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(...) Hilarious, great stuff - and it helped this recently awakened AFOL understand the scene a little better, too, which is part of your goal, right? Thanks for the peek - looking forward to more. (14 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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(...) Gary, Welcome back. You were missed. Sad to here of such events. Hopefully, your return marks a change of fortunes. Know that you have friends here. I look forward to what you have to share. You were an inspiration to me when I first began (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Welcome back, Gary! Good to see an "Old School" name resurface! I look forward to more fascinating, historical information from you about our favorite plastic pastime:-) JOHN (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is unexpected and good news. I always enjoyed your posts. Welcome back! PS: You don't need those boxes anyway. ;-) (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well thank you very much Darrell. As for the parts for the 7 inch (well 7 and half actually, but who is counting?) brick they are all pretty easy to come by, at least in that colour (red). The big brick is 7 layers of bricks high. The block (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't forget Eric Harshbarger's large version of the Classic Space LL924 Space Cruiser: (URL) he has some good pictures upon which to base your work. -Orion (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since a 2x4 is about 1.25 inches long I guess you'd be looking at a scale of about 1:9.6. So it would probably be just as easy to build it to 9 times original size, or 10 times. I have built a few 'jumbo' bricks like this and they are fairly (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool...a familiar name from the old days. Sorry to hear about the flooding and other woes. --Dave (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Samsonite Lego in the USA (1961-72) were factory seconds??
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OK, Now that I'm back, I thought I would open up a hornets nest..... After checking about 2 dozen old Samsonite Lego sets from 1961-70 and several dozen European Lego sets from the same era, I have come to the conclusion that the quality of a lot (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, neat, thanks to everyone for the links. I never thought to check Brickshelf, DOH. I like your smaller brick - am I correct in assuming each stud is detachable? That would actually help me out.. Are any of the parts particularly (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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Good to hear you're still on the planet. Thanks for the yellow 1x4x3 windows! -Erik (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Brad is currently in Ontario, Canada. Next, he's going in British Columbia, canada. If any people wish to host Brad in Canada or Québec (or anywhere else for that matter), please follow the instructions at (URL) or (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Those old 2x8 bricks happen to be Samsonite Lego (USA/Canada) bricks made between 1964-70. For some reason the quality of the Samsonite molds was worse than those of European Lego. Many of the Samsonite Lego molds of the 1960's had re-stamped (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Er, um I guess I'm back..... Been gone quite a while, mainly due to a flooded basement that caused some Lego box damage (I was so upset, I didn't even want to think about Lego for over 1 year), been unemployed (with a masters degree in computing!), (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) Hello Darrell, there are many people that have done larger scaled 2 by 4 bricks, but I haven't seen any instructions. So far, I have 2 versions (URL) The first pic links to close up pics of the one that is 7 inches long (which is 6 times (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not sure if instructions are available, but John Neal's son made a cool sculpture, shown here: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Here's a one example doing a quick look on Brickshelf.... (URL) with probably more inner detail than you'd need. And an example of a smaller 2x2 brick you could work off of... (URL) Should be a good start. Kris (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi, Does anyone have instructions for an enlarged 2x4 brick made of lego? I'd really like one about a foot long, but I guess I'd take any size. Oh, and it would really help if you had a parts list too.. That way I could just purchase exactly what I (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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Before you go running off on tangents, let's get one thing straight, Lego was in the red in those years, not because of poor sales for Lego sets, but for poor sales in their other ventures, clothing, pens, etc. Now a different spin I would like to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If the sticker has come all the way off you might try spray adhesive, like the kind used to mount pictures. It's meant to be removable. The other I can think of is a glue stick (name escapes me) but it is used to make normal paper into a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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