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(...) Nice Surprise! But it is only 9 out of 12 regular sloped brick styles in the regular roof brick "system".... What about the 2x2 gable connector, the 2x2 double concave and the 2x3 ridge bricks??? (Although this last one is not necessary.) But (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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When Lego sloped bricks came out in 1958, TLG created an entire system of slopes, namely 13 different ones. The only one of these 13 that was discontinued (in 1972) was the 2x2 peak with an "L" ridge line (back then this was made in addition to the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hey Jake, Please pass along our thanks to all those responsible for seeing this through! Oh, and also tell them: IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!! heh, just kidding! This is great news! I've always lamented how regular roof slopes are abundant, but the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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I have 3 of the dice from the orient sets (one from each of the 3 large sets) and one has the 1 and hookhand swapped over comapred to the other 2. (basicly, as in, if you hold the dice with the 2 facing you and the 3 on the top, the 1`is on the left (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice alot of work you put there and the results are great as always. I like the your Octagonal shields printing much better of course then the original ones (well it's hard to do them any worse...). Yaron "Webrain" Dori (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, I've been waiting for sets like that since forever, how about more colors like Brown and Yellow :) Thanks for the good news Yaron "Webrain" Dori (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) My reaction: Jumping with excitement. Stop jumping and get confused. Wait, where are the inside corners? They broke the old pack into two packs and left out the inside (concave) corner parts. Darn. Oh wait, I bought 250 black inside corners on (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Thank you for the detailed explanation Gary. I'm planning on ordrering your CD/book as soon as it is made available. Especially since I keep finding old bricks in the batch I mentioned earlier. There are several bricks without the posts underneath, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) source of information... I have it favoritized in my browser now. Also, thank you for the explanations. As I am dutch myself, I had recognized that the automatiek and the posterijen were dutch too :-). I also believe the TAXI'S is also dutch, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mark, These printed beams were also included in large 'town plan' sets, including several variants of the 700 wooden box: (URL) British-only version 810 (URL) the Samsonite version 725 (URL) probably other larger 'generic' building sets. These (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bill, thank you very much for this tip! I could never justify spending the $80 for this kit before. I used my employer's resources for personal purposes to print out the coupon and picked up a kit on my way home from work. It appeared to be (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And your garage door/floor mechanism...... If it is white, then it comes from either parts packs #235 or #236 (only #236 has the named GARAGE beam that goes with it).... although come to think of it, the #235 and #236 series of sets continued (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mark, Here is your answer...... parts pack #226, which was sold from 1957-65 in Europe and USA/Canada. This parts pack came in many different languages. The Lugnet database shows the Italian series. I am not sure, but yours could possibly be (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or at least the ones at LD did and pushed the necessary buttons. ;) And they're a great addition that will make roofbuilding better in the basic colors, but I should ask: Why are there no inside (concave) corners What has happened to the auld, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Since Jake already interacts with AFOL's on a regular basis, I assume that the nervous twitch is already present. ;-) Bob (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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"John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:HzvtJ3.Bw2@lugnet.com... (...) My wallet can't take that kind of abuse! Bryan (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Once a month!!! What's wrong with every Friday??? Just kiddin' Fantastic job Jake. I was just starting on my quest for a whole bunch of black ridge tiles too. Not for a roof of course, but another secret project .... Oh by the way, the text in (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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"Bob Parker" <cg47@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HzvsAB.2sM@lugnet.com... (...) has to (...) messing (...) Ha ha! You are going to give Jake gray hair or a nervous twitch. Bryan (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Jake, What an excellent Friday surprise. Seems pretty clear that employees at Lego heard the plea for roof packs and answered. Green, brown & blue roof packs with these elements would be great too. But the red and black elements are a great place to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Good news to be sure since more choices are always welcome! But someone has to ask...are these in the "new" black and "new" red color??? (wink - just messing with you). Bob (22 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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