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Re: Help Me......
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Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:00:03 GMT
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Good question and good luck! I like idea books. I have just about all
of them, but even if you don't have them, you can find the scans on the web.
As a kid, I always marveled at idea books, but complained that I didn't have
the necessary pieces - so I had to make due with what pieces I had.
I have found inspiration in every idea book I own, and my most recent
acquisition was the 7777 Train Idea book. That idea book, combined with
Ben's World of ABS (http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego), turned
me into an all out train freak, and off I went building all types of trains.
Too bad they don't look as god as many I have seen online, but they keep
getting better.
Trains are a new thing to me though - formerly I have been an avid
Castle builder. I always liked the modularity of the early grey Castle
sets, and so, I normally build smaller structures, with the intention of
adding them to others. As time goes by, the Castle gets huger. Also,
building little carts and wagons, and weapons, comes pretty easily after a
while. Its fun to look at an idea book (like 6000, 250 or 260) to this day,
and get a "new" idea. Since I have a lot of Castle stuff, sometimes I get
the crazy idea to use "Castle" parts for space ships - that particular
hedonism is exemplified in idea book #6000.
Finally, I don't concern myself with colors as I am building - I tend to
think and build in black and white. I can always swap a mismatched brick
after I have built something I like, but I generally use whatever piece fits
while I am working on the "rough draft."
Finally, again, I thought I was done! I did, at one time, try to draw
out plans of things I would like to build, but soon found that to be a PITA.
Perhaps with LDraw or Lego Cad, this might be less frustrating and more
useful, but I haven't had the patience for learning those. It might be fun,
considering the unlimited parts available (well, almost) but I still like
the hands-on approach. To each his own, and...
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Have fun!
John
The Legos you've been dreaming of...
http://www114.pair.com/ig88/lego
my weird Lego site:
http://www114.pair.com/ig88/
"Censorship is yet another tool in the dumbing-down of America
by a power structure that relies on a populace too lazy or ignorant
to think independently." -Vanessa McGrady
Richard Schuit wrote in message ...
> I come home from work at night, usually have some dinner and then log on to
> lugnet to see whats happening. I read all the different postings and sit • back
> and smile, oft times calling my girlfriend in to see something amusing or • to
> read about someone who has created an entire race of wizards (yeah you know
> who you are, great stuff all of you by the way) and herein lies the reason • for
> my cry of help. Brace yourselves my good ladies and gentlemen, for I fear I
> have no imagination. Can anyone help me to recapture that elusive childhood
> freedom of the mind??? It scares me, truly it does.........I can remember • when
> it would rain on the weekend and I would do nothing but sit for hours • creating
> wondrous vehicles, naming my mini-figs and basically setting the scene for
> epic struggles of good and evil.........but now there is nothing.......I • buy
> sets that I like, build them, leave them together for a few days and pull • them
> apart........and thats it.......so please people of lugnet......open your
> flood gates of creativity and save me......
>
> Yours truly in his hour of need,
> Richard E. Schuit
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