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(...) Thanks! There are a few quirks with the design, but they're not hard to overcome. With my locomotive, the center of rotation is forward of the center of gravity, so without the rear blind drivers and the load-bearing rear truck, the locomotive (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, I'm glad you like it! I did a lot of planning and surfing the web for pictures. This is the most un-photographed locomotives the TSRR has, but I was FINALLY able to get a profile shot of it so I could do some serious layout planning. I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Anthony, I enjoyed seeing your model of the steam engine, thanks for sharing. Remember all of our creations are a work in progress. And that’s the great thing about LEGO building. You and your post may have done more for the TSRR than you realize. I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I had a lok at the site and followed some links and wrote to the Governor. I wrote how as a tourist I and my family would be more likely to come visit the State if the Railroad (and the parks system in general) was fully funded. Don't know if (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Nice work. Looks like the suggestion worked well. The idea of combining one axle of a leading truck into the same truck with the driving wheels has a lot of potential for creating big steam engines. Of course, it is only possible with blind (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote: <snip> (...) Hey, Tony- This is a smart looking engine. What I like best about it is that you've nailed the proportions very well-- this is the most important design consideration when building a prototype IMO. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I got the four Exo-Force robots (7700 - 7703), my first foray into mecha-style building. It's interesting. I like the specialized joint pieces that are used but I don't know what I'll be able to use them for later other than more robots. :D I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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I didn't start this looking for a cause... After playing around with my two steam locomotives on the few TexLUG displays I've attended, I decided I needed a steam locomotive that was a bit more layout friendly. My American 4-4-0 (6-wide) doesn't (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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Each year I ask all of you what you got for Christmas and or what you gave as Lego Gifts. So what was your Lego Loot?! Did you get a sweater or did you get that NXT you wanted? Lump of coal? I got the Big Bat Mobile, and a copy of the original Lego (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes,it's definitely a typo you want to avoid if you're travelling. :) (URL) still can't imagine not only ending up in the wrong city... but on the wrong continent. Wow. AB (19 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes wrote: <SNIP> (...) Minor correction...it's spelt Sydney, not Sidney :) I'll also try and have a look through my old catalogues this weekend and see what addresses they give for Lego Australia over the years...I think (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Jim, thank you for this LEGO Internationalization history compilation I'm sorry for this correction as I can not bring all the missing informations. LEGO S.A. 16, rue Edmond Poillot Boite Postale 837 F-28011 Chartres Cédex Tel. +33 2 37 91 (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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There is an often repeated Line In Wiencek's World of Lego Toys that during the depression Ole went door to door selling his toys, often trading them for food. But this is apocryphal, even in the 1930's Lego did not sell toys to individuals, but (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This makes me wonder whether the design of the 2x2 round tile is a vestige of the "X" bottom design, or if it came about some other way. It certainly enhances the usefulness of those tiles. And, thank you Gary for your enlightening posts; I (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would be interested in the result, Rob. Just for your information: CA has a much higher material damping coefficient in comparison to ABS. So CA will make less noise and sound very dump when it hits the ground. Especially for the classical (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's an experiment that I will have to try when my collection is closer at hand :) -Rob A> (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Rob, thanks for your feedback! In that case I would think these are US-made bricks, since the LEGO-logo on top of the bricks is of the old design. This has been used within Europe (= Billund made bricks) only in combination with CA-bricks (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wouldn't assume that 1965 was necessarily as good as, say, 1990. But you're right insofar as quality from the 60's and 70's is not necessarily the same quality as the 80's and 90's. If someone's really looking for proof or disproof of (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Not sure how you come up with that conclusion. These bricks are from my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would doubt that ir contained 10 year old (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not suer how you come up wit that conclusion. These bricks are from my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would doubt that these were 10 year old (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) Hi all! I know this thread is really old, but eventually I came across this discussion while uploading a few more new quality issue pictures ast brickshelf: (URL) new pictures of 2007 building session> So I just wanted to (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Happy New Year! We had warm discussions about a new homepage for LUGNET last year, and I would like to show the next provisional result, draft #8: (URL) reference, please see also: Initial post by Todd: (URL) by Tim: (URL) discussion: (URL) (latest (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions) !
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(...) up the great work! PS. I noticed you have labeled the USA scans from 1966 as set 703. They should actually be for 704 "master discovery set". See (URL) for an example. Eric (19 years ago, 1-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) resource for the community! Allan B. (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hi: To end the year I have just uploaded a completely new version of my Lego history site, Brick Fetish. The timeline now spans from 1891-1968. Even the older sections have been, in many cases, completely rewritten. The purpose of the project is to (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.general) !
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In the next week or so I will be coming up with a list for the LEGO CD folks that contains all the unique LEGO parts by country/region. What this means is that many LEGO items from 1949-80 were not sold in all locations. There were some items that (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since when does most of what LEGO does make any sense?? I gave up trying to make sense out of what they do many years ago. [1] (...) I consider the new skelton to be an IMPROVEMENT. The old floppy, fall-off skelton arms were not very good. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahh, good point. (...) Another good point. So, they retire the old arm mold and create a new one, reuse the droid arm and things come out more or less even. And that's with added playability. Sounds like a good business plan to me. (...) As (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Words to live by. Tim (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Except in this case, they'd be creating a new mold for the skeleton torso. If I remember correctly, the current skeleton torso has ball for the shoulder to fit the socket of the arm, where the one pictured appears to have a bar attachment for (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) The answer is clear to me-- saves TLG $$$. Anytime they can eliminate a mold and "shoot two birds with one stone", it cuts their production costs. It appears to me that droid arms have been getting a lot more use than as just as arms. As a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) arms, then they'd be holding their weapons *sideways*. The "lead" skeleton there looks like he might have a droid arm for his *right* arm (because his flail is arguably sideways), but most of the rest of the skeletons are all holding their (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:JB0Luo.Bp1@lugnet.com... (...) Why do those skeleton arms look exactly like mechanical battle droid minifig arms? IE part (URL) wonder why TLG would suddenly drop manufacturing of the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) brought to our attention? David Simmons xenobuzz@earthlink.net (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Hey no problem Josh, I am glad you like the CD so much! When I first finished it and added all the PDF Bookmarks, I thought that it didn't seem that big??? But then I realized that with so many huge chapters, it all adds up! Did you guys like the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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(...) Very impressive. Very impressive indeed. I totally was not expecting the change in quality, but I guess that's what I get from having low expectations. Would anyone happen to have pictures of any of the other new castle sets? I'd be interested (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(URL) All in all it uses 31 green large leaves and 64 white large leaves. I'm rather please that, though I didn't use any small leaves, I was still able to get a conifer-like shape. If you'd like to know why I used green to begin with, I did it for (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) never getting one of those seaports pictured! (...) They look to be a mixture of AFOL building & early 90's set design. The Seaport & Gas Station aren't quite as exciting to me personally, but I still can't wait to see detail pictures. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Looks fine now, thanks! ROSCO (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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A Photo Gallery has been installed on the LEGO CD website. It contains 45 pics gleaned from the over 1,700 used on the CD. Check it out! Most of these items will be unfamiliar to many people. And some will be very familiar! (URL) Istok (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well the latest version of Firefox (2.0.0.1) has been downloaded and installed. So give it another try. Also there are now 2 ways to get the LEGO CD sample Chapters. And the red church is gone. See if there are any further obstructions to (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Until such time as the page gets updated to include actual links, these URLs located using View Source worked for me: (URL) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nope, still doesn't work for me, also the picture of the red church doesn't show up in Firefox either. ROSCO (19 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all Lugnet readers. I hope your day was a joyous one. Ondrew (19 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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OK ROSCO and David... try it now! Gary Istok (19 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Thanks Guys! I'll get my buddy working on it tomorrow! Try again Tuesday evening. I'll get this changed ASAP!! Gary Istok (19 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) AGREED! David (19 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You might want to look at using something other than Micro$oft Word to design your webpages, so people using browsers other than Internet Exploiter can download them. Those download links don't work in other browsers. ROSCO (19 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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OK, I am going to insult 99% of all Adult Fans Of LEGO.... "99% of all AFOLs have no clue as to how complex 1950's and 1960's LEGO sets and parts really are!" OK, now I'll appologize.... Sorry! And now I'll explain.... :-D Anyone who has ever looked (...) (19 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks Jim! For questions relating to the history of the LEGO company and the Christiansen family, Jim Hughes is really the subject matter expert. He has done a lot of research about both, whereas my area of research is focused more on the LEGO sets (...) (19 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Merry Christmas to everyone and may we all have a happy and prosperous new year! Joe Editor/Publisher, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general)
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(...) No. Godtfred used the name Lego in branding his wooden toys (typically by an ink stamp on the bottom). The first incorporation of the company was in 1944. From my website: In April 1944 Lego switched from a sole-trading firm to a private (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) was actually looking for an answer to a timeline-related question: What dates did TLG start calling itself TLC and then back again? -Hendo (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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1970 was a very tumultuous year at TLG. A lot of bad things were in progress at the same time.... 1) the USA Samsonite license fiasco. 2) the death of Hanne Christiansen. 3) a new law passed by the Italian parliament. In October of 1969 on their way (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have (URL) the issue. If anyone has corrections and can source them, please (URL) make the changes>. Changes will stick a lot better if they are backed up with cites, per Wikipedia's policy on (URL) verifiability>, uncited changes have a (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: <SNIPPAGE> (...) Dave, I see that Wikipedia is using the Official LEGO Timeline dates. Well there's a problem with doing that.... about 20-30% of the time those dates are wrong! I wonder what KKK (who is THEE (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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The 1932 date is when toys were first produced. Prior to that, it's more Christiansen family business ventures. 1932 = startup of toys. 1949 = bought their first injection molding machine, and started making the Automatic Binding Bricks. The (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So, out of curiosity, why is this usually called the starting date? I always hear it quoted that Lego started in 1932, but I'm not sure why people quote that rather than 1895 or 1916. From what I know (from 50 Years of Play book): 1895 - (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're most very welcome Kelly, Now that the "burden" of the LEGO CD is finished, I can return to posting a lot of interesting information that I have learned the past few years from others, as well as from folks in Billund. Luckily, I've (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, Good, concise history! I've heard bits and pieces of this before, but never quite so linearly told. I always find this stuff fascinating. Thanks for sharing this. - Kelly (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Someone on a local Detroit area Historic Preservation site asked me if "LEGO By Samsonite" meant that Samsonite sold the company to LEGO. Well I went off on a long tangent, and I thought I would cut/paste it here on a LEGO forum. Since I wrote this (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Dear Lego, You've restored my faith in the company. If you asked me last week, I would have said 1991 was the best year ever for Lego town. (URL) after seeing the new sets, I think 2007 might be better. And that's saying a lot. (URL) left my dark (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) Anders, (you should be getting your CD in a few days) The gray garage frame and base were first introduced in 1966 in the #325 Shell Station, and later (after TLG used up the inventory of white frames and bases, circa 1967-68) the gray garage (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Is BrickLink down? I've had my last correspondence around 3:00 A.M. (Eastern timezone)... (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) I read it with interest, and noted the thing you say about flip-up garage doors "Gray garage doors have never been found...". I do have a gray *frame* (and base) for a garage door, although I can't find any door (at all) right now. Was this (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Season's greetings to all from the frozen north of an unspecified planet. (URL) peace>> Peace on earth, Professor Whateverly (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I wouldn't worry until you get the pen you dropped under the couch a month ago and a note saying 'Just a reminder, you're out of milk.' ;). Soren (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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gives the true meaning to the word stalking. yes, i am a teacher. yes, i do get two weeks holiday. i'll admit it, it's a perk. but there is a downside to this profession. yesterday, after the proverbial christmas sing-along/concert at school, one of (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Star Wars II "Santa" cheat
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Welcome to the LEGO Star Wars II "Christmas Hack"! Play LEGO Star Wars II in "Santa" mode with these cheat codes: Santa Hat and red clothes: CL4U5H White beard: TYH319 (URL) (Click for gallery when moderated) From the publisher: "Happy Christmas (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.games, FTX)
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| | The Brothers Brick has a new home!
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Hey All, In order to serve you better, the Brothers Brick (TBB) has moved to its own domain: (URL) most of you already know, TBB is a Lego blog showcasing the finest MOCs from all themes, communities, and genres. All MOCs are posted and reviewed by (...) (19 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general) !
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| | New homepage for LUGNET part 4
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Hi all, please see former discussion here: (URL) Thanks to all who were contributing ideas and suggestions. So here is -without much fuss- the 6th draft of a new homepage: (URL) Known bugs: Upper header section isn't displayed correctly in some (...) (19 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria wrapup and Billund visit...
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(...) The building itself is 4 x 5 feet, so it will be about 20 or so feet x 5, best guess. I was really impressed with the level of detail it has. Joe (19 years ago, 19-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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This past weekend TexLUG Houston held a private event for the children of the Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. It was a pretty mixed bag of themes, but everyone had fun. The LEGO Company donated 200 X-Pods to be given away to the children who (...) (19 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, FTX)
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I'm sure may of us will have been in the situation where they thought a model was the real thing from the thumbnail. Well, when I saw this full size I still thought it was real, the venue before setup or something! Outstanding. (URL) How big is it (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Hi all, I have only recovered from my trip (way too much going on) but wanted to show some pix of some great models at Bricking Bavaria: (URL) The interior (work in progress) of the Frankfurt Train Terminal. Even at this point the model is (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX) !
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Hi! I found this on the net: (URL) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Hi all, Reference: (URL) and: (2 URLs) Thanks to all who were responding to the previous draft, here is another one: (URL) A few comments: --- Ted Michon wrote: I notice that if I have already visited a top 10 item that it's compacted and expands (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !!
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| | Re: TCLTC Layouts Rendered in Sketch-up
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(...) Wow, that's really nifty. Can you imagine how cool an entire NMRA 3-D layout model would look? Naturally the next question would be: so when are you going to add some trains? However I suspect I already know the answer: "Ross has been working (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: When is "Bring a minifig to work" day?
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(...) Here's Todds' post when it became 'Bring Your Minifig to Work WEEK': (URL) And here's another thread about bringing figs to work: (URL) Ken (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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Though my LEGO career has slowed significantly in these past years, someone still found it worth their time to interview me for their "podcast". Currently the top of this webpage: (URL) that the interview was done a month ago, I, at least, enjoyed (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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(...) I can't find the thread, but I seem to recall a discussion about when it should be. The decision was that Bring Your Favorite Minifig To Work Day would be on the second friday in december, since that was unlikely to be a holiday for most folks (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | When is "Bring a minifig to work" day?
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Is it the date (11) or the weekday (Friday)? (URL) not this whole week? (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, I spot my 4 favorite Germans! :-) Schleim on, Deutschers! JOHN (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: TCLTC Layouts Rendered in Sketch-up
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(...) Your wait is over:-) I (URL) pics> by the same name. Ideally, you'd want nice, perpendicular shots of your buildings from the front and sides to create the best effect-- Ross had to use some pretty bad shots to get these, but I think they (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Bricking Bavaria Report: Day 2
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Hi all, Day 2 of Bricking Bavaria went smoothly, with public showing and attendees showing off their MOCs: (URL) a MINDSTORMS room where guests could 'gamble' with one armed bandits that gave 'tokens' for candy... (URL) a mech bay by Marco (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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Hi all, Through some luck (and some cheap airfare) I decided to go to an overseas convention this year - Bricking Bavaria, to be exact. The display begins today, and there was setup all last night (and I mean ALL last night). The group of attendees (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX) !!
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G'day, thanks for the info...Now I need to find another along with the rest of the set. At least I know what it is...Now I need to find out if it's complete or broken, and how it attatched to the baseplate, as it wouldn't stay on a duplo stud, and (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's from one of the sets like this: (URL) came with a large grey baseplate, and two of the parts you mention, so the baseplate with the letters/numbers could hang on the wall. Arne, Copenhagen (19 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's from one of the sets like this: (URL) they came with a large grey baseplate, and two of the parts you mention, so the baseplate with the letters/numbers could hang on the wall. Arne, Copenhagen (19 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Rockstars on 'Yahoo TV- The 9'
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I thought this would be intersting for everybody to see. LEGO Rockstars! 'Yahoo TV- The 9' (URL) Images are on Brickshelf: (URL) Enjoy! (19 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Can someone fix the AquaRaiders database/info?
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(...) Well, Peeron uses the data provided by LUGNET (whenever possible), so a fix here would automatically propagate to Peeron. (19 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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I have no idea what this part is: (3 URLs) I am guessing it is for hanging pictures, as the "hollow" under the studs is the right size for a 2x?x1 brick to fit through, but I am not certain. It is in old light grey with red "hose" type connecter (...) (19 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I wonder what that would mean for the Spongebob and Avatar licenses they recently obtained... (19 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Can someone fix the AquaRaiders database/info?
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(...) If that was true. The database on LUGNET, Brickset, BrickLink and Perron would have to change the years listed on all of the sets. In other words all the information is incorrect. And the new 2007 Star Wars sets that are in stores now or on (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, Abner is correct -- the LUGNET Guide lists the marketing year of the set, not when it merely happened to be available. More technically, the LUGNET Guide lists the first copyright year of the set, as shown on the box and/or (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) Normally the databse is updated with the year the set was actually available on the market, not the year LEGO had planned it to be marketed. Arne, Copenhagen (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | End of Dora the Explorer in LEGO?
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Hi, I notice, that last years DUPLO sets with Dora the Explorer are no longer to be found at Shop-at-Home. And MegaBloks has just announced, that they have got a new license with Nickelodeon, including Dora. So does that mean, that LEGO's license (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo) !
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Can someone correct/fix the 'New' AquaRaiders listed on the LUGNET database 'Released' year should be '2007' not 2006. Just because LEGO released the series late 2006, it does not mean it is a 2006 theme. Even LEGO mention the theme is a 2007 line (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TCLTC Layouts Rendered in Sketch-up
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(...) It appears rippled because it is rippled in the photo from which it was taken. There was no intentional rippling (I think that's a 5 yard penalty and a loss of down!) JOHN (19 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: TCLTC Layouts Rendered in Sketch-up
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(...) This is definitely cool. It's a much clearer way to see the table layout than you can easily get from viewing a photo. I like the way the banners around the table look slightly rippled. Was that intentional, or is it just from using a photo of (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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