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The Animated Brick Company is proud to announce that its latest brickmation video “plasticgrass” will be airing on MTV beginning Saturday, January 25, 2003. It is scheduled to be shown that day at 4:41 PM EST (during either “The Osbournes” or “Clone (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Re: Change in LEGO set numbering scheme?
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:H96vxA.KtI@lugnet.com... (...) < snipped a lot> (...) Well, we are slowly seeing the emergence of five digit numbers in the system (trains, UCS). One thought- if it's 88xx, then the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Wins Pirate Case in China
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(...) Take a look at TLC's picture of whats inside a BLOCKO Harry Potter set: (URL) at the minifig box with workers; it looks appealing to me - mayde TLC should be inspired by the clones?!? Also look at this pic: (URL) is wellknown, but look at the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Change in LEGO set numbering scheme?
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"Mark D. McKean" <qpanda@quantumpanda.com> wrote in message news:H96uKx.Fv8@lugnet.com... (...) (don't (...) strikes (...) It is in _the_ database: (URL) Previously, all 8xxx sets were Technic. I think the reason for using the 8xxx series for these (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Change in LEGO set numbering scheme?
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[I'm posting this in .general because none of the database groups seem appropriate. Reroute FUT as appropriate.] I recently picked up one of the new Racers sets, Pro-Stunt, set #8350 (don't bother looking it up, it's not in the database yet). Now, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The One Brick...(LOTR LEGO)
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(...) No, you've got to understand, that isn't how TLC does it... :-) :-) :-) The set will come with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and 1 Orc. There will be one man of Gondor in the big set... :-) However, we have nothing to fear about these sets since (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Poems 4 new ones
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I've completed the last of the Vero Poems in the series! Furthermore I have also added 3 additional poems 2 in the general section and one in the evil section! The poems are: Vero Series - Vero 4 if only time was right Evil Series - but to look at (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The One Brick...(LOTR LEGO)
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(...) #13015 II Battle of Helms Deep Approx. $xx.xx Figs 2 Men of Gondor, 4 Orcs Including wall section (+) By purchasing multiples of these sets, one could build as large as they desire without having too many 'character' minifigs. i.e. as in how (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Animals!
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Hello Pedro, (...) I'm missing animals too and could be eaten up with envy seeing my little daughter playing with her DUPLO sheep and cows... But I'm working on animals made out of bricks (although, as you wrote, this isn't what you really want), I (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | The One Brick...(LOTR LEGO)
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I dearly wished LEGO would of got a license agreement with LOTR instead of HP. Oh well. Based apon upon the outstanding LOTR Triliogy, I bring you: LOTR LEGO! (note: these sets are based upon the movies, not the books) #13000 Wraith Encounter (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need some help Creating a Excel lego catalog !!
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(...) The above should be 5908. It's number 2 in the "Build'n Play" books series. I recently acquired one if you want a cover scan. Cheers Steve Scott www.misbi.com (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need some help Creating a Excel lego catalog !!
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XFUT to the relevent group. . . TWS Garrison (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Need some help Creating a Excel lego catalog !!
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Hi All , i have been working on a detailed catalog off and on for about 3 years. i am missing some pictures of some sets (preferably a scan of front page of instructions) and information on others that i cannot seem to track down.. I am looking for (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Luke Skywalker: Project LIGHTsaber
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I finished Darth Vader tonight. He took me a bit longer to do. It seems he was unwilling to cooperate. (URL) click on Creations... One click shortcut to Creations page: (URL) Hendrix" <rhendrix.removebefo...g@cei.net> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My modular castle creations
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I read every word that you wrote… I viewed every picture you posted… And I considered your statements in its entirety… …Thus, all I have to say is: !!!FINALLY, this is so RIGHT!!! This is what we want… This is what will sell… These are the type of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.general)
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| | The Pelican flying boat
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The Pelican is a heavily modified SeaPlane built to have all the comforts of home while you travel the world. The discovery wings channels had a special about flying boats all last week and i just had to build one. LMKWYT -Semaj (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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"Rob Hendrix" <rhendrix.removebefo...g@cei.net> wrote in message news:H91q9E.J9B@lugnet.com... (...) What kind of drill bit did you use on the hand? Must have been as thin as hair. Cool and such bright ideas you get. ;) -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Luke Skywalker: Project LIGHTsaber
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(...) Very very cool, and I agree, Darth Maul would make a great subject for this treatment. Adrian (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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I thought this was AWESOME!!!!! Any Darth Maul's I can look forward to? "Rob Hendrix" <rhendrix.removebefo...g@cei.net> wrote in message news:H91q9E.J9B@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 3033 on the shelf again?
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(...) So you're saying there's a blue tub widely available in Asia, and it carries the set number 3033 but it has a different inventory? That's really weird. Lego has released a number of new and different basic brick assortments lately here in the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | LEGO wins in Chinese High Court
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Crossposted to lugnet.mediawatch ---...--- (...) BBC News Online Tuesday, 21 January, 2003, 13:16 GMT Lego Defeats the Chinese Pirates * photo caption: Children first got their hands on Lego bricks in 1958 Danish toy-maker Lego Company has won a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | 3033 on the shelf again?
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Hi Everyone, I am new to Lugnet. I have heard so much about the 3033s, and about AFOL complaining about it being discontinued. I have seen the blue tubs all over Asia (now in stock, and a lot of them). Is this tub only available in Asia? I bought a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO wins in court
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Yeah! I am glad the Coko company lost. Their copies are so close to the originals, they were truely making a "clone brand". Jeremy (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Wow! that video clip was great! Thanks for capturing the video. Nice job on the show, Steve! We are in the presence of LEGO Robotic royalty! Dave K (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO wins in court
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Got word of this on NPR: (URL) good to see the Chinese courts ruled in LEGO's favor. Adr. (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Rob Limbaugh re-encoded it so it's only 36megs now. I may attempt to recapture it, the audio is pretty bad. (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Mine is 73.2 MB and 7:20 long so I assume your download failed. /Tobbe (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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Thanks! And great job, Steve! BTW, it appears to be only 37meg. Worth every byte. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Luke Skywalker: Project LIGHTsaber
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One word: WOW! or maybe FANTASTIC! or... What a precision job you've done with the wiring...makes me embarassed of the cumbersome LEDs and exposed wiring in my custom Falcon. Most impressive! :) -Brian (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Luke Skywalker: Project LIGHTsaber
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Check out my newest creation. Luke Skywalker with a lightup LED Lightsaber. Go to www.cei.net/~rhendrix/lego.html and click on Creations. LMKWYT -Rob (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What Process are Lego Bricks Manufactured With?
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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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| | Re: LEGO compatible bungee cord source?
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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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| | Re: What Process are Lego Bricks Manufactured With?
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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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| | What Process are Lego Bricks Manufactured With?
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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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| | Brickshelf broken??
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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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| | Re: Is BrickShelf ill?
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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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| | Re: Is BrickShelf ill?
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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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| | Is BrickShelf ill?
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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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| | Re: MISBI Lego Price Guide available NOW!
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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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| | Re: Which 1x4x3 is better for skyscrapers: clear or transparent?
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I was leaning towards the clear ones since they're a "neutral" color. Do the clear ones make the skyscraper look goofy? "Amy Hughes" <lugnews@amyhughes.org> wrote in message news:H8znBt.JF@lugnet.com... (...) one (...) the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Which 1x4x3 is better for skyscrapers: clear or transparent?
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(...) I've used both in my buildings, but the blue ones are most visible in the one tower I built. I think the color helps with scale. In a real building, in the sunlight, you can't see inside very well. (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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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.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) I've captured the segment and converted it to an MPEG. It's large (very, very large) at 73megs. Sorry about the audio quality, I was having trouble getting the level adjusted. (URL) DON'T PAY MORE FOR WEB HOSTING THAN WHAT YOU WANT TO PAY At (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | Re: MISBI Lego Price Guide available NOW!
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:H8vGyL.DnB@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) "Premium content" will be developed as the site (and depth of data) evolves. I have plans to introduce a collection valuation tool where the user can (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | HOLY CRIPES ON TOAST! Sex Pistols reference on LEGO.com!
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Check this out! It's SO cool! (URL) one, it's a LONG interview with the director of the White Stipes music video! Number two...he references the Sex Pistols...and they kept it in! WOW! Either someone slipped up (Sex Pistols ain't exactly kiddie (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | webbed dish and rod/bar
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I've tried to find the webbed radar dish and any rod/bar in 3 colors and can't i found blue dish and blue rods i found red dish and red rods orange dish, no rods yellow rods, no dish etc can anyone tell me if there is a third color that has the dish (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Help with construction detail
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FUT ---> .castle only Hi, folks! I'm in need of some suggestions as to how to attach this helicopter rotor: (URL) a Technic axle. The rotor is designed to fit on a pin and spin freely, I'd like to use it as the base for the vanes of a windmill and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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Hi, My two cents : - Is there somewhere any video online from TechTV ? - Did someone else succesfully made one working ? Christophe (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) YES!! Way to go, Steve. (...) It was *awesome* to see your models in action. :-) Made me totally want one. LEGO Company: take note! the RCX can impress without shooting household pets, breaking dinner plates, or videoing sis in bathroom (as (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Inferior colour rendering in this year's instructions
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(...) I had this identical problem, so it's not just you. Certain colors are *horribly* rendered, such as the orange in the Star Wars mini sets (check out the pod racers-- the orange in Sebulba's racer is way off). It doesn't always lead directly to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Slightly different picts for #4731
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Wonder why LEGO went with (...) Not really... The (early) Lugnet version is from an early "leak" courtesy of 1000steine.de (which is why it is in German). The (later) Brickset version is the actual retail copy of the set. Lucious Malfoy is supposed (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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(...) His name is Lucius Malfoy...and he comes from a very rich and prestigeous Wizarding family, so I guess his "snotty" behaviour is somewhat justified. Ben (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another "borrowed" picture...
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(...) Oh I'd bet they read them and then ignored or didn't understand what they read. Of course, then again I've grown more cynical lately. Mike (23 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh yeah... the quality of instructions, plus all the new colors, makes it difficult to build stuff sometimes. Back when there was only black, white, and grey, I had no problems telling the 3 apart. Now that they've added dark grey, I find (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had the same problem-I do NOT like the new color-confusion 'art' at all. I was trained in architecture in college & also took many art courses & did art on my own (& still do); A VERY important concept is to make one's ideas easily read, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's not just you it's impacted me, at least. I consider it a retrograde step too, it tripped me up confusing white and grey. Milton Train Works(tm) instructions will not use shading in the foreseeable future, I don't think... (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've noticed that it tends to be particularly bad on slopes. If the sloped side is facing the light source (upper right, IIRC) then it is rendered about five shades too light. Rounded pieces tend to look really weird, too. In my opinion they (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is the peeron news ticker having problems?
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(...) Thanks for the quick response Dan! I've grown so accustomed to checking it every now & then I almost had withdrawal symptoms! ROSCO (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Now does this qualify as good Lego marketing?
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(...) Where did you find this? In a retail shop? I was thinking that perhaps it was a gift from LEGO to some employee after 10 years of faithful service, or something of that ilk. That might make some sense. --Bill. (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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While at LEGOLAND Windsor last year on 'business' I picked up a copy of the internal employee newspaper 'LEGO Life'. In it was an article about a new CAD system being introduced to create instruction diagrams, called 3D Vision. This year all the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A&M LEGO Place LEGO Poem Update
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Just added another poemin the vero series. Check it out here: (URL) entitled: #1 La Reina Maya I also translated the poem to english for our non-spanish reading firends. click on the link called #1 The Maya Queen -AHui (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | More Megablok...
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I don't get what the Lego Magazine's obsession is with featuring models made out of Megablok. (URL) not as bad as if it were a Megablok set, but still... And it was featured as the picture in a 'Set Reviewer contest.' -JHK (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Slightly different picts for #4731
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(...) It's Malfoy Sr. (can't remember his name) Very well portrayed in the movie, and he had blond hair, just like his snotty kid. Dave K (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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| | Slightly different picts for #4731
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Was just telling a friend how I picked up several copies of #4731 (Dobby's Release) when I noticed that the picture on LUGNET was wrong. Compare: LUGNET: (URL) BRICKSET: (URL) minifig hair is black on LUGNET & blond on BRICKSET... the correct (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MISBI Lego Price Guide available NOW!
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(...) Well-- I don't think I'd expect an exact price-per-condition guide. IE if I have a complete 6980 with decent pieces and a ratty 6080 that's missing some stuff, I could still guestimate given ranges. So if I see that 30 Non-MISB 6980's have (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If we take December 2002 as an example, there were approx 34,000 listings in the Lego category. Searching through the headings for keywords such as "MISB", "MIB", "UNOPENED" etc is straightforward and produces reliable results, whilst removing (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I specifically designed MISBI.com as an archive of Ebay prices and have no plans to "incorporate" data from other sources at this time. I accept that it would be beneficial to have the ability to "reference" additional data, in which case (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you see anything else that is off-topic, send me a link. KL (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes he did ask for help (not a broadcast request, but he did ask individuals). Larry was one of the recruits. However, when things blew up over what was being moderated, and acusations of deleting content were flying, Kevin decided that if he (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) yah - the problem is that it's scheduling (for reasons beyond my control) was done from my home machine. Yesterday we had our DSL disconnected (as DirecTV decided it doesn't make them enough money), so my home machine wasn't able to trigger (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm. Mine (from 10045) have neither of those problems. The top "brick" section is hollow, as are the studs, with strengthening flanges up the sides, and they fit together side-by-side no worries, and no problem attaching plates to the top. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Rookie mistake--I meant: (URL) 'bout that... :) Dave K (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Here's a challange that anyone can join: Start with a 2 x 8 brick, attach a 2 x 4 brick on it like so: (URL) add another 2 x 4 brick so that only one stud is attached to the 2 x 4 underneath it. Turn the new 2 x 4 so it touches the stud next to it, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:H8u9yn.1Bz@lugnet.com... (...) quite (...) I dunno Ross, all I Request is an update op link to "De Bouwsteen" ;-) [ j o n ] -- | Lego - (URL) Shipyard - (URL) Moonbase - (URL) Store - (URL) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Steve and all! (...) I think that this is a WONDERFUL source for Lego collectors or for those who want to start collecting. I think the only thing that I would like to know is why it has to be just MISB or MIB sets? Why can't it be any set (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) doesn't seem to have updated for quite a while is there a problem with it? ROSCO (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> So I got home tonite, remembered this posting, went and dug up a few pieces, and this is what I got at the end of the day... (URL) has a few distinctions-- -No directions so I'm not sure if it's entirely accurate. -I have two sets of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If I recall correctly, didn't Mr. Loch ask for help with moderation when he originally set up the process? (or did his decisions for volunteer moderation arise some 'concerns' due to rivalry between certain parties?) Maybe I'm just being (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> I believe that Kevin Loch is doing all the moderation himself. Hope that helps. (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Adam Murtha writes: ... (...) I remember reading that anything remotely related to Lego was OK, but lately it seems that anything non-obscene is making it through. I hate to complain though, considering the speed of brickshelf (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe some of the moderators aren't exactly doing their job? (stuff like that would belong on Geekshelf...) Actually, I believe the whole perpose of www.geekshelf.com was to facilitate non-lego images, while brickshelf dealt with only lego (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I'm always lagging in the comment department as of late, but I would also like to extend my compliments for a truely useful site. (and another nice site to bookmark in my favorites page.) Anyhow, great site overall, and definitely nice (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Ok, I know that everything that is now uploaded on Brickshelf has to be checked to see if it is relavent and such. But how on earth did this get on: (URL) just curious when I have to wait days for a MOC or new train layout to be cleared, yet this (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So-- I have to ask-- BrickLink has (I assume) similar data, which theoretically would be easier to extract & sort. Any chance that their data might get incorporated into MISBI? Also, since it's in part manual, any chance that *used* sets could (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was one of the lucky few who got a preview of this, and who gave a little prerelease feedback. I was blown away! This is incredibly nifty! It's just the thing for doing "what if" analysis, whether you are a buyer or a seller or both. In (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:H8tpB8.E9x@lugnet.com... (...) I'm (...) database. (...) Thankfully, I am able to harvest the data automatically (don't ask!), but there still remains an unhealthy amount of manual work in order (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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What a nifty resource! This is why I love the Lugnet community. They're always coming up with amazing new things. How does it gather the data? I'm hoping you're not manually entering all the Lego auctions into your database. Adrian (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Folks Announcing www.misbi.com the web's first fully searchable archive of historical prices achieved by MISB and MIB Lego sets on Ebay. Not only can you check previous prices in US Dollars, Euros and Pounds Sterling, but you can also see (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !!
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There will be three robot competitions held at BricksWest 2003: R/C Off-Road Racing: (URL) Drag Racing: (URL) finally there will be the third installment of BRICKHEAP WARS. BrickHeap Wars is a LEGO Mindstorms competition loosely based on Junk Yard (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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