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Yes, just call Lego Customer Service and tell them your situation, just as you described it here. They will gladly send out another baseplate. Paul Sinasohn (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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I'm not sure where these SHOULD go (being relatively new at this too), but these creations are far too great to get lost in the .test subgroup! Hence the cross-post to .general. As a child, I have watched the series quite a few times, and I liked it (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I received my 10041 Main Street from Lego last week, needless to say I'm very happy and it's an awesome set. Unfortunately, the T intersection baseplate is curved on one corner, making the plate very uneven when I place it on a perfectly (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Dear Nathanael, I love your supercar designs. If you have instructions, please let take a look. Your cars are great! Thanks, Bob Gomez (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, indeed - the plastic bags absorb the majority of the smell. The remainder of the smell usually fades after a day or two. For a least effort solution, I recommend putting your smelly lego in a plastic grocery bag for a bag and seeing what (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well, you know how they say, you snooze you lose? We I did ;.-( Seems like the contest at the BI Portal is over, they have 408 sets. Good luck to those who luckily entered. And keep watch for the "Lego Card Caddy" instructions soon. Congrats to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the pictures and review. The Clikits product seems very similar to the new Ello product from Mattel. Mattel even calls their product a creation system. (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general)
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(...) Try the color chart on Peeron, (URL) . I believe it has some PanTone codes. Steve (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Wow, very cool! :) (...) Hey! Careful there! Steve1 (just ask MichLUG (although currently, I'm more like Steve.1, 'cause I never do any club stuff)) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) My bad, I haven't told René who won the Milton Train Works(tm) special prize... because I haven't decided yet! Hard to decide, there's a lot of good vignettes. (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello Nathanael I would also like to have one. We have met in Leeuwarden on the Bouwsteen-dag in November 2002, you told me back then you have created your instructions by using another cad-programm and created all lego parts yourself. I advised you (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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All winners should be present now... but the special prices? It says that all winners should be published by yesterday :-) I post here because there is no mail for René, hope that he will get it somehow. I hope (expect) to see votes and comments for (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Cool, thanks! /Tobbe (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general)
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(...) And to reply to my own post.. The pictures of them attached to bricks are up. The review is updated with these pics. For the attachment on the stud I used a jumper plate to get the extra lift that is needed for a clean attachment. Also, the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general)
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(...) I first put that you can only connect the "clicker" (the part with the pin) to the bottom of a brick or plate. But I forgot to put in that you can connect the "clickee" to a stud. But it really helps you if you raise the stud up at least the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ditto, but more like 4101 and the robots. The price point has convinced me to get 'em all though! <<snipp good text>> (...) *trying not to order them from S@H right away* I hope they come to a local store so I can support them locally but the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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<<snipp>> (...) The part that does connect (how ever only to the back of bricks) is that the ones featured in the scanned parts table? I.e. can I attch one of the hearts to the bottom of a plate? More info on the interaction between the Clikits and (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed, blue text on black background does make my eyes hurt, literally! I have to point my mouse over the blue so it becomes yellow, then I can read it. When reading page contents it's good 'cause you don't see the menu text etc. but as soon (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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This summer Lego will introduce its newest line of Lego. This new line will be called CLIKITS and will be aimed towards girls. These Clikits are part of a new 'Arts and Crafts' line that Lego calls "A natural extension of the LEGO brand". These sets (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) I couldn't agree more. (...) You've said it all. I think the importance of sometimes not using minifigs and getting away from licensed themes cannot be overstated. This was and still is the core of the LEGO philosophy. Let's hope these things (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I would really appreciate an instruction book of that car. I believe a saw some pictures of the early edition somewhere and asked around who the maker was but could not locate the one who made it. I believe i saw it on some pictures of a show in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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"Richard Morton" <richard.morton@idyn...csinc.com> wrote in message news:HBJw4H.IxI@lugnet.com... (...) Yes it is, in red, brown and black. They have appeared elsewhere in grey: (URL) If so, I believe that this is a new piece and fits these items (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, It was a big surprise that I recently found a topic with pictures of my work. (URL) I couldn't wait to give some reply. It seems that some people are interested in my work. Thanx for that!!:) The story is that once I started an instruction (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for posting that Huw - I'm fevourishly waiting for them to become available in the USA. In this picture (URL) it looks like the wedge plates in the top left hand corner are 4 studs long - is that the case? If so, I believe that this is a new (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not at all Jeremy. I am glad to hear the feedback. Web site design is very subjective and not all designs appeal to all people. Having said that though, I will not dismiss your comments, but will keep them and compare them with other comments (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I have been looking forward to getting 4101 Wild Collection and 4401 Little Creatures ever since I first saw them due to the fact they made impressive looking models with a useful selection of basic bricks. Today they arrived from S@H, and I have to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hey Steven, Please don't take this wrong, but the new color scheme hurts my eyes. :x The content is still top-notch, but the redesign is not. Weather you change it or not, I will still keep visiting bimp! ~Jeremy (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego colors compared to PANTONE (TM) or HKS
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Hi All, Just found this great web site for color matching to many systems HLS, RGB, Pantone etc... (URL) matching! SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Red tub 4013 Create And Imagine scans
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(...) Thanks. Sadly, this is continuing the trend of an overloading towards 1x1, 1x2, and 2x2 bricks. Frank (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, Well, after realizing I had a nice surplus of tan pieces remaining from the Allercus Module project, and a few innovative parts Ideas, I attempted to build a street car design... ...and found my results to be rather pleasing. Anyway, here's (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Red tub 4013 Create And Imagine scans
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(...) You're welcome! :-) (...) Nope, not yet... (...) Me too! (...) Kecia (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent, thank you! You don't happen to have any of the other Creator sets do you? I'd love to see what's inside those new boxes, especially 4101 and the robot packs! Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Red tub 4013 Create And Imagine scans
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I have uploaded inventory and idea book scans of this new 1000 piece set. They can now be found at my website: (URL) (182K) Note that this tub contains the same pieces as 4107. Idea book is numbered 4013 as well as 4107. Kecia LEGO homepage - (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) is not a toy: it's a way of life! Build on! swrunyan@uswest.net "Duq" <lugnetpost@skipthis...tmfweb.nl> wrote in message news:HBH25z.Fnq@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, short question: what's the 'official' description of the minifig in 6733? I want to put it in my Bricklink shop, but can't find it in the list of minifigs.... Cheers, Duq (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What do you do with completed MOCs? Recap post.
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(...) Sup (...) I've definetly got to go with 2. Take lots of pictures, Swoosh it around, then scrap it. (...) Basically, Its a pretty cool idea to ask people what they do with their old MOCs, but after some responses people are gonna figure someone (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifig Halloween costume
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(...) No, but in order to achieve the maximum horror effect, he should have gone for Timmy instead :-) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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Hi all, My old co-worker is out on vacation, so we got a temp who finally showed up today: (URL) pretty quiet, tends to loaf...but he is good at the crossword puzzle! Anybody worked with this guy? Joe (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Minifig Body Parts in Teal
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Hello Everyone, I am trying to figure out if the following parts were ever available in Teal. 982 Arm Right 970 Hips I have been searching BrickLink, Peeron and any minifig pics I could find, but so far have been unable to locate this information. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Anyone here seen this already? (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 1000 piece red tub #4013 Create and Imagine
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<<snip>> (...) Nope: "Sorry, item is not available in this country." /Tobbe (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have seen 4107 having a list price around 500 DKK in Denmark, but it has been on sale for 300 DKK. 4013 only costs 350 DKK according to S@H, which makes it much cheaper! So that is kind of weird. Kecia (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is available in The Netherlands trough S@H, but the price is 44,99 Euro. The 4107 costs about 33 euro over here, so I think it is rather expensive. But, I haven't seen what is in the tub yet :-) Saskia (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is available in The Netherlands trough S@H, but the price is 44,99 Euro. The 4107 costs about 33 euro over here, so I think it is rather expensive. But, I haven't seen what is in the tub yet :-) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So did I! (...) I agree. (...) Absolutely! (...) Which alltogether, makes it seem like it have the same pieces as 4107 (unless it has wheels and tires)? But that would be weird, since 4013 costs 350 DKK, whereas 4107 costs 500 DKK in Denmark. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 1000 piece red tub #4013 Create and Imagine
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(...) No, and I browsed the entire S@H less then 24h ago! Looking at the bigger photo: (URL) looks like; Black Red Green Brown White Graey :) Tan Yellow Possible plates? The lid print has one red car, two houses, a yellow truck and a car. The cars (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Going Ape Crazy...
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(...) Perhaps they *make* some of the instructions? Gasp! Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 1000 piece red tub #4013 Create and Imagine
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(...) How can you tell? :) I looked at the itty bitty pics on the LEGO.com site but can't really tell any of the colors or pieces. And since there's no parts listing on LEGO.com I am just curious how we're to know what's in it without seeing one up (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 1000 piece red tub #4013 Create and Imagine
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Looks like its a very simular or the same part selection as 4107. I do however like the new color of the bucket. It will help tremendusly when trying to find the electrical bucket at a train show. ONDREW (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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i would use a simple green and antibacterial mix in warm water. the simple green will remove the smoke, and the antibacterial will help to make sure you never get sick from using a lego that a 5 year old kept in their mouth. -tk "Mark Ferris" (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Try using simple green. I think a 30% simple green to 70% water and soaking them in a bucket might work.. I've been using it lately, and found that it works quite well for cleaning, and Simple Green has a minty-type scent... Scott Lyttle (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wonder if they'd be able to interpret LEGO instructions???? ROSCO (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi! (...) I talked with a chemsit a few days ago about the same problem. This is what he supposed: 1. Nicotin does not like heat, 40-50°C is nice for the water. That temp should not do any harm to the bricks. 2. Nicotin is a kind of oil. Adding (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) " ABS is an amorphous thermoplastic blend. The recipe is 15-35% acrylnitrile, 5-30% butadiene and 40-60% styrene. Depending on the blend different properties can be achieved." As to the original question, it's hard to talk about the molecular (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually it is already available in Europe and Australia, but not in the US... Kecia :-) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Not sure if anyone saw this or posted about it, but I found it interesting. (URL) would like to see a follow up if these guys figure out how to actually build something. Although if they start showing up at LUG meetings, I will get worried... :) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks worthwhile. It says it is not available yet, and the packaging in the image indicates this is another set with an age group of 6 to 99. That makes me all happy inside. :) Hope this one becomes available soon. -Hendo (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | New 1000 piece red tub #4013 Create and Imagine
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Just saw this new 1000 piece red tub at S@H: (URL) is lower than 4107. Anyone seen information about this before? Kecia :-) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | New feature at our website: LEGO Picture Captining
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Hello all! First, i'd like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for the 999 votes we have so far for the Minifig Hall of Fame this month!!! It's a huge improvement over last month's 37 votes. We are very happy to announce we have added another (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: New Program available that will make your life easier
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"Rob Hendrix" <rhendrix.removebefo...g@cei.net> skrev i meddelandet news:HB919E.Bpz@lugnet.com... (...) Welcome to the guild! (...) Some :-) Since 1973, done it for a living since 1980. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Thematically I suppose I could have waited a couple of weeks and announced this small sculpture on my own birthday, but I'm sure I'll have something else to announce by then, so here goes: (URL) welcome, eric (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !
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(...) I have used a liquid disinfectant soap to great success. What I do is dump the smokey parts into a soapy bath and leave them for at least a day, if not several. Then I dump them out (the water often runs black), rinse them, and then run them (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I would bet that this decrease in mass/stud as the brick lengthens has to do with the fact that for the smaller bricks the end 'walls' account for more volume on a percentage basis. eric (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Look a little bit harder. Note that the bottom studs, in a normal brick extending all the way up, are interupted by the pegholes in a technic brick. I estimate that the surface to subtract for the two holes in the brick wall and the surface to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Use Lysol Kitchen Cleaner - white bottle with purple trim. I use it full strength on ABS Lego that is really bad, or cut it all the way down to about 1/8 strength for the old Acetate Lego or really weathered stuff. It will even take the smoke smell (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I purchased some bulk Legos on eBay recently and unfortunately they must have come from a smoking house. Any recommendations on washing Legos to cut this smell down? Thanks. (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) from a thread about two years ago- of course this is half the length you need. (URL) brick = 3.06061 g 1x8 technic brk = 2.89084 g It's interesting to note the relative mass per stud appears to decrease as the length of the brick increases. I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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(...) You may find these sets now called 'Junior' instead of Jack Stone. They are exactly the same. We have had the new road plates for a while, and what we have noticed is that on the back of the pack where you have the suggestions for your town, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 - new road plates sighted
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Kmart Brunswick - new WIDE roads. Picture shows "Cre8r"&"Jax" dudes living in relative harmony with "Minis". No 2003 catlogs though. Sorry didn't check price. I am happy to see new road plates, I used to love mixing up my Road, Crater and Space (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
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(...) Jake, generating thumbnails automatically is actually pretty easy to do. There are several ways of doing it, depending on your OS, etc. Even if you are not able to generate them on your server, it's still easy to set something up. If you're (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: attn: chemists
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"Nick Oranzi" <cheez11111@yahoo.com> mumbled in news:HB9B36.C7q@lugnet.com: (...) just tried to find the formula so we could get the molar weight... Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins consist of a styrene- acrylonitrile copolymer matrix (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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"Nick Oranzi" <cheez11111@yahoo.com> mumbled in news:HB9B36.C7q@lugnet.com: (...) well that's an interesting question.. let's see.. search google for "lego material plastic carbon" lots of results.. but this one: (URL) us that the material is in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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Just met a guy in a bar tonight that told me his good friend named George that lived in Omaha Nebraska died when he was 10 or so from inhaling and choking on a Lego brick. I'm guessing that this was about 14-16 years ago. I was amazed, but not quite (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The 2003 catalog
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(...) snip (...) HEY!!! I got a 2003 catalog in the Geonosian Fighter set (#4478)! woohoo! I can scan & post pics on Brickshelf if anyone wants, but there's nothing new that hasn't been seen on the Marz Distribution website. Jeff (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | attn: chemists
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does anyone know the molecular weight of legos? How much is one mole of our favorite building bricks? Ever since i began chemistry, this question has been bothering me. Fire up the ole mass specs and let's get some data! (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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Hello, Well, after experimenting with another batch of parts from bricklink, I built a small village module. (Unfortunately, it's about 1.5 times larger than MM standard. 24x24) Here's the gallery. (URL) some more description behind the pictures. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Lego sonnet
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I hope this is the right group to post this, i didn't seem to find a .poetry section... Here's my sonnet i wrote for English class, It is really bad but it was my first attempt at iambic pentameter. I based it on the italian sonnet style but i (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
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(...) Ask Kevin Loch how he generates the Brickshelf thumbnails... ROSCO (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) How about resizing the images via code. i.e. look at the dimensions of the image and scale it down to meet your requirements. I guess it depends on the type of code you are working in, I know that Java has something, (I believe its part of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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Thanks Eric! :-) Dave "Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:HB7Es3.6z7@lugnet.com... (...) holes (...) to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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:D, that's OK. You can show me up!! I've only been doing this 6 months... You may have been programming for years! -Rob "Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> wrote in message news:HB8pCn.uq@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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From WFSB-CBS Channel 3 in Hartford, CT Danish toy maker Lego is laying off workers from its Enfield-based operations. The company's North American operations are based in Enfield. A company spokesman says today's 72 layoffs are part of the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm interesting. My conclusion from that would be that the "cylinder" containing the holes is significantly thinner than the brick walls. ROSCO (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have thought about that a lot. The problem is that it increases the amount of time I have to moderate... meaning, what if someone submits an image that is 4mb? Do I reject it and then go back and forth via email to explain why? Or do I open (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) as long as i'm not the only one on the list :) (...) how about hosting the thumbnails? each thumbnail should be in the range of 2.5kb, so even at 1000 instructions, you'd be under 5mb. (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) Very good ideas. So what would be interesting is a way that users could upload a text file or something that contains description data for the parts... something more "formalized" than a simple dump from MLCad, but not much more than that. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Noted and added to the list. I have noticed this problem too, and really the key is that I need to add the ability to add an instruction to more than one category. This is a major requirement and first step. Once that's done, then I need to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Jake, I don't know how hard this would be, but how about a searchable flag or label for instructions that are alternate models from another set or set(s)? This would be good for folks who are looking to see what neat models they can build (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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"Sonnich Jensen" <sonnich@hot.ee> skrev i meddelandet news:HB6tu7.JqI@lugnet.com... (...) Well, as you noticed, it's not so small - you need to download one or more VB dll:s to get it to work (up to 2-4 MB). A 300kB Delphi prog. wouldn't need (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) you asked, so here it goes :) there seem to be a lot of instructions mis-categorized, like lots of vehicles directly under town, instead of being in the vehicle sub-category. i realize that this is a big job, so here's the idea -- how about (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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Hello, I decided to build a dark red building and went with plates since they are so readily available. In building, I had to stack about 18 1x2's next to 18 2x4 wing plates (like from the mini jedi starfighter). They do not come out to be the same (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) << Major great ideas snip-o-rama >> Jason, great point, and thanks for the suggestions. I will try to figure out a good way to get this changed up. You are probably right, the nav might be a bit hidden. So on this front, what else would you (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) I had never seen one until two tan ones showed up in Yoda. However, I just call them 1 x 16 'bricks'. I only think of 'beam' when referring to the Technic versions. I'm not sure how much it matters... they're both LEGO pieces. :) Here's a list (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You can actually use nothing but LEGO bricks to answer the original question. Since the question was "Which weighs more?" I went on the assumption that he didn't care "how much does each beam weigh?" but rather which one is heavier as compared (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I've got a another update for the A&M LEGO Place website! This one is a new FLASH animation entitled LEGO TRON! Check it out at: (URL) to the bottom of the page) For those of you who atteneded brickswest 2003 (www.brickswest.com) this version is an (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Amazing!(1) And quite counterintuitive, if you ask me. Volume and surface are not always tightly correlated but the Technic beam has lots more surface area. 1 - I'm assuming you actually weighed 50 of each and did the math or whatever. I have (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Nope, My scale shows: 1x16 regular brick: 6 grams 1x16 Technic beam: 5 grams Eric Harshbarger (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've never seen a non-Technic 1x16 beam. (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My guess is the technic beam would probably weigh slightly more. ROSCO (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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All, Today was a landmark day for the Building Instructions Portal...today we surpassed 100,000 click thrus! (URL) more than 100,000 occasions, a user of the B.I. Portal has searched for an instruction, clicked the link to that instruction, and then (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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