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Looks kinda weird. Do you know how it works? Especially this ball hovering in this vertical tube? BTW Leo Dorst in Holland has made a working tailclock from lego pieces. I don't know the link, but it is on everything Lego. Jeroen Ottens (private (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fence colours
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(...) Oh, you can get a view of it at (URL) Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A gable is the peak of the roof. The gable connector is the piece used to make two gables meet. It's a 1x2 peak with inverted slope sticking out the side. From the side, it looks something like this: +----- | / | / +--- Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No problem Simon, a gable (in the context I am using it) is a peak roof piece. A gable connector is one of those 2x2 (regular sloped) peak pieces that looks like someone took a bite out of it. In a roof construction, it is used when you use (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I like pink (was Fence colours)
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(...) Perhaps it's time for the 'Lego extra-marital affair' range. Featuring 4355 'Secret Rendezvous', 4358 'The "Adult" Education Class' and 4344 'Anne Summers Party' Now that would be a new image for Lego. I'm sure it would sell in huge numbers (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Excuse my ignorance but I can't quite figure out what a gable connector is (even after looking at the 2152 set picture.) (Come to that, what's a gable?) Another roof brick I'd be interested in is the one for inside corners - I remember they used to (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How long can that last? Steve "I've got boys" Bliss [1] Wow, that 'funny middle name' thing is almost as much fun as 'run-away footnoting'![2] [2] Not to mention 'no reference' footnoting! (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks for the info Mark, I guess those 2x3 black gates aren't as rare as I originally thought. But to put them together with red fence pieces? That seems pretty strange. It makes me think that sometimes TLG puts together service packs based on (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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-- Mark Koesel koesel@umich.edu Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message 36DAC4A2.3A677305@umich.edu... (...) Hey Gary, check this out: (URL) you believe that they put red 2x4's in the same pack as black 2x3 gates? I fail to see the logic in (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Clock which counts the time using LEGO Technic parts
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Here's a link with pictures of a LEGO Technic clock thing. It's kinda fun, IMO. (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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