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(...) by adding a 1x3 slope to each side) it would increase attachable area, and stabilize the piece. This could also be done with the medium slope (increase to 3x3 with 1x2 slope area added to each side.) Of course, If they went and did all of the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Low Corner Slopes in Roof Parts Packs?
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(...) ^^^...^^^ (...) Rob (...) because (...) exist (...) Yup, I said that first, I just neglected to use accepted terminology :) I'm not sure that the concave (or inside corner, if you prefer) would give enough area to attach to a stud at the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was always my understanding that the reason that roof pieces have a lip (i.e. the small vertical edge before the slope starts) was to provide a standard way, independent of slope angle, to keep the interior side of the slope from "crashing (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) James, if you want a low-slope gable connector, then I'd want (most assuredly Rob Farver too) a low-slope INSIDE CORNER 3x3 brick, which also doesn't exist, because that is the piece that would give a low-slope gable connector a reason to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm - It *should* be possible - unless I'm horribly mistaken (won't know for sure until I get home and do some comparisons), the area for a single stud on a pyramid roof peak should be the same as the area for a stud in the "corner" of a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question to Collectors
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Thinking about your dilemma, you could[1] grab all ten copies of a single bag, and sort out the pieces from that bag. Repeat for all bags. Then build one model to discover the required pieces, and collect 10x from each pile. BTW, I may be having an (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Pitsco will not send me a catalog because I live outside the USA. Spectrum, their Canadian distributor, doesn't have much of a selection in their catalogs when it comes to LEGO/Dacta, but they can order some stuff that isn't in their catalogs. So, I (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Don't get me wrong -- I'm glad they didn't do a Town, Jr. sort on it (which would have helped you out). But usually the parts are sorted into baggies a bit more logically, by size. I can imagine these things required an inefficient setup in the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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They could've put them on the *outside* of the crate, on the clear plastic lid. That is (a) where it belongs and (b) easier to remove. Has DACTA always been manufactured in Europe? I thought it used to be a US-only thing. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Since, everyone is "sharing"... My nephew was born with several heart defects, and unfortunately he did not make it. During one visit to his grave I gave him my favorite knight. My brother cleans the knight off and stands him up when he goes to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | This is Lugnet
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) there.. Thank you Lugnet!!! For the organization and civility. With the switch from a single large newsgroup, we (AFOL) have been advanced light years in what can be accomplished. I just had this thought when I read (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Oh CANADA.... S@H weekly specials begin!
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The first posting of the Canadian S@H weekly specials were put in *.lsahs (Followup-To this group), but I also put them in lugnet.announce since it was the first time :) I will volunteer to post to the group like Tom does for the states. LINC (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Darn. I though I was the only one that liked that pink color. I've got a book on Miami Beach Art Deco Architecture of the 1930's. WOW, it is awesome! I plan on recreating some of these fabulous Art Deco Moderne 1930's pastel creations using some of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ya know folks, this is what I really love about being in contact with all of you AFOL's, both in Lugnet and RTL - sharing all this info. (It certainly is more satisfying than flaming newbies, or going of on senseless threads ...) No single one of us (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Put them up for auction - I'll be after those as well :) (Us paradisa pink brick lovers come out of the closet) But why on Earth have you got a Paradisa set if you don't want pink bricks...? If anyone got any blue or yellow fences to sell as (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You'd rather they juniorized it with a set bag with picture per set??? Bendyarm did an inventory... let me root and get back to you, after I check with him to see if he's OK with sharing it. (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) YES! Put them up for auction (or just sell them to me.. :-) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wahoo! I won!
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(...) Blissfully ignorant, I'd say. Jasper (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Oh CANADA.... S@H weekly specials begin!
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(...) Not here in lugnet.general, but in lugnet.announce.lsahs and lugnet.market.shopping. Note that you can subscribe to the groups as mailing lists -- (URL) that you can receive the announcements via e-mail as soon as they're known. :) --Todd (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Sounds like there'll be some good deals. Will they be posted here regulary? Rod legobot@hotmail.com smile lots (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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