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I know that a lot of folks have been waiting for the upcoming Lego CD on the History of Lego. And I have been teasing you mercilessly. It has been taking longer because I kept changing the begin and end dates (encompassing more Lego history). Well (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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This is phenomenal! My only request would be more light blasted at the model. Shows how hard it is to photo model's with lots of black. It does kinda add to the badass atmosphere tho. Dave "Øyvind Steinnes" <phoenix@online.no> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are 2 types of tub documented so far. One has old colours, and one has new colours. They are stamped with a number beside the bar code. The old colours are found in buckets stamped 2714, and new colours in buckets stamped 3534. See the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) -Chris (21 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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I've posted some pictures of the first day of NWBrickCon 2004 at (URL) you're really eager to see the pictures (before they're moderated) they start at (URL) run to (URL) the occasional shot removed that didn't turn out for one reason or another. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Man, this is a truly incredible piece of art. The pieces for the seat look like they could be these: (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) MOC was based off of, and the LEGO version would be pictured in the next picture. But then I realized after picture 2 that it was the LEGO version. Simply amazing. What pieces make up the seat? ~Kevin P.S. I used the word "picture" many times (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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I agree completely. It is just wonderful and I need an extra drool napkin to boot. e (21 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) discovered this bike in the Brickshelf gallery. Its the most stunning bike made of LEGO I've ever seen!! I have watching on Discovery Channel the program "American Chopper" where the OCC (Orange County Chopper) are building custom motorbikes. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Steve Burge" <steveburge@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:I6BBCD.q3A@lugnet.com... (...) Hey, some really good pictures of some really good models, thanks for sharing. Do you by any chance have any more pics of that bridge, or does anyone else (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just tried it and it doesn't well enough to convince me that it was intentional. Yes, there is something of an X-shaped socket in the middle, but the axle goes in really hard, comes out far too easy, and causes the sides to bow out quite a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just discovered you can do the same thing with the 1x2 log. If you look closely at the bottom, you can see the ridges. Steve (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, that seemed really odd to me as well. Thinking on it from the other direction, though, I've noticed that those little palm trunk segments can be fairly tough to link together compared to basic bricks and such. Perhaps they changed the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) Steve (21 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I never knew that! Just tried it and COOL! Sometimes I feel like I should have an entire display shelf of unusual part combinations as reminders and inspiration! Dave (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego spare parts box pictures from the 1950's
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(...) OK Clark, Here we go..... (...) Yes, the white/off white inner boxes are of parts packs from 1955-59. The black inner boxes are 1960-62. The full color with flap and no inner box (tray) are from 1963-65. The monochromatic blue boxes are from (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, Thanks for the pictures and information. There is an interesting variety to these boxes: (URL) have a few questions: 1) Most of the boxes are colored sleeves that surround a white or black box with mono-colored graphics. But I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was when they juniorized the palm trees. In my mind, that's hard to top. - Mike (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm.. Is there any "truly" redundant brick in that respect? There's 1x1x5's which have a big hollow in them, usable for SOME things that a stack of 1x1 brick couldn't do (not to mention the hollow stud on the top). And IIRC the 1x2x2 brick (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Strand wrote in message ... (...) Aha! BUT, you can't put a technic pin up inside a stack of 1x1 plates like you can a 1x1 brick, so they are not functionally identical :-) Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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