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(...) When I check sets and brick I've bought in the last 12 months, I perceived several quality issues I never noticed in the years before. Not only Bens and Juergens plates, but also breaking bricks, bricks with "wrong" grip (Studs too small, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general)
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I've had a number of people ask me about a perceived quality issue lately: If you take a number of plates and create two or more large stacks, they tend to be differing heights. For example, Ben has posted some photos here: (URL) I mentioned that (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Lego in a Smoking Environment
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Once I lent my Little Blue Bot to someone so they could render it, and when they returned it, it reeked like an ashtray. I was pi$$ed. It took weeks to get the cig smoke to air out/off. On occasion, I bring my Robots to Night Clubs and Bars or (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rise of Atlantis
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(...) Dude, I about jumped out of my seat when I saw these. Not only is the concept cool, but the stickers are so well done. tear I'll be emailing you soon as I have no idea what PSD is. Felix (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Rise of Atlantis
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(...) holy slapdoodle! these are absolutely fantastic! how did you make the nautilus so well? all these shields & torsos carry the theme to the extreme (in a very good way). excellent work. the characters are awesome. do you intend any translation? (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Other Lego CD tidbits to tantalize and titilate.......
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I was just working on the CD on the other computer.... and here are a few more tidbits for those who might be interested in purchasing one when it comes out: 1) A chapter of 18 pages devoted to the 1:87 scale (sort of Matchbox size)metal wheeled (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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I hate dropping the entire Oreo in the milk.... Anyways, it's awesome to see all the roof packs out now, and as bad as I feel about whining when the company seems to be doing a bunch of things for the fans already, I can't help but say: what about (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego in a Smoking Environment
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Whether something is smoky or not is a matter of subjective opinion. I've ordered some rather stinky lots from ebay in the past, but it's not that hard to get it clean. My secret? ALL Free/Clear Allgeren Fighter laundry detergent. It works quite (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rise of Atlantis
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(...) My first reaction was to head over to Peeron to see if I had any blue 2x2x2 slopes and if not, what sets I need to buy. Robobots. Your art work keeps amazing me. Doug (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Lar, Long time no hear.... :-) I'll send you a private EMAIL... But back to the smoke topic.... OK, the process for removing smoke from ABS was told to my by my brother-in-laws's brother-in-law, who is a chemical engineer. Since I probably (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:I039wG.1xEI@lugnet.com... Snip (...) without (...) of (...) The best way I use myself is to simply throw the pieces in the dishwasher. (Using a kind of plastic bin with holes (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When I was routinely buying on BrickLink, there was a certain seller that had great prices but their Lego sets reeked of smoke. As soon as the plastic bag was opened, it was almost overwhelming. Every time, I had to take a dryer sheet and put (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have. I seem to be very sensitive to cigarette smoke, it apparently irritates me into sneezing and coughing at a very light exposure level, and even a #3 (per Joachim's definition extension) household would produce LEGO that I would probably (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego in a Smoking Environment
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"Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:I0359A.11Ft@lugnet.com... Thougt I´d add a little. (...) AFOL's (...) "smoke" (...) was a (...) entered (...) their (...) did not (...) aired (...) apparent (...) #3 People who smoke, but do (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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I've read a lot about Lego from "smoke free" environments. Have a lot of AFOL's had problems with "smoky" Lego? In the cd/book I have come to the conclusion that there are 2 types of "smoke" environments (just the legal ones ;-) ). #1 When I was (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rise of Atlantis
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(...) I think those are some of the coolest ones you have created yet. Of course being more of a space builder I think some parts of those designs (the Atlantean symbols) would look really cool on an alien torso. Of course then again I like to go (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Designer sets 4506 (Sea) and 4507 (Prehistoric)
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(...) I have a funny picture of 4507 Prehistoric (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gary Istok's Lego Book Feedback...
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(...) Thanks Eric, There are also: Complete with instructions, no box, no stickers Complete with out instructions, no box, no stickers Complete with stickers unused, no box, no instructions Complete with stickers applied, no box, no instructions.... (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | What next?
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(...) ...mmm... ...bridges... Bridges need to have lights on top for aircraft avoidance, and if they're across navigable channels, marker lights at the span bottom for the ship traffic to know where the channels are, and streetlights if they're road (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) I'm definitely not going to look at normal "mods" with the same enthusiasm now. You're right... (...) It took a month of drilling and wiring working on it about 5-6 hours a week. I'd say there are about 100 elements that have been touched by (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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