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Hi all, I've seen various models on Brickshelf which have nice roofs - one main roof with a perpendicular roof jutting out, joining neatly. I believe the correct term is "cross gable roof", but I'm not sure that's right. One such example is on this (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I posted the original message and didn't even tell my favorite theme and piece. So here they are... My favorite piece is the 30149 Car Base 4 x 5 with 2 Seats. See it here: (URL) is my favorite piece because, hey, TLC didn't make many five (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sci Fi Novels --> movies
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(...) Actually, age seems to have little to do with it these days... Robert Rodriguez Directing Princess of Mars Source: The Hollywood Reporter Monday, March 1, 2004 Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids" series) is set to direct Edgar Rice Burroughs' science (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Knight Bus has arrived... but it's not all good news
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(...) Well I don't have the Knight Bus, but I can tell you that Vince's uniform very closely matches the violet plates that I have. There is an almost imperceptible variation; the uniform might be one percent more red, but you wouldn't notice it (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Even Marvin knows which are the right toys...
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(...) Replying to yourself is okay when correcting a typo, right? :) Realized that it shouldn't be February *14th*, but 21st. Sorry! -Mike (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(URL) - select Saturday, February 14th's comic. Tom Armstrong's comic strip Marvin, featuring LEGO today in that familiar way we can all relate to. Notice where the stars are coming from in the third cell. The only thing is...he tried to use the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thats the easy one: space, or to be a little more specific: Blacktron-I That theme was the first all-evil/misundersto...-childhood group of sets with the coolest colors ever. (...) Hmm, a harder choice. The minifig-with-standard-smile, does (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Pictures Of This Set?
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"Jeff Barnas" <jmbarnas@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Hu4M1L.1In8@lugnet.com... (...) this set? (...) Will building instructions help? You can find building instructions at (URL) Steinnes (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.boats, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Playmobil-like figures at McDonalds
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I got one and took some snapshots of him. (URL) The pictures are here.> Like was said, the only piece that seems to have any practical building value is the leg section, because of its compatibility with both bricks and technic pins. Though, as you (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Space, and to a lesser extent Town and Technic. Space, because it allows me to create everything I visualize without worrying about its "suitability" for the theme, and Space is really the only theme where you can do that. Space owns all. Town (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sci Fi Novels --> movies
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(...) I think you may have heard wrong. I first read Destination a long long time ago. I read CoMC about the same time and I've reread both of them several times since, and in my considered judgement, they're not at all alike. Not even close. Sure, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sci Fi Novels --> movies
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(...) (Ahem..) Alfred Bester's job was writing and editing Detective Comics through the 1940s. Batman worked for him. However, what I meant was, the movie version of Batman and Joker leap out of the pages of Bester's Tiger, Tiger. The momentum of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That would be a bit difficult, since his story wasn't published until 1956, 17 years after Batman first graced the cover of Detective Comics #32, and 16 years after the Joker was introduced in Batman #1. Ironically enough, the first Joker (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snip lots of good reasons why the book is indeed, a top 10 on many lists, and why thiis movie would rock!) All I can figure is that it's too obscure... that or there is a fair bit of introspection on the part of Foyle (his motivation for (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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A novel which has, inexplicably, never been filmed, is Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination. This is surely one of the top ten greatest Sf novels ever. It was written by a veteran radio and TV writer as an intensely paced male action hero (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oh, BIONICLE, without a doubt. There's a certain organic versatility to the pieces that opens up a completely different realm of possibility than square bricks do. Prior to the release of BIONICLE, I've never once picked up a piece and been (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Playmobil-like figures at McDonalds
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(...) I took it apart. Unfortunately, the head is NOT like a minifig head - there's no top to it! The hair has a stud about 1-1.5" long that runs down through the torso and the black locking piece in the torso. The triangular screw screws into the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm right there with you, man. I felt the same way about Hudson Hawk. It's so incredibly hokey it's good. Allister (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Here is a mosaic my son Ross (14) made for his sister (of her) for her 16th birthday. We are now trying to decide the best way to hang the thing:-/ The (URL) LUGNET Mosaic Maker> was used utilizing 6 colors. (URL) More pics (URL) HERE> JOHN (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sci Fi Novels --> movies
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(...) I read a script once of a proposed movie based upon Isaac Asimov's short stories that never got to filming. The explanation was that Asimov's stories are very adult, concerning deeper issues and themes than most Hollywood sci-fi. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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