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(...) I tried to post multiple times about this last night but kept getting denied by the news server for some reason. There's a commercial for this episode of "While You Were Out" currently running on TLC so if you watch that network at all you'll (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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It's been a few weeks since the The Hobby Show in Toronto: (URL) I'm curious to know what you think now that some time has passed. The 'you' I'm hoping to hear from is anyone who was a booth participant, anyone who came by to visit, anyone who (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: a nice juicy rumor to start the day...
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(...) Actually, it's 9.99 for 10 ornaments - and the Target stores in my area are selling them for less than $7.00 now. I'm tempted to get them, but we're only doing a tiny tree this year, and there'd be no room for them with all of the ornaments we (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hejo, Yes, it was I. I don't read the groups here that often, sorry. We got in contact and I sent one of my povray files that contain the mentioned settings. I must however give all credits to Jeroen de Haan. All I know I learned from him and his (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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Does anyone have a good scan of the Bank Sticker from 1490? Or maybe even a sticker sheet for sale... Posted for: Eng Wee Lean, from Malaysia, e-mail him @ weelean76[SPAM]@hotmail.com Josh (22 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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As a Blacktron fan I very much like... But what about the Renegade? :-) It is after all the best Balcktron ship! -Jason (22 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Coolest Picture
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(...) It is two 44 x 44 plated together. JOHN (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That doesn't help you guys for those of us that don't have LUGNET accounts (yet?), like myself. ~Mike (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's a Scala dollhouse floor. It's basically a huge megabrick type of thing. Either 22x44 or 44x44 (I'm guessing this is a 22x44 one). Great for roofing over large spaces. Frank (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think it will be a problem. If I encounter any names that don't seem to fit, I'll check with a few others to see if they recognize them. In general, I believe people here on LUGNET to be honest folk ~Kevin Blocksidge (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooh, good idea. I claim these accounts: (URL) just so darn prolific that I put up several galleries to highlight my different building styles. :) Oh, wait, Sean used his real name as his username. Darn. I guess the jig is up. On the overall (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Office Xmas decoration
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(...) Funny stuff. I like the hole in the ice best. The Bohrok carapace for a door is effective. The tableau reminds me of the recent storyline on Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com) in which the forces of Halloween attack Thanksgiving Castle. (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Chance to bring the Brick to sick children
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I noticed several mentions of this project on different sites recently. The Penny Arcade ((URL) site has organized a toy drive for the Seattle Children's Hospital through Amazon.com It started out as a way to show the world that gaming geeks aren't (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any Stinkers here?
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Hi all, According to the webmaster the server was hacked and therefore down. It is up again, although I can't access the index page but you go there direct: (URL) about this all, Jeroen "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quality issues with part #6205 (was: Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer)
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(...) I wonder how common problem that may be. I have 2-3 pieces (slope 45 inverted 1x2) which don't like to be put on any other part. Their 'jumping power' is that high, that it even tears the model apart until enough parts are put around to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Name Database
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Leon County Library LEGO Show featuring Lenny Hoffman and the Hermit Guy
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(...) Nice to see the hover hogs representin... tk (URL) Co-Curator of .Space> (URL) CEO Kane StarCrafters> (URL) CEO ExtraGlobal Express> (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi, There's no "Holiday" newsgroup, so I'm sorry if I bother too much in General. At my job there's a tradition for decorating your office with all kinds of Christmas stuff during December. I'm not fond of Christmas, so I did a little anti-Christmas (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Leon County Library LEGO Show featuring Lenny Hoffman and the Hermit Guy
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(...) Let us know what kind of response you get! And I hope the brown minifig arms in this pic: (URL) not the same as in this pic: (URL) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (remove SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.general)
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(...) That is, of course, the obvious thing to do. But not all do that. That would be great though. Kevin, why was this changed? Was there legal issues? (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Name Database
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(...) OK, but how can you authenticate the information provided? What prevents anyone from associating their name with a Brickshelf account. Those who provide information for this list should upload a text file with whatever contact info to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Name Database
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(...) Nice Idea! I was thinking the same thing, but I did not want to take on an additional responsibilty. Much thanks, Kevin. Ben M. ps - my Brickshelf Account info: medib = Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Coolest Picture
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(...) lol Actually, no, just a guy waiting for a train. We will eventually be adding signs and a lot more people in the station. Funny you should mention that, though, because the only other thing my daughter has done on the layout was recreate the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Coolest Picture
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(...) Is that supposed to be Neo from the beginning of The Matrix: Revolutions? (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Quality issues with part #6205 (was: Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer)
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"Douglas R. Clark" <drclark@cinenet.net> wrote in message news:HprBvw.1yqy@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) anyone (...) the (...) tiles (...) I have a Wright Flyer (purchased from a local retailer here in Cary, NC) and I did not have (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2004 Castle Products
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(...) Well, remember what happened with Town. First they came out with Jack stone, to get the tykes hooked. Then this year we have Extreme Sports island, World City, etc. which are the minifig-scale versions of Jack Stone. The kids who played with (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any Stinkers here?
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(...) I think its been down for a bit, the trains group has one of the posters in the sidebar and its not been appearing all day. Tim (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Quality issues with part #6205 (was: Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer)
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(...) I understand that the droop may by intentional or an inevitable result of gravity on a structure that large & thin. However, the issues I mentioned with the 6x16 tiles futher down in the post cannot, in my opinion, be intentional. When the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) FYI, the model is of an aircraft whose wings had significant droop. That may have been intentional. --Bill. (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Name Database
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(...) Bravo! Bookmarked. Allister (22 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Leon County Library LEGO Show featuring Lenny Hoffman and the Hermit Guy
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Hello One and All, In the interest of educating North-Central Florida about the wonders of adult LEGO building, I have committed myself to a month-long show during December at the Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library. (URL) The Show is in two (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) I'm having trouble getting onto (URL) Did the address change? Thanks, Dave! (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Brickshelf Name Database
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After Kevin Loch's changes to Brickshelf, it's become very difficult to find someone by name. So I have created this page as a way for people to keep track of people's accounts. I hope it can be of some use once more names are added. (URL) e-mail me (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Another humble request regarding Brickshelf
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We seem to be on a roll with Brickshelf requests, so... How about generating thumbnails for DAT, LDR, and MPD files? Since Brickshelf runs on BSD it should be able to use the same offscreen rendering version of ldglite used by ldraw.org to generate (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any Stinkers here?
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(...) Ah, thanks! I'll give that address a try. ~Mike (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, it's Jan Folkersma. Opened a LDraw files ant the name was there! You can find he's e-mail address here: (URL) luck! Jeroen (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's actually Ross Neal's work I think. Dunno if he goes by Rosco as a nickname or not. As far as the actual work, all I can say is "Rob Hendrix would be proud..." look at the (URL) next pic> MUCH brick modding there! :-) But boy does it (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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What is the ceiling made of? I don't recognize that as any Lego piece... (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Uhm, that would be the work of John Neal's son Ross. Not to be confused with Ross "ROSCO" Crawford of Australia :) Still, it's very well done (as most of the stuff in that folder)! (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Coolest Picture
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(...) One Word: W.o.w. I'll chance another one: Beautiful! Dramatic! Clever! Engaging! Really great use of the lamp reflectors!! Thanks for posting that, Eric. Makes we want to go buy a few myself. ~Mike (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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ok, it's 7:59 a.m., I don't know where I've been, but this is got to be The Coolest Picture I have seen in a long time! Well, this morning, at least! (URL) Really great work Rosco! Oh this one is pretty cool too. In a kinda sucky cool kinda way. ;) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi Mike, (...) I'm not an expert, but I've struggled long enough with it too. Here are some questions & tips: What version of the Ldraw radiosity includes do you have? I downloaded it recently and it works quite all right. What settings are you (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm no expert, but I'll take a crack at answering this one. The radiosity setting allows for diffuse lighting, so instead of simulating one or more light sources, it simulates ambient light, almost like outdoors. I have used radiosity for some (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: So very Good!
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(...) Indeed, there are always exceptions to the rule. (...) Then perhaps i should have clarified... My qualms reside with the fact that TLC has a huge selection of various pieces from years of inventory from countless system sets. It is IMHO that (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Any Stinkers here?
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I'm not calling names...I'm looking for someone who has a Brickshelf account under the username "Stinky". Can the person who lays claim to that name please contact me? I have a few questions to ask you about the radiosity stuff you've done here: (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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(...) Out of curiosity, have you built any fire equipment that includes clone elements? If so, could you post pictures? If not, your stuff is still pretty darned cool. Dave! (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) Hi Mike, as given in the other answers: there has been a one-time-test-order, which is not finished so far. The (not really all) available parts have been listed in this message on the 1000steine-board. The prices are higher than PaB, partly (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) As I read through this very interesting thread, a thought struck me which I haven't yet seen here; If TLC is prepared to enter into a bulk purchasing scheme yet is retiscent about dealing with orders from all over the place, why not enter into (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) In reply Yes you can order bricks from Lego Direct Europe. The price is set at per brick and not by weight, and I was quoted 7 to 10 pence per brick so it is still cheaper to buy them through pick a brick or S@H. I didn't put and order in. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Mike (...) We spoke not about _any_ bulk order, but about _the_ bulk order we planned 8 month ago and which isn't finished so far. It's some kind of testing it, so we're still waiting for simplier possibilities to order in bulk too. But as Kate (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Adrian Drake wrote: <snip> (...) Watch it, it's a very thin line between goofy crazy and completely insane :P (dito what Adrain said, in that context) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As one of the Europeans that monitor the s@h-site each day. I'd like to know the answers too. (Hint: It's not availible at this time AFAIK. And yes, it would be a dream!) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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~This is so good it hurts… (URL) need TLC to make more minifig sets like this: (URL) cavalry sets like this: (URL) not jus’ pile-on smack-loads of accessories and allow vast amounts of conversions to be had. Excellent job to the creator of these (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Canadian Flag Flower Mosaic
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I was fiddling around with flowers a while ago and came up with this... (URL) Let me know what you think! J (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) There is this really big piece of land/island stuck out in the middle of the ocean... somewhere... out there... who would also like to be able to even get anything like this, available to them... Btw, that land is called 'Australia'... anyone (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Diaphones at Legoland?
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A friend of mine was telling me about fire alarm horns called diaphones. He said that they have some at Legoland (they are rare now in many parts of the country I guess). Anyway, if you're interested, you can check out this page. WARNING: Page plays (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Futuron is here!
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Strike while the iron is hot, so they say. These stickers, 295 pixels wide, are designed to be printed out at 500 dpi, and when done so, will print out exactly 1.5 cm wide and the correct size for a torso sticker. So here they are, just click on one (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | X-mas ornaments (was Re: a nice juicy rumor to start the day...)
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(...) What? You mean all the cute little things from the Advent Calanders aren't tree ornaments? That's where my advent calender is packed... James (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold --or-- Jackets, just in time for the winter!
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(...) It took me a bit, but here's my take(s): ST Enterprise look: (2 URLs) more futuristic look: (2 URLs) I'll try to do at least red, yellow, green, black, & gray if there's interest. Enjoy! Jeff (22 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) If she does get the axe, I want first dibs on her job. Allister (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Two things here bother me. First, that a designer would tell people this information. Look at how secretive Jake and Kate are. Shouldn't all employees, especially the product designers be held up to the same standards? Second, although this is (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold --or-- Jackets, just in time for the winter!
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(...) SNIP (...) Great work AGAIN! I had meant to ask you before when you did the classic space torsos if yo had thought of doing this new torso; i see you have. i like the closed jacket, & was hoping lego would do one. without the zippers, or with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What I like are those MEGA Block x-mas ornaments (9.99 for 5 ornaments)! Okay I don't care for the chessy looking ornaments that MEGA Block made but I do like the idea. Too bad its lost on TLC. =( The train boys (in lugnet) also had a nice (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold --or-- Jackets, just in time for the winter!
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<snip> Hi Anthony, Great job with the stickers - very cool. One suggestion though - perhaps you could give the open jacket versions a collar on the inner shirt so that you can see the fig's chest/neck - like this torso: (URL) may just have to make (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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"John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Hpn49t.pD3@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) quantities. (...) This caught my eye as well and it appears to validate a rumor I heard a while back. The (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer
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Hello, I purchased set 10124 and assembled it over the weekend. Like some of the other comments I read here on lugnet, I found the model to be very flimsy and difficult to assemble. My main problem was with the wings. It was like the large (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) !
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| | Re: Dumb Images! WAS Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold
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In lugnet.space, David Koudys wrote: snip (...) Yep! I reuploaded the picture with a different filename, and lets see what happens now... Original picture filename (URL) Same picture, differnet filename... (URL) Now lets see what happens with the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Dumb Images! WAS Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold
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(...) I had this issue with my original .sig pic as well--I dunno if it's a caching thing on LUGNET's end, but after the pic was displayed once via FTX, LUGNET seemed to keep the length/width dimensions for subsequent displays of the same filename, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And you know, if it brings us Pick A Brick, Legends, the cool-as-hell Mini's, and other groovy stuff like that, then God Bless Bionicle. Adrian (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice to see confirmation of something that I have suspected for a while now. TLC is heading in many directions, but Bionicle (regardless of what some people think of it) is what is keeping the mothership afloat and steaming. Ray (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dumb Images! WAS Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold
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(...) Okay... why is the image still so large after I resized it? Captain Krotzer, The Unknown Division/UD Tech(R) Corporation (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold --or-- Jackets, just in time for the winter!
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Thanks Anthony! (No, they're not moderated yet, but I appreciate you going through the trouble of posting them.) Already used the thumbnails as a template to photoshop my new sig fig. Captain Krotzer, The Unknown Division/UD Tech(R) Corporation (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) Yes, Thank You, Volker! This is one part of the chat I find *very* interesting: ===...=== Q: LEGOLAND model makers order parts from Billund in bulk, they just fax/email they need a K8 full of this or that and they get it. Granted they have to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold --or-- Jackets, just in time for the winter!
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After recieving several emails asking for the PSDs, I figured there was enough interest to warrant uploading the files to brickshelf. Assuming they're not deleted by a mod for being an unwanted file type, they can be found here: Post mod, of course. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And here is a link with a full translation of the chat talk to English, as Volker " Marmaris" Draschka did it (Thanks Volker!): (URL) Godt Ben (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's so very cold in space... so very cold --or-- Jackets, just in time for the winter!
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(...) -snip- You know, these stickers would be good for the PCS-era of building. Like between the time of PCS proper and CS proper. Or perhaps, if you bear with me, the PCS Movies. Star Trek Original series had one type of uniform, and ST:TNG had (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake
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Next time I'm sure Jake will have a text ready to paste: "Can't talk about the future but nothings dead and new stuff is always comming!" Or similar. Poor Jake *shakes head* Oh! Thanks for posting it here too, it's been a while since German in (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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A key question here is : Which Mega-Block sets does TLG want to copy? Dragons? Command Ops? Disney? Oops, Lego already had a shot with Disney. Then lost it... I've mentioned this before - Mega-Block has some really eye-catching Dragons/Viking/Castle (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe your source, but did Amy have solid information or was she just saying what she believed? By 'confirmation' I was meaning something more like other evidence from LEGO or other ranking officials. I absolutely do not mean to debate - I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My source is someone who was THERE. Is that 'confirmation' enough for you? JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Here we go again... Can we try to find some good solid facts, please, before we go setting the community into an uproar over unconfirmed rumors?? ~Mike (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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A LEGO designer, Amy, was seen at one of the Illinois LEGO stores showing off pictures of Mega-Blocks sets on her Palm Pilot. She also stated that "LEGO wants to copy these designs." (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (2 URLs) These here Pirate sets are not so bad...even for Jack Stone! Lotsa useful elements, like the larger saber, Adventures India sword, and the lime/sand green parrot...so much more...actually good accessories. Oh, and take a close look at (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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Hey guys, I'm sure y'all remember this little guy: (URL) Well, after making my Classic Space Torso stickers: (URL) I decided to do the new one. So I did. And in my signature 10 color variations. These stickers, 295 pixels wide, are designed to be (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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That's pretty cool. Thanks for bringing that over to LUGNET René! (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, On www.1000steine.de, we had a Chat session this evening with Kate and Jake from LEGO Direct. First I have to say a huge "Thank you", since both ventured to chat with one of the most critical communities in the world - with the griping (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general) !!
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I bought 5 5230 Explore tubs from Boscov's. They are supposed to have 10 orange or med yellow orange 2x2 duplo bricks in them. One tub had 10 all the same color. The other 4 tubs ALL had 8 "light orange" and 2 "orange". What was worse was when I put (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mark, Would you believe that I have multiple of the same part ( Technic, Liftarm 1 x 7 with Fan, p/n 32177) which came from R2-D2 that exhibit both of the shades that your picture shows above. I'm not convinced that both colors exist so much (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ditto here last week (well, ok, not at the Mall of America). I'm on the 'Xmas' rule right now, which states quite clearly that I'm not to buy any Lego for myself until AFTER Xmas, but this was obviously an exception, since I NEED to see the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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Just found this post again. It's been more than a year. Kevin, if you're listening: any chance of this folder ever going public? Duq "Duq" <lugnetpost@skipthis...tmfweb.nl> wrote in message news:GzM937.I69@lugnet.com... (...) visit (...) feel (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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(...) I bought a 2004 mini Star Wars set at the Imagination Center at the Mall of America last week, just to check out these new colors. There is a big different between the 'classic' dark grey and the new dark blue-grey, and a smaller difference (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I have to agree. If you are looking at new brick from around the same time period, then I think LEGO tends to have a very high color consistency. (...) I can't speak for anyone else, but something to came to mind when looking at the discussion (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Perhaps this one, I have a bunch of these in blue that are a shade too light: (URL) Brick 1 x 1 with Handle> I have many of these in yellow with a sickly green tinge: (URL) Technic Liftarm 2 x 7 with 2 Ball Joints> And, here's an example of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message news:HpKu81.oGE@lugnet.com... [ ... ] (...) the (...) have a (...) still (...) I have seen the biggest color variations with blue. Most of my blue bricks are the same hue but many of the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Spurred by a recent discussion in loc-Sweden, I'll like to take this 4 year old thread up again. I've identified 13 different kind of LEGO figs (not counting Galidor and Bionicle): 1974: The "round-head" big-figs without lower body (what do we (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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So I've tried to forget about the color change and focus on sorting my LEGO and building some new models. While sorting, I've been keeping in the back of my mind what many have said: that LEGO has always had color variances in the pieces. Well after (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or we could just have a fad. It's easier to organise, and there's no submission deadline! I've got too much orange, so I'm going to make a carrot-ship. Nice and easy shape, too ;-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Here's a holiday card started last month, to be sent out this week: (URL) It was worked on in bits in pieces over a few nights, while taking breaks from other projects (both Lego & non-Lego), and finished at the behest of my art director/SO to take (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. To celebrate the holidays this year, I'm working on pulling together a series, of small, fun to build instructions for holiday themed items. If you haven't already added your holiday themed (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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(...) When you said "hyper transport in the shape of a digital camera", why did my brain instantly go to the whole idea behind the Transformers toy line? >> Mark (22 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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