue or orange screen. (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | 20% off clearance at Zany Brainy 12/26-12/31
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Got a card in the mail today saying take an additional 20% off all clearance items at Zany Brainy from 12/26 to 12/31. Wonder if they'll have any 5571's left? If they are at $69.99 now, that would make them about $56 on Saturday. That works out to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BTII Jetpacks are back
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(...) You know, Nellie the Elephant! To Bombay, a travelling circus came They brought an intelligent elephant, and Nellie was her name One dark night, she slipped her iron chain And off she ran to Indistan and was never seen again... Nellie the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Self as Minifig?
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(...) ...or Timmy heads. Why waste perfectly good blank yellow heads? Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | +---...---+ (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wouldn't that spruce up Suzanne's Minifig Generator! :) You could do it with anyone's face. Next step is to make decals to put on blank yellow heads... From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) what you can, but behave yourself. We'll (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is that orange thing a carrot? Could it be lego food? Okay, who wants to make the first town supermarket? :) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lego.com catalogue updates
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(...) At least it has a few nice parts, I guess. (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help me with name of a piece
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(...) Well, that's the thing. I don't have time to deal with auction back and forth stuff now, so until Lugnet brings its auction engine online I think I'll be doing straight sales. I was thinking of selling them for $5 each but decided not to. I (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BTII Jetpacks are back
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(...) Furbies? (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Don't send them in envelopes (Re: Bring Your Minifig To Work Day)
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(...) I've sent elements - but not minifigs - in a normal envelope with no crushing blows. Under what circumstances is this an issue with which to be concerned? (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff, If you wanted to take the trouble to learn to use POV-Ray ray-tracing program, you could scan an actual picture of yourself, turn it into a POV-Ray surface, and wrap it around a minifig head. Maybe I'll try this for my son. He'd get a real (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BTII Jetpacks are back
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(...) line up with an actual brick, you know, with a spacing which every other Lego brick uses? Jeez, what a waste of ABS... Sorry I'm so bitter, but I was *really* looking forward to getting one of these, I bumped so many people in an auction to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Page update
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(...) minifig. (BTW, for my Power Suit, I got the hands from Karim Nassar.) "Anathema". A brilliant name for a walking tank. I'm going to borrow your Explorien Transport Shuttle cockpit idea. You have been warned. :-, Spiked Fist Pirate Ship - very (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: If you sort by color. . .when did you start?
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(...) I came out of my dark ages about 3 years ago with about 150 pieces. Until about a week ago, I sorted by color -- with about 20,000 pieces. Now I sort roughly by LDraw category, which works out better than I imagined it would. Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Paint...
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A different method a friend and I always used: Pine point Sharpie Markers. Last a long time as long as you let them dry and are *gentle* with your minifigs. Plus, a little rubbing alcohol takes it all off! (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lego.com catalogue updates
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Has anyone been wondering how TLG will supply the demand for catapults, now the Euro-Castle is inactive? Looks like they've sneaked them into Space Port. (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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