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(...) Well, I think the issue isn't that kids are any dumber or less creative than they used to be-- it's just that Lego is aiming for a different market. Back when I was a kid, there were a few other kids I knew that played with Lego. A few. Almost (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:I0JJwE.o1F@lugnet.com... (...) catalog. I (...) browsed (...) action (...) design (...) contrast, the (...) image. (...) This (...) and the (...) but (...) them as (...) at the (...) (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're not alone, David. I'm in the exact same boat. I don't like the new set designs, and the parts come in the wrong colours, so there's not much point in buying any of the new sets! Apart from buying the occasional "display piece" that Lego (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons wrote: <snip> (...) I had very much the same reaction after looking at the Summer 2004 catalog. I couldn't put my finger on exactly why I didn't like that catalog until I browsed a catalog from 1987 that I had just (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh yeah *that thing*. I recall getting a copy of that in the mail the other day, but after two minutes of flipping through it, I put it into my not-so-coveted 'shred pile'. I admit there are a few interesting bits in there, (including a few of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, It took some time, but I've finally come to a very sad decision: I will no longer purchase any new Lego and I will no longer declare myself an advocate for TLG. I might have been able to tolerate the color change, but the click-hinge (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Yes, the "globalAFOL" group is currently a small group of community leaders and representatives from around the world and the Web. I was realizing that as the AFOL community grew ever larger, it was becoming increasingly difficult to get (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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I'm back in the saddle from being in Germany for 1000steineLand. My tounge is still hanging out over the great MOCs there. Time for me to get building! A quick update after some questions asked this past weekend. Some people have asked me about the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I have built 4 models, each of which uses the parts from one xpod set except the pod itself. (URL) small vechicle from the blue pod (URL) mecha from the green pod (URL) small helicoptor thing from the yellow pod (URL) small bird thing from the red (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, Just wanted to share 4 more Brick Tower scenes. And three additions to the Cast of Characters. Hope you like them. The Story, thus far: (4 URLs) The Cast of Characters: (URL) The gallery as a whole, when moderated as usual: (URL) Steve, who (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general)
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Hey Anthony, Great Swans! They should be a great addition to your wedding. I also was in my dark age during my wedding. My wife had no idea that she was marrying a future lego maniac, but she is also one now too. :) I think the swans should be (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's great! It looks wonderful having two of them. Brilliant idea! --Bill. (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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"Neb Okla" <n_okla@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I0FLDz.1xCw@lugnet.com... (...) I'd say that's the stupidest thing they did to the plane. They have parts that work much better than the click hinges without looking like crap. Whatever happened (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Did you try this page? (URL) seems to offer a link to save the quicktime version. I haven't tried it myself yet (I watched the windows media player version on Yahoo and thought the quality appeared degraded from the stills on that page but (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) You are correct; I should have worded that a little better. ;) Scott A (who thinks this would make a good high school sats project) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sheesh, and boy does that new hinge look terrible. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Is it any wonder where we got the shape for the modern valentine heart? (URL) I created an identical Swan using all the left over white bricks I had. It wasn't a pretty build, let me tell you. The second swan (left) is nearly all 1xXs, and most of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! It also helps that I don't own that many white plates or slopes :) (...) I think the greenery will have to be silk. I'm afraid that all, and I do mean all, of my green is tied up at the moment in my village. (URL) a good idea (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) held it’s first of three open houses at it’s Discover Mills Club house on June 26th. It was a very busy day at the mall thus making for a good crowd at the open house. Here are a few pictures from the event: (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed, with a large enough sample size. I hardly think 10 bricks (or even 40) would be enough to cancel out all such errors. Besides, if my stacks reduced the error, doesn't that mean the older bricks are actually likely to have worse (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Very nice. While I personally would have used plates/slopes in such an endeavor, I will say that using strictly bricks still looks VERY nice, I certainly can't fault the final product. I was in my Dark Ages during my wedding, and it was an EXTREMELY (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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(...) Have you accounted for common mode error? Many bricks are produced by the same mold. If 12 2x4s are produced per machine cycle, then 1 in 12 will be from the same part of the mold. The randomness of the distribution depends how many machines (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Lar! Most of the doubters are on Christina's side of the family, or aren't coming (or both). Pity, though. My parents were converts to the whole LEGO idea when I built the black dragon, but then again my parents have always been pretty (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I0As2z.BEo@lugnet.com... (...) You could try mucking around i your temporary internet files folder after viewing it. -- Markham Carroll (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) As you should be, it will look GREAT as a centerpiece! And it should spark lots of discussion among the guests and help build acceptance of you among the doubters (every family has some) (...) Hey, I like it a lot. I agree with your choice to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Can anyone suggest which lego part would be best to use for the propellor shown in this picture: (URL) that the airplane it is going to be attatched to will be minifig scale (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If exact brick size variation tends towards(1) a normal distribution there will be equal numbers of oversized and undersized bricks. Measuring the length of a “stack” of bricks will basically cancel out any error. Scott A (1) I say “tends (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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jedi_agh@yahoo.com (Ahui Herrera) wrote in <I0As2z.BEo@lugnet.com>: (...) If you have Quicktime Pro, you can save from within the movie window. (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Very nice model of the White Knight. I too was intrigued by the entire thing, and tried my hand at SpaceShipOne. It's not even close to the final (proportions are way off) so I'm not posting it. But I did find a very nice interactive 3D model (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) - picture on Brickshelf: (URL) Arne (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, Just wondering, if any of you knows in which sets the octopus (part 6086) comes - in GREEN?? I can only find black ones in Peeron....... Could it be a clone? kind regards, Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe it is this part (URL) The set was not available on the plane I was on, but it should be available (...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | A Wedding Sculpture
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Here's a MOC I made to attend the reception at my wedding at the end of the month. Christina and I are both rather pleased with it. Inspiration came from Mookie, who was telling me about a swan sculpture she was building that she found online. That (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Hey Sonnich... I think it is this plane here: Cargo Plane: (URL) It was already discussed in Lugnet.Promo, but hey thanks for posting that its available on Finnair. Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all! Last week when flying Finnair, I noticed this new plane. Unfortunately there is no set number. It looks good to me, there seem to be a pilot in it. The roof is a new (?) part for teh roof of the new style of hinges. The set was not available (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Designer sets 4506 (Sea) and 4507 (Prehistoric)
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I agree with those who said that 4507 is a great set. My only quibble with the set is the instruction book. It might just be me, but the entire book seemed to have a brownish cast. Until I was several steps into the TRex (what I made first), I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK so I just went to my box of childhood LEGO (circa 1970-80) to check this out. Discounting the CA bricks which have known deterioration problems, I put together 4 stacks of 10 ABS bricks, 2 red and 2 white. I made sure I picked out the "best (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Øyvind Steinnes" <phoenix@online.no> wrote in message news:I0B397.22My@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) them. (...) peek (...) I (...) Oh... forgot to tell where you can find pictures of the real one: (URL) Look out for new versions soon.... (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) linux, use wget -- not sure what to use in windows. (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Not sure where to put this message, so I put it in lugnet.general for now. After I had seen the launch of Space Ship One on a news broadcast on the television I was intrigued by the design of both the Space Ship One and the airplane that took it (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. In the realm of tangential anecdotal evidence, I bought the Mini-Robots (4097) set. I noticed that many of the 1x1 elements coming with the set, such as cylinders, 1x1 bricks with technic holes, headlight bricks, etc seemed to be having (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general)
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(...) You have to open window with movie itself (you may stop downloading right after that), then examine source of HTML page (right-click, "View Source" in MSIE). I do not tried every option, there is direct link for "Full Screen" QT version (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) From the SpiteYourFace site: "But be sure to check back here from the 6th of July, when the film will be hosted here in different formats." Hopefully it will be downlaodable. ROSCO (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Any way of downloading the file? -AHui A&M Productions (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) For storage I stack my 2x3 plates with 3 studs along one edge overlapping. There is a 3mm difference in height between two stacks of 38 2x3 plates. This is within the tolerance you quoted of 3.2mm +/-0.1mm, since 3mm/38 = 0.0789mm per plate. I (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) NCS had a firewall issue this morning and this caused the DNS for bricklink.com to not resolve. The problem has been resolved and everything's back up and running. Sorry for the inconvenience. Eric Smith Owner, Northstar Computer Systems (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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It's back up! Ray ----- Original Message ----- (...) ...:-) (...) <larry.(mylastname)@....pair.com> (...) hosted (...) at my (...) than (...) get (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Thanks ! Since I didn't find any news on lugnet, I was wondering if it was me ...:-) I'll wait and hope Dan isn't stressed out. Regards (as in slang "Regs"...dutch), Vince (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) It looks like it may be a general outage at NorthStar as other sites hosted there(1) don't appear to be reachable either... could just be me, I'm not at my normal machine... XFUT lugnet.market.brickshops which probably is a more appropriate (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) I think it's down--it has been for several hours, and I am in the UK. Given Dan some time, I am sure that he is aware of the problem, and is working on it (or else chose this time to perform upgrades/ backups/etc). all best LFB (Vraagje: wat (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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Does anybody know if bricklink is down and how long things will take to get bricklink up again ? Regs, Vince, The Netherlands (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Very cool and funny! :-) Kecia (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hi, Just to let you know, the movie is now online! It's at (URL) Hope you enjoy! Tim Drage (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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(...) Hi Jake, I just bought a Doc Ock's Hideout Spiderman set, and I am very impressed with one specific aspect of it. That would be the (7) 1x4x5 gray windows that come with it. The window sticker sheets that come with it are awesome. They turn a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Jake, can you answer these two questions?
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"Niels Karsdorp" <nkp.nkp@hetnet.nl> wrote in message news:I07MIG.1n3r@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, but to the point where it almost matches the toyishness of cheap toys from China and Mexico? Who wants a toy that breaks every time you open the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes. It would probably be best if Jake spoke about it, it's his initiative. (22 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Anyone heard of the globalAFOL thing? I saw a brief post on the Brickish site about it. JB (22 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mayby that's just it. Lego is a toy and thus should look toyish.... ;-) Niels (22 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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As you likely know, the Spider-Man 2 movie launches today around the world and is sure to be the biggest box office news of the summer. (I personally can not wait to see it!) To help to celebrate the success of the new Spider-Man movie, we will be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Very nice, but can I chuck it in the fountain and get back a nice red one instead? Jason Railton (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think the worst thing about the click hinges is that they hold their position too tightly. Try and move the hatches on the crates in the new cargo train, and the hatch and mount come off in your hand rather than actually open. The roof of (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hiya Jake, I know you're a very busy man, but I was hoping you might be able to give some further insight into two nagging questions that have been chasing themselves around in my head like two dogs fighting over a bone. 1. Since it's clear that the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Scania LS111 Super with low loader and Menck dragline
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The updates are very scarce but now I found some time to add a new model to my website: It's an old Scania LS111 Super with Nooteboom low loader. (URL) It took a long time before this model was finished: about one and a half year. But I didn't built (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Gary Istok's Lego Book Feedback...
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(...) It was eBay. Hope that helps. (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Super cool Anthony, I love the nautilus shell. the quality of these designs are very impressive as well. My fave it the standard. Jon (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Other Lego CD tidbits to tantalize and titilate.......
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(...) Don't forget Samsonite #005 - Discovery Set. (unless you've seen it in a catalog since our previous discussions). Eric (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gary Istok's Lego Book Feedback...
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(...) Gary, First of all let me say that I am really looking forward to your CD/Book! Especially for the old catalog portion w/corrections. I agree the set description possiblities become unmanageable which is why it is so hard to create a "price (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quality issue - update
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Thanks for the tip about stacking plate tolerances, Jake. A related effect occurs with some 1x2 bricks (first obvious to me with sand red). The crack between bricks in a wall depends on which way the 1x2 are pointing. One end of each brick is a (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Who needs that dinky little round red shield when you can upgrade to this! (URL) <url=(URL) PSD> Just be sure to not let the pancake monster take it away from you this time. --Anthony (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Doh, typo. Yeah, as Calum also pointed out, that may indeed be another great source of confusion as to the parts vs. the molds. Makes me curious to know what level of precision MegaBloks, etc use for their molds. I haven't done too much with (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) First, what ABS can allow moulding to is different than what the company targets. Precision costs money. Decrease the tolerance, and you increase the cost, because more rejects are made. Also, the mold tolerance is different than the part (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think you mean 0.005? (ie the same as the ULB above). Anyhow, the precision of molds may not be the same as moulding precision? Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've got yet another doc (not sure of the source-- was emailed to me as an Offical 'standard Lego FAQ' sorta thing) that reports: "The precision molds are made at two LEGO factories in Germany and Switzerland. They are precise to (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That’s nothing. My “(URL) Lego Book>” (Foreword by KKK himself) tells me that in 1963 ABS allowed moulding precision to 0.005 mm (0.0002 inches). Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Bad to the Bone - Abaddon's Army
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Oops. I did it again. Here's another set of stickers. Probably not my best work, but I'll be the first to admit I created the rest of the faction to simply go along-side the shield design I came up with, which I think is really pretty nifty. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego in a Smoking Environment
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:I03KDB.1FJJ@lugnet.com... (...) hard to (...) detergent. (...) make (...) Swish it (...) (with (...) (who (...) (among (...) too. And (...) to put (...) Clorox Wipe (...) My trick for smoky LEGO is (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've heard of a product that might do the trick, it's called "Atmosklear". I have not tried it yet, maybe I'll pick some up soon and try it out on a few things (specifically, the spot of carpet my dang cats have been 'marking'...) It's sold (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, perception is everything. It is a quality issue for people who build with Lego; it is not a quality issue for the Lego Company's Quality Assurance department. (...) I perceive this as a problem for a company making parts that supposedly (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Or >6%. I "perceive" that as being quite high(?). ;) (...) Surley advances in technology should have enabled tolerances to be improved? (...) I feel a group hug coming on. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Jake, I have no problem with the quality. From time to time there will always be parts that are not perfect. Take for example the 1 dot color parts. Sometimes a part has the bottom broken or cracked. While other times they don't. It happens. We are (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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