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(...) We happened to be touring a factory in Billund on a day when they were making dark gray chains -- in fact, we brought some home, literally hot out of the machine. That said, we have no insights into the mystery of how they get formed except to (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have determined that the identical product (or something indistinguishably close) is available in 36 yard spools from JoAnn Fabrics and other retailers (though I have yet to find a store that has 1 or more full spools in stock). I contacted (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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This is probably of no help... but I shot a few pix of a "retired" 2x3 mold at Legoland CA this past summer... They are a bit blurry, but maybe I'll shoot a few more if I can make it out to BricksWest next month! Here are the links: (URL) that helps (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Yay! My New Web-Site!
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Yay! Look - Tell me if you dig my New Web Site! New MOCs will be featured here. (URL) will be my primary Web-Site now. It only contains MOCs. mylegomaster.com is still up, but it takes too long to update because of its size :( Refer to The (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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| | Re: Which 1x4x3 is better for skyscrapers: clear or transparent?
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Blue panels are far superior in appearance, but be sure to not use blue bricks for your walls. Here's an example of blue panels in a skyscraper I did a while back. (URL) this helps with your choice of aesthetics! - Thomas Michon www.scltc.org (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Dream 'bout Science kits
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Wow.. I dreamed last night that I saw in STORES those Science kits or sets from LEGO and NASA ! They were wonderfull and great ! ISS, space shuttle... The ISS was about 1 meter long ! I'm VERY curious about them !!! Mike (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I always supposed they would be made using a chain making machine, possibly extruding the plastic at the same time. Still pretty amazing. But then so are sewing machines. A maker of chain making machines, Sisma: (URL) who says Lego doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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You think that is bad, I have been practically exploding my brain trying to work out how the heck they injection mold the chains. Each link is a single piece, so all the links must be molded in place. I can't imagine that they mold the entire thing (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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I was sitting in front of the computer the other day and just staring at a 2x4 lego brick. How the heck do they make these things? They go against everything I've ever learned about injection molding; no draft angle, no radius in the corners, etc (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MISBI Lego Price Guide available NOW!
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(...) Oh, I agree completely. But when it comes to these two terms -- MISB and MIB -- there really shouldn't be too much messing around with what it's "supposed" to mean, and what it would mean in almost any other category of collectable. The key (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Which 1x4x3 is better for skyscrapers: clear or transparent?
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(...) When some of us built two very large (8 foot) buildings for the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas last spring, Paul Thomas chose clear and Thomas Michon chose transparent light blue. Ever since the event, Paul has (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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I get a 404 error: "Not Found The requested URL /cgi-bin/gallery.cgi was not found on this server." for any Brickshelf folder I try to visit. Kevin, are you working on something, or is it broken? --Bill. XFUT: lugnet.publish.html (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Frank, Look at the top of the home page at (URL) Gallery is temporarally offline while we move it to a new filesystem" -- Bill (TooMuchDew) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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Peeron was down too... Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3E2C4E15.9765CC...ing.com... (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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I'm getting 404s when I try and access the BrickShelf gallery: (...) Frank (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MISBI Lego Price Guide available NOW!
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(...) Have most people given up on eBay in favor of Bricklink? I find them both useful. In general I find that eBay is cheaper. It's in the nature of the method of sales. Someone wants to sell *now* versus someone who can wait until he gets his (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | I still prefer the 8862 backhoe. Much better IMHO!!
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(...) Meh. The 8862 backhoe is better, in my opinion. I like how it uses a mix of pneumatics and gears+axles. I love the solid chunky tires of 8862, and they fit much better a heavy tractor than the air filled balloon tires of 8466. (Which *do* fit (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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I think that by relying solely on eBay data that this reference will be of limited use. My reasons for this conclusion are as follows: 1) EBay prices don't seem to be particularly representative of anything to me, except sometimes something along (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dark blue (Re: My collection of colours)
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I just added dark blue (#21) to my stack-o-colours: (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Which 1x4x3 is better for skyscrapers: clear or transparent?
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I want to buy some 1x4x3 wall elements for building a skyscraper. What looks better: the clear ones (3507) or the tinted blue ones (3447)? (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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